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The Compass: Ethics Symposium & Microcredential II

  • 10 Feb 2026
  • 11:00 AM
  • 04 Jun 2026
  • 12:00 PM
  • Via zoom

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  • Graduate student registration
  • Member Regular registration
  • Non-member registration
  • 10 CEs Member registration
  • 10 CEs Member registration

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The Compass: Ethics Symposium & Microcredential II

MASCA’s Ethics Committee is excited announce its second microcredential offering.  The Compass: Ethics Symposium & Microcredential II will provide registered MASCA members with high-quality, relevant, timely and interactive content pertaining to topics that often involve legal and ethical challenges and conundrums.  Each session will include a brief overview of the topic, augmented with case studies, and time for small group discussion and debate. The ASCA Ethical Standards for School Counselors will be used to ground our discussion, providing us the compass we need in order to navigate the gray situations that we face in our profession.  Upon completion of the symposium, you will feel empowered to make decisions with confidence regarding the array of ethical challenges we face daily.  Participants who attend all 10 sessions (or watch the recordings) and complete appropriate pre and post assignments, will be eligible to earn a minimum 10 PDPs and earn a MASCA Microcredential for Ethics.  10 CEs are also available for an additional cost.

NOTE: This symposium is open to all participants, regardless whether you participated in Ethics Symposium I during the 24-25 school year.  The concepts do not build on each other, but rather, are discreet learning units. We look forward to you joining us!

The series will run roughly once a month from November to June, on varying Tuesdays (with one exception as noted) from 11:00-12:00 via zoom.

$50 for all 10 sessions for members; $105 for non-members (which includes membership). Additional $100 for the 10 CEs.  

The 2025-26 dates and topics are:

2025-2026 DATES 

TOPIC

November 18

The Ethical Decision Making Model

December 9

The Cyberspace World as a Counselor

January 13

Diplomacy

January 27

Negligence

February 10

Case Law: Navigating Local, State, and Federal Law

March 3

Individual & Small Group Counseling

March 31

Sexual Harassment

April 14

Violence & Threat Assessment

May 19

DEI: Diversity Fellows Present

June 4 (Thursday)

Ethics and Advocacy


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