LCPS School Counseling News
May 2018
The final count down!
The difference you have made in the lives of your students, families, staff and community is greatly appreciated!
THANK YOU for ALL YOU do!
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Calendar
MAY Events (2017-2018 ASCA Awareness Calendar)
Asian–Pacific American Heritage Month
Better Hearing and Speech Month
Clean Air Month
Mental Health Month
Military Appreciation Month
National Bike Month
National Foster Care Month
National Physical Fitness and Sports Month
Teen Pregnancy Prevention Month
1-7 Choose Privacy Week
7-11 National PTA Teacher Appreciation Week
19 Armed Forces Day
25 National Missing Children’s Day
31 World No Tobacco Day
SCHOOL COUNSELING SERVICES MEETINGS/PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
MAY
5/1/18: MS Leads Meeting; 8:30 am-12 pm; Room 102A/B
5/25/18: HS Directors Meeting; 8:30 am-12:30 pm; Room 100A
5/29/18: CAMPUS Celebration; Board Room at Administration Building
June Events(2017-2018 ASCA Awareness Calendar)
Fireworks Safety Month (1–July 4)
National Hunger Awareness Month
National Safety Month
1 International Children’s Day
5 World Environment Day
14 Flag Day
SCHOOL COUNSELING SERVICES MEETINGS/PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
JUNE
6/7/18: ES Facilitators Retreat
6/15/18 & 6/18/18: RAMP Camp; 8:30 am-4 pm; Room 420
6/20/18: MS Leads Retreat 8:30 am-12 pm; Room 102 A/B
June/July Professional Development/Work Group
ES & MS Curriculum Work Group
6/25/18-6/26/18
7/9/18-7/10/18
7/23/18-7/24/18
7/25/18-7/26/18: RAMP Camp; 8:30- 4 pm
August 2018
High School Counselors return 8/1/18
Middle School Counselors return 8/8/18
Elementary School Counselor return 8/15/18
Middle & High School Counselors Unified Mental Health Team Training 8/20/18 at Administration Building
Elementary School Counselors Training 8/20/18 at Briarwoods High School
2018-2019 New School Counselor Trainings
Reminder to share with New School Counselors...
There are trainings that new school counselors must participate and complete. Several of the trainings are located in VISION and others are located in MyLearning Plan. Please assist your new colleagues in meeting the expected requirements by LCPS. Please have them contact the School Counseling Services Offices if there are questions. Below are a list of the topics:
Phoenix
Training on Suicide Prevention Guidelines
CSSRS Training
FERPA
CPS
DTS
McKinney-Vento
New School Counselor Meetings for the 2018-2019 School Year:
August 14, 2018: 8:30 am- 4 pm; Room 420 at LCPS Administration Building
December 6, 2018: 8:30-10:30 am; Room 420
April 4, 2019: 8:30-10:30 am; Room 420
Virginia Department of Education New Requirements for School Counselors
The Virginia Department of Education has issued new requirements for initial and re-licensure requirements for school counselors.
Below is a link to the memo with links to the new requirements. Please be sure to review all the options to meet the new requirements. There are FREE online options. We have the links on VISION to access Option 3.
Professional Development Conference Requests
If you are interested in attending a conference please contact Office of School Counseling Services first. We will need to check availability of funds before you complete the Request to Attend Conference Form which is available on the Intranet. The link is below:
Once you complete the form, return it to our office. It would be helpful if you could ask your principal to pick up a portion of the cost. Generally we’ll pay registration (if budget allows) and your school may offer to pay additional expenses. Also, you will have to prepay for the registration and then submit a reimbursement form through iexpense.
Please let us know if you have any questions.
Professional Development
ASCA Webinar Series
New! Promote SEL and Literacy Development With Literature
May 11, 2018, 2:30 p.m. Eastern
New! Caseload Connections
May 22, 2018, 11 a.m. Eastern
Virginia Counselor Association (VCA)
Online Training: VCA has set up a partnership with Mental Health Academy so that you can take courses any time and any where you have Internet access. You can save time and travel expense and have a wide choice of course work right at your computer.
Access Mental Health Academy at https://www.mentalhealthacademy.net/index.php
NACAC: 11/6/18
LCPS SCS full-day NACAC School Counselor Professional Development Conference on November 6, 2018 at Dominion High School. The topics will address K-12 college and career readiness. More information will be forthcoming. Please check out the link below for more information. Thank you.
https://www.nacacnet.org/professional-development/school-counselor-professional-development/
ELL Scheduling Practices Training for Middle School Counselors
Title: Middle School Scheduling Practices for EL Students
Date: May 3rd
Time: 4:00 – 6:00
Where: Administration Building, Learning Commons, 5th floor
Naviance Training
Naviance Student is the all new, mobile friendly Naviance student experience. Naviance Student will replace Family Connection in the 2018-19 school year and we encourage all clients to upgrade to Naviance Student this spring.
Join Naviance experts for one of three live webinars to hear exciting new features in Naviance Student and learn how to upgrade this spring!
RAMP Camp
RAMP Camp is back! Session 1: June 15th & 18th and Session 2: July 25-26th. This is a two day training that reviews the 12 components of a comprehensive school counseling program. Sign up on MLP for one of the sessions. You will learn details about the how to develop a comprehensive school counseling program and jump start your planning for the 2018-2019 school year! You can also earn re-certification points!
