2019-2020: 55th Annual Conference

Conference Schedule

Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday

 

Tuesday — February 18, 2020

8:30 am Pre-conference workshop registration opens (Level 4)


9:30 am – 12:30 pm Morning Half-day Workshops

  • Wake Up Call Professional Development (K-PS)
  • Online Safety and Emotional Health for Digital Age Students (K-12)
  • ACP Conferencing: How to do it all without doing it all! (6-Postsecondary)
  • Carolyn Stone: Negotiating Legal and Ethical Complications of Working with Minors (K-5)
  • Equity, Racism, and Systemic Barriers in Rural Wisconsin (K-12)
  • A School Counselor’s SEL Smorgasbord (K-8)
  • Ross Greene: Moving from Power and Control to Collaboration and Problem-Solving (6-12)

1:30 – 4:30 pm Afternoon Half-day Workshops

  • Renewing your sense of why: Reinvigorating your School Counselor Role (K-12)
  • Protecting Our Children: Internet Safety & Human Trafficking (K-12)
  • See Xello in Action: Become a Xello Expert (6-12)
  • Carolyn Stone: Negotiating Legal and Ethical Complications of Working with Minors (6-12)
  • Post Secondary Planning: Using a Trauma Informed Lens (6-PS)
  • Ross Greene: Moving from Power and Control to Collaboration and Problem-Solving (K-5)
  • Afternoon on the Hill (K-PS) (FREE)

4:00 – 6:00 pm Exhibit Setup (Level 4)


5:30 – 6:00 pm WSCA Directors Meeting (Level 4)


Wednesday — February 19, 2020

7:00 am Graduate Course (Level 4 )


7:00 am Registration Opens (Level 4)


7:15 am Early Bird Sectionals – 1 (Level 4)


7:30 am – 5:00 pm Exhibits open (Level 4)


8:30 am General Session I – Welcome: Stacy Eslick, WSCA Executive Director (Level 1)  Keynote Speaker: Dr. Ross Greene


10:30 – 11:30 am Sectionals – 2


10:30 am – 12:00 pm Sectionals – 2i: Intensive


11:30 am – 1:00 pm Lunch – Box lunch pick up (Level 1 – Hall B)


12:00 – 12:45 pm WSCA Members’ Focus Group: Lunch-Time Listening Session (Ballroom C)


1:00 – 2:00 pm Sectionals – 3


12:50 – 2:20 pm Sectionals – 3i – Intensive


2:30 – 3:30 pm Sectionals – 4


2:30 – 3:50 pm Sectionals – 4i – Intensive


3:30 – 4:00 pm Nutrition Break


4:00 – 5:00 pm Sectionals – 5


5:00 – 6:15 pm Afterglow Reception: WSCA & Exhibitor Social and Networking (Level 4)

Cash Beverage Bar & Hors d’oeuvres | Raffle Drawing: Must be Present to Win


Thursday — February 20, 2020

7:30 – 11:00 am Exhibits and Registration Open (Level 4)


8:00 – 9:30 am Sectionals – 6i – Intensive


8:30 – 9:30 am Sectionals – 6


9:45 – 10:45 am Sectionals – 7


11:00 am Brunch (Level 1)


12:00 – 1:00 pm (Level 1) Keynote Speaker: Dr. Niraj Nijhawan