Welcome back! The 2024-2025 school year is upon us and I know you are busy with preparing for students to return. It has been a busy summer here at ESC 8 and we want to make sure we are offering the professional development that you need to grow your programs and support your students. Please complete the Counselor Needs Assessment below and update our Counselor List. If you or your colleagues have changed schools/campuses, please edit to update any information on the spreadsheet below.The school counselor list-serve through GovDelivery is a closed list, so all school counselors identified will be added to receive newsletters and important information.
As you prepare for the new year, you can find many resources available on the Texas School Mental Health Website. You can also link the resource database to your counseling webpage or add it to your resource list.
THECB Professional Learning offers New Counselor Suite Training
August 13th, 2024
10:00 am-12:00pm
The ApplyTexas application has a completely fresh new look with an enhanced student experience. Students can apply to Texas colleges and universities with an application system that has been streamlined and simplified and is already live. This will be an extended two-hour session where they will highlight student navigation, the Counselor Suite, and how to connect to My Texas Future.
All authorizations are suspended for now until all new district MOU's are complete. If you have questions about the status of your district MOU, please email the ApplyTexas Help Desk at hsc@applytexas.org.
Do you need tips and resources for providing Individual Counseling to students?
(For LPC and SBEC certified School Counselors)
Solution Focused Brief Counseling is a focused approach for a range of problems facing students. Learn about this strategy for assisting students in this workshop packed full of ideas and techniques for counselors. Knowing your role as a school counselor using effective short-term individual counseling is important. You will also explore self-care strategies which are necessary elements in your own wellness.
This is a 3 hour session on September 10th. REGISTER HERE
Join us tomorrow August 6th, for our 2nd School Counselor Connections Zoom
Back to School Topics covered
Creating/Updating your Community Resource List
BOY Counseling Presentation
Counselor Daily Schedules
Year at a Glance/Planning guidance lessons
Time Tracking
Guest Speaker: Ethan Sartor, DPS Community Ed. Officer
