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K-12 Administrators and Counselors Working Together to Impact Student Achievement & Success

  • 07 Feb 2025
  • 8:00 AM - 11:30 AM
  • MSAA, 33 Forge Parkway, Franklin MA

National School Counseling Week Event

MSAA & MASCA Professional Development Opportunity

Friday, February 7, 2025

8:30-11:30 – Breakfast included

MSAA Headquarters, 33 Forge Parkway, Franklin, MA

Cost: MSAA Member - $150/Non-Member - $205

MASCA Member – $30

K-12 Administrators and Counselors Working Together to Impact Student Achievement & Success

Schools across the country are struggling with declining student achievement, increased chronic attendance issues, reduced student engagement and connection, increased mental health challenges, and rising school safety concerns.  Despite these many challenges, school administrators and counselors working together have and can make a difference on all of these factors.

This workshop will focus on how school counselors and school administrators can work together to address these numerous challenges and provide hope and inspiration to make all aspects of our schools better, stronger and more successful.


Participants will:

  • Learn what the literature says about the importance of the relationship between the school administrators and school counselors and how to work effectively together
  • Hear from school counselor and administrator practitioners at the high school, middle and elementary levels who will share specific and successful strategies to improve student success and achievement when these two groups collaborate together
  • Share best practices and resources and everyone will leave the session with an action plan to implement upon return to their schools/communities

Agenda

8:00—8:30 - Registration and breakfast

8:30—9:30 - Welcome and keynote – Yolanda Johnson, EdD, Chief of Student Services, Springfield Public Schools

9:30—9:45 - Break

9:45—11:00 - Breakout sessions

  • Elementary School - Principal & Tatiana Flores, School Adjustment Counselor, German Gerena Community School, Springfield
  • Middle/Jr. High - Jim Marcotte, Principal & Jessica Eagle, School Counselor RJ Grey Junior High School, Acton-Boxborough Regional School District
  • High School – Patrick Danby, Principal, and Dina Sibilia & Collin Moge, School Counselors, West Springfield High School

11:00 - 11:15 - Break

11:15—11:30 - Closing

You must register & pay here.


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