Peace Builders

             Peace Builders is a science-based, research-validated violence prevention curriculum and professional development program for grades pre-K to 12. Its essence is a common language - six principles, taught, modeled and practiced. These same principles set behavioral expectations, reduce aggression, and transform the climate and culture of any environment to one which is cooperative, productive, and academically successful. I have been fully trained as a Peace Builder, in the fall of 2011 at Whitman-Hanson Regional High School.

   

 

American School Counselors Association

 ASCA

             ASCA believes in one vision and one voice and works to ensure it meets the needs of all professional school counselors, regardless of setting, experience level or needs. With a membership of more than 28,000 school counseling professionals, ASCA focuses on providing professional development, enhancing school counseling programs and researching effective school counseling practices. ASCA is a division of the American Counseling Association.

           The American School Counselor Association (ASCA) is the foundation that expands the image and influence of professional school counselors through advocacy, leadership, collaboration and systemic change. ASCA empowers professional school counselors with the knowledge, skills, linkages and resources to promote student success in the school, the home, the community and the world.

  

 

 The Massachusetts School Counselors Association

 MASCA 

            The Massachusetts School Counselors Association, Inc. was founded in 1961 to work for the promotion, improvement and expansion of guidance and counseling in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Membership in MASCA, now about 1500 members, is open to counselors active in public and private elementary and secondary schools in the Commonwealth. In addition, graduate students enrolled in counselor education programs, post-secondary level counselors, counselor educators, and retired counselors are eligible for membership.

             MASCA is affiliated nationally as a chartered state division of the American School Counselors Association, a division of the ACA. It is also affiliated with the NEASC, New England Association of Schools and Colleges, the Massachusetts Teachers Association, The College Board, The Massachusetts Rhode Island Association of Counselor Educators and Supervisors, and the Collaborative for Integrated School Services.

   

 

South Shore Guidance Association

SSGA

              South Shore Guidance Association is a group of professional school guidance counselors on the South Shore of Massachusetts. This group is an affiliate of MASCA. This group meets once a month and explores different colleges, post secondary training, and educational programs for students. This group of professional school counselors are always working to expand their knowledge to help their students better.

  

 

CollegeBoard

New Counselors Fall Counselor Workshop

              The CollegeBoard fall counselors workshop for new counselors was a training on college and career readiness pathways, PSATs, SATs, AP testing and courses, financial aid, and other helpful CollegeBoard resources and websites. During this training I was able to learn about different websites I can use with students to help them create goals for themselves, and learn about paths which can help get them there. I also learned the importance of PSAT's, and SAT's and how to help place students in classes which are more challenging and  beneficial to them.