Multi-tiered Spring/Summer 2025 MA Model PD Opportunities

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Calling School Counselors, Adjustment Counselors, Grad Students!

Jump Into Action with MA Model Professional Development.

Opportunity #1   Select one or all of the Independent Study offerings

Series #1 Be Informed (FREE) - Registration includes links to 5 free webinars.  Register HERE.

Series #2 Be Prepared: Annual Calendar Development - Templates and guided mentoring available.  15 MASCA PDP's - Cost $80. Register HERE. With successful completion, receive a $35 scholarship refund.

Series #3 Be Organized: Curriculum Development and Mapping - Templates and Guided Mentoring available. 20 MASCA PDP's - Cost $80.  With successful completion, receive a $35 scholarship refund. Register HERE.

• Earn 20 MASCA PDPs by individually reviewing the MA Model webinars, completing a self-study audit, and developing a written MA and National standards-aligned school counseling curriculum to guide instruction delivery. The curriculum will include identifying student grade level achievement targets, student learning goals, lessons and units, and data collection plans to assess student learning.  Registration provides webinars and template resources.  Guided mentoring provided.

Opportunity #2    Google Meet/Zoom instructional sessions with independent study

• 25 MASCA PDP's - Cost $150 (With successful completion, receive a $50 scholarship refund.)
• Hybrid PD with individual or cohort zoom sessions scheduled at convenience of registrants.

Through Action Research school counselors can document the need for school counseling programs and show the effectiveness of a specific counseling practice, program, or intervention. Registrants earn 25 PDP’s by identifying a research question, designing/implementing a research project, analyzing on-going implementation data, completing a MARC Jr. capstone project. Registration includes guided mentoring, webinars viewing, independent project work. Resources, templates, and rubrics provided.

Opportunity #3: 4 Hybrid MA Model Implementation Courses for PDP or GRADUATE CREDIT

• MA Model Introductory Institute (Assignments in each component: Define, Assess, Manage, Deliver)
• Counselors in K-12 Classrooms: Delivering Curriculum That Supports Academic Achievement & Career College and Civic Readiness  (includes lesson planning, curriculum mapping, and delivering standards-based instruction)
• Counselors in K-12 Classrooms: Action Research and Program Assessment - (developing/reviewing curriculum maps, evaluating instructional data, data-informed action planning)

Course Registration: $450 includes 45 MASCA PDP's OR 3 Grad. credits from Fitchburg State University (additional $295 graduate credit registration fee at FSU). Open enrollment for spring (course completion date 10/1) and summer (course completion date 1/15/26).  Grade posted or PDP issued as soon as assignments are completed. (With successful course completion, receive a $200 registration refund.

Course Inquiries, registration information, and request syllabi summaries: helenod@att.net 

Individual or cohort registrations welcomed. Google Meet/Zoom instruction scheduled at convenience of registrant/s. Course assignments personalized to meet your professional needs. Consultation, guided mentoring, webinar viewing, independent study. Instructional materials, templates provided. All courses include data assessment.