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| Calling ALL counselors from all areas of the state and different disciplines-- KCA is developing a list of counselors who have a program they would be willing to present for various organizations and clubs around our state. Please consider special interests, knowledge, skills, etc. that you have and would be able to share in a 20-45 minute presentation. When you have decided on a program you have to offer please e-mail me 1) Your full name 2) Your e-mail address the you prefer to be contacted at 3) Your address and phone # 4) Title(s) of program(s) you are willing to present THANK YOU! Sylvia Schmidt, SCKCA Speakers' Bureau Co-Chair sylviaschmidt_2000@yahoo.com |
| School Counselors are now included in the group of mental health volunteers. Check with your local Red Cross so that you can be one of those volunteers! Red Cross Recruiting Disaster Mental Health Workers in Preparation for Hurricane Gustov The Red Cross is recruiting for Disaster Mental Health (DMH) workers in preparation for Hurricane Gustov and is asking for registered and non- registered Disaster Mental Health-eligible volunteers to contact their local chapter if they are available to deploy to the gulf states. Use the chapter locator on www.redcross.org to find the closest Red Cross chapter. People who haven't received the Red Cross Foundations of Disaster Mental Health training may have to wait to deploy until a training can be scheduled (or until a decision is made to do trainings at a staging site or at the relief operation). In either case, those interested should contact their chapter to begin the process of registering as a Red Cross volunteer. Those of you who are already registered as Red Cross DMH workers, please contact your chapter to update your availability in DSHR (the Red Cross national database system) as this will facilitate your deployment. Also, if you’re not able to deploy until a later date, updating your availability in DSHR will expedite a later deployment as well. Find your local chapter email: ascaaspects@schoolcounselor.org web: http://www.schoolcounselor.org |
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KCA Listserv Information I am so excited to see the listserv getting utilized so much recently. I want to send out a little reminder about how to post messages to the list. It is best if you would like to post a message to follow the protocol below, that way all responses get sent back directly to you. • To post a message please send the message to: kca-l@mail.pittstate.edu (Note: kca-l is the letter l as in listserv, not the number 1) • Hitting “Reply to all” will send the message reply to the entire listserv. Also please remember the following when posting a message to the listserv: • When posting a message to the list, please include your name, school/organization, and an e-mail address at the end of your message. This helps keep communication clear and transparent, and facilitates direct follow-up. • Include a subject in the "subject line" of your message. This will help other list members choose among the messages to read and respond to, and will make your questions/answers/discussion easier to find in the archives. For example, if you are discussing eating disorders, use the words "eating disorders" in the subject line. Remember that the listserv has a number of counselors from all different professions and it can be very beneficial to include in the subject line who the topic pertains to, for example if the subject is generally of a school counseling nature, you might put “For School Counselors” in the subject line, or if the message is of interest to those in South Central, you might put “Attention South Central Counselors. I hope that helps, and I hope to see continued use of the listserv as I believe this is a great way to network with counselors all over the state. Please do not hesitate to contact me with other questions. Christine D. Perez MS, NCC, LCPC Kansas College Counseling Association President Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor Pittsburg State University Counseling Services "Building Stronger Gorillas" Empathy ~ Positivity ~ Consistency ~ Activator ~ Harmony If you have questions, problems, comments, etc, send them to listmaster@mail.pittstate.edu. Thanks! |
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Here is an opportunity for 6 counselors to earn some extra income reviewing counseling lessons plan from our KERC site. We’ll need the following reviewers: ▪ 1 for k-2 ▪ 1 for 3-5 ▪ 2 for 6-8 ▪ 2 for HS The compensation is as follows: ▪ $3 for a lesson plan, $1 for an alignment, $25 for the training. Please forward the form below to Lue Ann Snider at lasnider@ksde.org. We will review the applications and select the 6 reviewers within a couple of weeks. Thanks!! We will be reviewing prevention-focused lesson plans in several content areas in the Kansas Education Resource Center (KERC) this fall and need assistance with this task. The prevention-focused lesson plans were added to KERC as a part of a Safe and Drug-Free Schools grant. Requirements: Familiarity with the standards, benchmarks, and indicators in your content area for multiple grade levels (K-5, 6-8, 9-12 – see fields below); Participation in a Live Meeting conference-call training prior to the review (requires a free downloadable Microsoft Live Meeting on your computer; instructions for the download will be sent). The training session will be scheduled at 4:00 in mid to late September; Availability to review and make recommendations about KERC lesson plans during October and November (at your own location); Experience with review of lesson plans (not required, but a plus!). Reviewers will receive a stipend for each lesson plan reviewed. If interested, please send the following information to Lue Ann Snider at lasnider@ksde.org (do not respond to this listserv e-mail) Name address Phone number Content area(s) for which you are familiar with the standards, benchmarks, and indicators: Counseling Family and Consumer Science Health History/Government Physical Education Science Writing Grade levels for which you are familiar with the standards, benchmarks, and indicators in your content area(s): K-5 6-8 9-12 Experience with reviewing math lesson plans Thanks for your interest. We will contact you soon. Phyllis Clay, Director of Research and Evaluation Phyllis L. Clay, Ph.D. Director, Research and Evaluation Kansas State Department of Education 120 SE 10th Avenue Topeka, KS 66612-1182 785-296-3605 (v) 785-296-3523 (f) pclay@ksde.org Check out these links: Kansas Safe Schools Resource Page: http://www.ksde. org/KS_SAFE_SCHOOLS_R ESOURCE_CENTER/index.html School counseling home page and resource links: http://www.ksde.org/Default.aspx?tabid=1799 Approved curricular model counseling standards and model practices at: http://www.ksde.org/Default.aspx?tabid=149 Kent Reed, Counseling Education Consultant Character Education Project Director Kansas State Dept. of Education 120 SE 10th Ave. Topeka , Ks. 66612-1182 785-296-8109 785-296-3523 (fax) |
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