The Mississippi Department of Education’s Office of PreK-12 Professional School Counseling Office will begin National School Counseling Week with a three-day series from 8:30 – 10:30 a.m. Feb. 8, Feb. 10 and Feb. 16 titled Increase Student Success with Strong Administrator-Counselor Relationships for school leaders and school counselors.
The topics to be covered during the series are as follows:
- Session 1 – Boots on the Ground and Team Capacity and Leadership
- Session 2 – In the Trenches
- Session 3 – Mental Health in Schools: Evaluating the Administrator’s Role
These sessions will focus on strengthening the relationship between school counselors and administrators as well as building team capacities and leadership skills between them to improve student success. The sessions will be a systemic change in students’ success if both the counselor and the administrator attend this training together.
Registration Link: https://tinyurl.com/4f56yh9u
CEUs & SEMIs: Yes ( must attend all sessions)
Flyer: https://tinyurl.com/22xt9zhc
The sessions will feature the following professionals:
Superintendent of the Year – Dr. John Mark Cain, Superintendent of Education
Lauderdale County School District
Dr. Melissa Windham, LPC, NCC, NCSC
Mississippi State University – Meridian
Program Coordinator, Counselor Education
Assistant Clinical Professor
Anita Wansley, Principal
Whitney Coleman, School Counselor
Lauderdale County School District
Northeast Elementary School
Dr. Myrick Nicks, Principal
Mary Cothran, Assistant Principal (Former School Counselor)
Pascagoula-Gautier School District
Colmes Middle School
Cody Killen, Principal
Jessica Thomas
Newton County School District
Newton County Middle/ High School
If you have additional questions and/or concerns, contact Dr. Chancey Fort at cfort@mdek12.org.