Objectives/Goals of Summer Training: Upon completion of this hands-on workshop, participants should be able to (based on ASCA National Model Workshop, “RAMP: Putting It All Together”):
- Explain the 12 components of the Recognized ASCA Model Program (RAMP) application
- Examine their school counseling program to assess if it's RAMP-ready.
- Communicate the benefits to the school counseling program – and the school or district – of achieving RAMP status.
- Understand the scoring rubric, and know what the RAMP reviewers look for in an application.
- Utilize online resources ASCA has available for completing the RAMP application.
- Evaluate a sample completed application, and know how to apply it to your application.
VSCA Fall Conference
Elementary School News
Pinebrook was approached by a reporter from the Loudoun Times Mirror to do an article about our Comfort Cases donation drive and event. We were interviewed last week and here is the write up:
https://www.loudountimes.com/eeditions/page-a/page_2f3c3ec5-9500-5edf-9806-9d6b5ad02022.html
Middle School News
Lundsford MS
Trusted Adults bulletin board we made with our Safe School Ambassadors at Lunsford!Harmony MS Mental Health Awareness Week
Riverbend MS
Riverbend
Riverbend MS Career Day April 11th. We had 49 presenters come and talk to our kids about their careers.
Middle
School
Eagle Ridge- Gretchen Mostero to be recognized!
High School News
Tuscarora HS
Just wanted to share how our team celebrated Autism Awareness month every Thursday in May. We collaborated with the Sped department and ordered t-shirts to sell to the faculty, staff and students. It was awesome to see everyone wearing their t-shirts each week.
Freedom High School Wellness Event
Freedom HS Unified Track Team
Unified Sports is an inclusive sports program that is an offshoot of Special Olympics that unites Special Olympics athletes (individuals with intellectual disabilities) and partners (individuals without intellectual disabilities) as teammates for training and competition. Our athletes and partner athletes have been practicing since the start of the spring sports season and competed in two meets, Tuesday April 17 during the home meet during the regularly scheduled track meet against Stone Bridge HS and they traveled on April 20th to Robinson Secondary School in Fairfax and competed against eight other high school’s Unified Track teams.
We have 7 athletes and 8 partner athletes this spring on our team. We also have a student leadership team of 5 students—three, seniors, who are doing their Capstone Projects on Unified Track and trying to bring the program to other LCPS High Schools. Our Track Team will participate in the spring pep rally and we are hosting an end of season banquet, where our athletes will receive their varsity sports letter! Freedom’s Unified Track Team has been selected as an award recipient for the 2018 Recognition for Excellence in Supporting Special Education. The SEAC Award will be given out on Tuesday, May 15 at the LCPS Admin Building.
Eric Cusick served as one of our four track coaches and Ken Christopher and Colleen Hurley were members of the adult leadership team.
Loudoun Valley S.O.S. and We're All Human
CAMPUS- Chris Clarke
Picture 1
Tuscarora HS 11th grade CAMPUS student Vegain Hernandez-Cruz on the left &
Woodgrove HS 10th grade student Maddie Edwards on the right
They received an investment amount of $500
Picture 2
Potomac Falls HS 10th grade CAMPUS student Sham Beddawi
Showing off her “College Ready display.”
Mckinney-Vento
Virtual Loudoun- Cynthia Fillman
Greetings from Team Virtual Loudoun!
We are fast approaching the conclusion of Term 2 (which will close at midnight on Friday, May 11), as well as preparing for the start of our 10-week Term 3 session which will open on Monday, June 4. We have 500 registrations already for this session! Registration is currently open for BOTH Term 3 and Term 1 of the 2018-19 school year. We appreciate the quick turn-around on the registration reviews for approval/non-approval for Term 3 students!
Please let us know if you have any questions or unique circumstances as we are always happy to help! As always, we so very grateful for your work and collaborative efforts to support our virtual learners!
Parent/Guardian/Community News & Workshops
"Chasing the Dragon" May 8th at Heritage High School
The Loudoun County Public Schools (LCPS) Department of Pupil Services will present Substance Use Awareness seminar from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. on Tuesday, May 8, at the Heritage High School in Leesburg.
Part of the program will be a screening of “Chasing the Dragon,” a documentary exposing the truth behind the opiate epidemic that is devastating communities across the country. Following the screening, a panel of experts will give brief presentations and provide an opportunity for questions.
Parents can expect to gain insights into the most common drugs that teens use, including what these substances looks like, dangers of use and specific warnings signs. Parents/guardians will gain knowledge which will help keep their children safe and an awareness of prevention and interventions services available in the schools and community.
Register by calling 571-252-6540 or go to
https://www.lcps.org//cms/module/selectsurvey/TakeSurvey.aspx?SurveyID=2589
School Counseling Resources
School House Connection
School counseling staff provide important support to students experiencing homelessness. The Every Student Succeeds Act recognized this role by adding requirements that counselors advise students experiencing homelessness and improve their readiness for college. SchoolHouse Connection’s new quick guide, written by a school counselor, provides practical tips and strategies for supporting students experiencing homelessness, helping meet their basic needs, and planning for graduation.
Please click on the link below for more information.
LCPS Mental and Behavioral Health Services Resources
Student Caffe Resource
School Counseling Tip
Anaid Shaver
Email: anaid.shaver@lcps.org
Website: http://www.loudoun.k12.va.us/page/1872
Location: 21000 Education Court, Ashburn, VA, United States
Phone: 571.252.1017