President's Message

To My Fellow School Counselors,

Welcome to the Connecticut School Counselor Association website.  It is a privilege and an honor to serve as your president for the 2009-2010 school year. 

We have been working hard to update and enhance this website, in order to provide you with the most useful, up-to-date information about news, events, research, legislation, and issues that impact education and school counselors.  Please visit often.  We welcome your comments about anything you see, or would like to see, on the site.  You may contact us at:  info@ctschoolcounselor.org. CSCA supports school counselors in so many ways, and we will be continually adding new information throughout the school year.

This is an exciting time in education.  As educators, business and community leaders, legislators, and other stakeholders from around the state discuss reform initiatives, we need to keep in mind that we can and must play a key leadership role in these efforts within our schools and districts.  Having access to outstanding professional development experiences is now more important than ever.  The CSCA annual fall conference is unsurpassed in providing school counselors with some of the very best speakers and trainers, both within and outside of Connecticut, and our summer leadership academies and roundtable programs consistently receive high praise from participants.  Over the course of the next school year, we also plan to offer even more opportunities to our members for professional growth, information sharing, and social networking, so be watching for upcoming announcements.

If you are not yet a member of CSCA, now is the time to become one or to renew your membership.  In these times of change and uncertainty, we need to come together as professionals, and CSCA needs the support of its members in order to continue offering the services, support and advocacy that have been of such great benefit over the years.  Simply click the “Join” link on this page to become a member now.

We hope that you find this site to be another helpful resource. As each of you continue striving to help your students achieve, CSCA will continue to support all of its members throughout the state in becoming partners for student success.

Sincerely,

Kathy Scully