Further Study

University of Chicago School of Social Service Division

Freshman On-Track Toolkit from Network for College Success

This work is invaluable in terms of improving outcomes for high school students.

The Toolkit provides schools/districts with valuable information on how to develop educator teams that are focused on research, data, and successful practices to help freshmen succeed.

The Make-or-Break Year: Solving the Dropout Crisis One Ninth Grader at a Time

by Emily Krone Phillips

Fierce Conversations is an excellent study for those fostering collaboration in order to make systemic change.

by Susan Craig Scott M.D., Susan Craig Scott, et al.

The National School Counseling Leadership Conference is intended for school/district administrators, Directors of Student Support Services, and School/District School Counseling Chairs. The conference is held in San Diego in early Feb. The 2020 conference had 400 participants from 30 different states plus Canada.

The goal of this unique conference is to address a critical gap in professional development for administrators who oversee school counseling programs at the school, district, county, and state levels. Ultimately, we seek to empower and equip decision-makers to hire, mentor, lead, evaluate, and support school counselors such that measurable student outcomes are at the core of all school counseling programs nationwide.

California School Counselor Association (CASC)CASC hosts two annual conferences for school counselors and administrators. The Fall Conference is always hosted in Riverside at the end of October. The Nor Cal CASC conference is always held during the first week of February and rotates between the Bay Area and Sacramento. The breakout sessions are always aligned with current events and initiatives in education.

The MTSS PLI provides a School Counselor Strand every year with content largely devoted to introducing Administrators to the Role of the School Counselor in MTSS and the MTMDSS Delivery Model. Hatching Results, LLC is the lead professional development for the School Counselor Strand and provides breakout sessions regarding the many facets of MTMDSS.