College & Career Readiness
a. make a transition to creating access to college for all students
b. insure that all students have career & post-secondary plans
c. employ the tools necessary to change school culture
d. apply new career and college readiness approaches to your school counseling program

Tuesday, July 20 - Thursday, July 22
Kean University-Ocean Campus at OCC
College Drive, P.O. Box 2001, Toms River, NJ 08754
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School reform, workplace demands, the changing economy, and work force demographics dictate new expectations for school counselors. School counselors are expected to take the lead in assisting our nation's young people to become healthy, happy, productive citizens. NJSCA provides support, training, networking and a watch on legislative issues, all important in meeting the needs of school counselors in New Jersey.
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On September 27 & 28, Trish Hatch, PhD will present at New Brunswick Hyatt Regency Hotel in conjunction with the North Atlantic Regional Association for Counselor Education and Supervision. The trainings are open to school counselors and administrators interested in school counseling program improvement.
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NJSCA Scene is a professional networking site for New Jersey school counselors to share and learn from each other. Get answers to your school counseling questions; share your lesson plans and best practices; become the best school counselor you can be. 

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A recently released study by Public Agenda illustrates what can go wrong when there are not enough school counselors to support students and when school counselors are placed in positions preventing them from performing the functions they were trained and hired to do. Although the American School Counselor Association, the American Counseling Association, the American Psychological Association, the American Medical Association and other organizations recommend a pupil-to-school-counselor ratio of 250-to-1, the national average is 460 students to one school counselor, with some school districts as high as 1,000-to-1.

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Camden County School Counselors help honor students entering the armed forces:
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