Start Your Professional Journey Early!
Graduate students are busy with coursework and practicum/internship. However, it’s never too early to start building your leadership skills and growing your professional network!
On this page you will find information on what is happening with WSCA’s graduate students, upcoming event dates, and how you can get involved.
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Graduate Student Membership Path
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Graduate Student First Year Membership $FREE
WSCA membership is FREE for “first-year” students pursuing a degree in school counseling.
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Graduate Student Membership (After First Year) $25
A Student Member must be engaged in a planned program of counselor education pursuing a degree as a counselor. A member may only hold status for a total of five years, or until they have graduated from their education program.
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Professional Membership $70
A Professional Member shall be licensed as a school counselor with a License in School Counseling from the DPI.
Seeking 2024-2025 Graduate Student Representative
Are you interested in being a leader for your local graduate program? If so, then consider becoming a graduate student representative for WSCA! The rep program is a great leadership opportunity within your professional organization. Graduate student representatives are the voice of students in each program.
As a grad Student Representative, you will be the face of all School Counseling Graduate Students at your university in the WSCA Graduate Student Committee. Your role is crucial, as you will be the one to express student concerns, ideas, and suggestions at Graduate Student Committee meetings, ensuring that the voice of your peers is heard and considered.
Roles/Responsibilities Include:
- Recruiting members from your program to join WSCA – (it’s easy – 1st year membership is free for graduate students!)
- Promoting WSCA events and opportunities to your program throughout the 24-25 school year
- Responding to emails sent out by Graduate Student Co-Directors
- Finding a replacement after your term is completed
- Communicating with your program director to keep them in the loop of what’s happening at WSCA
- Attending the monthly virtual meeting
Additional Opportunities (Optional):
- Volunteering as a Conference Champion at WSCA’s conference
- Contributing to the quarterly newsletter once per year
- Attending the Graduate Student Leadership Development Institute
Will you consider becoming a graduate student representative? Contact gradstudent@wscaweb.org to express your interest!
Upcoming Events
Here you will find information about any of the graduate student’s upcoming events.
Click the hyperlinked title of each event to head to join the meeting!
Graduate Student Committee meetings open to all graduate students. All meetings will be on Google Meet.
Grad Student Calendar of Events
- August 25, 2024; 6:30-7:30 pm – Graduate Student Monthly Meeting – Join Here
- September 22, 2024; 6:30-7:30 pm – Graduate Student Monthly Meeting – Join Here
- October 27, 2024; 6:30-7:30 pm – Graduate Student Monthly Meeting – Join Here
- November 6-8, 2024 – WSCA Annual Conference, Kalahari Convention Center – Register Here
Conference Champions
Each year, an outstanding group of school counselors and school counseling students help ensure an exceptional WSCA Annual Conference experience for attendees, while also getting an insider’s view of the event. The WSCA Annual Conference Champion Program trains a selective and enthusiastic group of volunteers to serve as room hosts, guides, helpers, and much more. And, perhaps best of all, WSCA covers the cost of conference champions’ registration and hotel.
If you’re chosen, you’ll attend an orientation prior to the conference, as well as receive detailed instructions on the day the event starts.
Your commitment includes:
- Available to work between the hours of:
- 8:00 a.m.–9:00 p.m. Wednesday, November 6th
- 7:00 a.m.–7:00 p.m. Thursday, November 7th
- 7:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m. Friday, November 8th
- Be willing to work in various positions, including registration assistant, sectional host, WSCA booth attendant, directional guide, and more.
Note: You must be available to work all days. We are not able to select participants on a part-time basis.
What you receive:
- Conference registration reimbursement (for full conference only) – champions need to register and pay the registration fees prior to conference, and fees will be reimbursed after the event once participation has been completed
- Lunches on Wednesday – Friday
- Shared hotel room for three nights (checking in on Tuesday, November 6th, checking out on Friday, November 8th). If you choose not to share a room with another champion you can upgrade to a private room at a cost of approximately $75 per night, plus taxes. WSCA will make your hotel reservation.
- You will attend some sectionals as part of your hosting duties; however, there’s no guarantee that it will be any particular session. You will also have the opportunity to listen to the keynote speakers.
This is a critical role in the success of our annual conference, please do not sign up if you will not be able to commit to attending the conference, late and last minute notices that you are not available to fulfill your duties make it difficult to find a replacement and cause a hardship on other volunteers.
To apply, complete the application below. This opportunity is available to all WSCA members, with priority being given to school counseling graduate students. The application deadline is rolling. Notifications will be sent out starting in early September.
Other Ways to Get Involved
The WSCA Graduate Student Director of Operations are excited for our annual Graduate Student Leadership Development Institute (LDI) and Summer Academy in Green Bay! Please review the schedule below for more details.
Tuesday, July 30th, 12:30-6:00 pm (Required)
Graduate Student LDI
Green Bay, Location TBA
Tuesday, July 30th, 6:00-8:00 pm (Required)
WSCA Leaders Dinner and Social
Dinner provided by WSCA
Wednesday, July 31st, 9:00 am-4:00 pm (Optional)
Summer Academy (complimentary registration for Graduate Student LDI participants)
Lunch included with registration
UW Green Bay
Wednesday, July 31st, 5:00-8:00 pm (Optional)
WSCA Leaders Dinner and Social
Dinner provided by WSCA
Tuesday, July 30th, graduate students will be staying at a hotel in Green Bay. WSCA will pay a double occupancy room on July 30th, if you would like a single room you will be responsible for paying half the room cost plus taxes/fees. If you would like to stay an additional night, you will be responsible for the cost.
Please answer the questions below to register for the Graduate Student LDI and WSCA Summer Academy. The registration deadline is July 10th.
