Montana School Counselor Association

Welcome!

The Montana School Counselor Association is a division of the American School Counselor Association (ASCA) and represents approximately 500 Montana professional school counselors.

The mission of the Montana School Counselor Association is to promote excellence in professional school counseling in Montana.

March 2008 Newsletter (PDF)

SAVE THE DATES!

* MSCA 2009 SPRING CONFERENCE *

APRIL 16 - 17, 2009
Bozeman, Montana — Holiday Inn

We invite you to plan for next year’s conference. We have secured the dates, increased our room holds, and started discussions about speakers and breakout formats. We aim to please and hope to see you again next year with a guest who also works in the school counseling field. The MSCA Board is reviewing your surveys and promises to meet many of the requests listed with regard to specific subject matter. We really enjoyed getting to know you and truly appreciate your comments. We do take these to heart and work towards meeting your needs.

* ASCA NATIONAL CONFERENCE 2008 *

Please be sure to mark your calendars for this national professional development opportunity and time to network with Professional School Counselors form across the United States and other countries. June 28 - July 2, 2008, in Atlanta, Georgia. It will be held at the Atlanta Hyatt Regency. It is wise to make your hotel reservations now. Online conference registration is available at www.schoolcounselor.org.
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UPDATED MSCA PROMOTIONAL PRODUCTS WEBSITE FOR YOU!

* companycasuals.com/msca remains open *

We must tell you what a great job this company (Dynamic Designs) has done for MSCA with regard to promotional products. Members who did order during this last conference were ecstatic about what they ordered. The quality of the clothing is excellent! The accessories items are well made. The detail in the monogramming is well done! We are excited to offer you more. The website will continue to be up and running up until after MEA conference in October. We have added new items like a rolling briefcase and more men’s clothing items! Please be sure to take a look!
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* 2008 MEA-MFT EDUCATOR'S CONFERENCE *

The MEA-MFT website is officially open for
Applications to present at the 2008 conference in Missoula!

MSCA is looking for quality presenters for sectionals for the 2008 MEA-MFT Educators’ Conference. A link to access the presenter application can be found on their conference page at http://www.mea-mft.org/edconf08.htm.

Attention Montana School Counselors

MSCA is once again in full preparation for our fall conference with MEA-MFT in October 2008. We plan to offer a two-day institute on Trauma in Childhood and the impact on Student Achievement. If you have an interest in this area or know of someone who would be an excellent presenter in this area, please submit an application to present. We are specifically looking for presenters who can speak on the following topics:

Types of Childhood Trauma
Symptoms of Trauma in Children and Adolescents
Effect of Trauma on Social, Emotional, and Academic Development
Role of School Counselors
Resources From Which to Draw in the Healing Process

MSCA's 2008 MEA-MFT Co-Chairs Glenna Schaible and Joy Jones
Glenna Schaible	Joy Jones
schaibleg@sd5.k12.mt.us	joyallison_9@msn.com