2021-2022 Annual Conference

Conference Schedule 2021

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*Subject to change*

Wednesday — November 10, 2021

8:30 am Pre-conference workshop registration opens


9:30 am – 4:30 pm Full Day Workshop

  • Session 1A: Journey Toward Anti-Racist Education (K-12)
  • Session 1B: DBT in Schools (6-12)

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

  • Session 2A: Culturally Sustaining Multi-Tiered Systems of Support: Prevention and Intervention for All Students (K-12)
  • Session 2B: WISEdata 102: WISEdata 102 for School Counselors (K-12)
  • Session 2C: Learn How to Facilitate Adult, Parent, and Teen Wellness Circles in Your School Community (6-12)
  • Session 2D: Transgender and GNC Resources To Support Our Non-Binary Students, Staff, Families And Administrators (K-12)
  • Session 2E: Kindness Is The Real Global Warming (K-5)
  • Session 2F: Decolonizing Education (K-PS)
  • Session 2G: RAMP Up Your School Counseling Program (K-12) **FREE FOR MEMBERS!**

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

  • Session 3A: Counselors, Collaboration, and Comprehensive Programs (K-12)
  • Session 3B: Bringing It All Together: Synthesize The Myriad Of College And Career Readiness Initiatives Into One Seamless Plan! (6-12)
  • Session 3C: Advanced Suicide Risk Assessment and Intervention (6-12)
  • Session 3D: Effective School Counseling Utilizing Solution Focused Theory (K-12)
  • Session 3E: Ask not “How are you?” but “Where are you?”: Using Pictorial and Word Imagery Continuums When Supporting Students Experiencing Grief (K-8)
  • Session 3F: Addressing Racism in Schools (K-12)
  • Afternoon on the Hill (K-PS) (FREE)

2:00 – 6:00 pm Exhibit Setup 


5:30 – 6:00 pm WSCA Directors Meeting 


Thursday — November 11, 2021

7:00 am Graduate Course 


7:00 am Registration Opens


7:15 am Early Bird Sectionals – 1 


7:30 am – 5:00 pm Exhibits open 


8:30 am General Session I 

Welcome: Stacy Eslick, WSCA Executive Director

Keynote Speaker: Julia Cook


10:30 – 11:30 am Sectionals – 2


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


11:40 am – 12:00 pm 20 Minute Sectionals


11:30 am – 1:00 pm Lunch


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


12:30 – 12:50 pm 20 Minute Sectionals


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 – 7:00 pm WSCA Social: WSCA & Exhibitor Social and Networking at the Volcano Lounge & Lanes

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


Friday — November 12, 2021

7:30 – 11:00 am Exhibits and Registration Open 


7:30 – 8:10 am Special Interest Groups (SIGs)


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 


12:00 – 1:00 pm General Session II

Keynote Speaker: Dr. George Koonce