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Moody Gardens | Galveston | February 18-20, 2018

Empowering the Leader Within


Expand your toolkit, learn best practices, and network with the most amazing professional school counselors in Texas at the 13 th Annual Professional School Counselor Conference! Large meeting rooms, diverse program topics, and fabulous keynote speakers are the hallmarks of this year’s conference. Save time and money by pre-registering now .
 
Do you have a great program to share? The Call for Programs is open until 12/4/17. Submit your proposal today.
Texas Adopts New Standards for School Counselor Certification
 
The State Board for Educator Certification adopted new rules governing certification standards for school counselors in early October, completing a process that began in March 2016. 

The new standards align with the duties assigned to school counselors in statute, reflect best practices for comprehensive school counseling programs, and require knowledge of and competencies to implement the Texas Model for Comprehensive School Counseling Programs.

Students beginning their school counselor education program in August 2019 or later are required to earn a 48-hour Master’s Degree in Counseling. This new standard will not impact anyone who currently holds the School Counselor Certificate.
 
TCA was actively engaged in the SBEC rule review process, testifying at every SBEC meeting, proposing rule changes and encouraging TCA members to serve on the stakeholder group that advised TEA and SBEC throughout the rule review process. The ACA School Counselor Infographic was especially helpful in building knowledge of and support for the programs school counselors deliver today.  
TCA’s New Leadership Team – FY 2019
 
Following a 30-day election cycle that culminated at the TCA Annual Membership Meeting and Professional Growth Conference in Galveston, the following TCA members were elected for terms that will begin on July 1, 2018.
 
President-elect-elect :  Michael Moyer
Secretary-elect:   Teri Sartor
Region I Director-elect:   Tiffany Stewart
Region IV Director:   Michael Devoll
Division election results will be announced over the next 10 days.  Check Division websites for results.
LMFT Board Update

The Texas State Board of Examiners of Marriage and Family Therapists recently passed rules about the practice of Technology-Assisted Services. To clarify:

Technology-Assisted Services are defined as "services that use technologies and devices that enable electronic communication and information exchange to provide therapy or supervision between a licensee in one location and a client or supervisee in another location." (Section 801.2(29)).

All LMFTs and LMFT-Supervisors who provide Technology-Assisted services need at least 15 hours of continuing education in this modality by January 1, 2018, and 2 hours of CEUs related to this modality every subsequent license renewal period (Section 801.85(d)).

This rule only applies to clinicians who practice in this way.

For more information about rules related to TAS, see section 801.58 of the TSBEMFT rules .
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2018 ACA Graduate Student Essay Competitions
You Could Win $500 & More!

ACA graduate student members are invited to enter the annual essay competitions sponsored by the American Counseling Association Foundation (ACAF).

The authors of the two grand-prize-winning essays will be awarded $500, a complimentary ACA 2018 Conference & Expo registration, and publication of their essay in Counseling Today . Prizes also will be awarded for runner-up and honorable mention categories.

The essay theme, online application, full competition rules, and additional information can be found here . The deadline for essay submissions is Jan. 9, 2018.
Have questions? Send email to fburtnett@counseling.org
A New Tool for your College Ready Arsenal
Texas OnCourse Launch
By: Carrie Proctor
 
In May of 2015, the Texas Legislature created HB 18 to bolster college and career advising by ensuring that school counselors and advisors have the detailed training and information needed to meet all the requirements of HB 5. Read more...
2017
December 1:   EEF Grant Application Deadline
December 4:  TSBEPC Complaints & Rules Committee Meetings, Austin, TX
                       2018 PSCC Call for Programs Closes
December 8:  SBEC Meeting, Austin, TX
December 22: TCA Office closes for winter break

2018
January 26:     TSBEMFT Meeting, Austin, TX
February 2:     Pre-registration deadline for Professional School Counselor Conference
February 18:   Professional School Counselor Conference, Galveston, TX
February 23:   TCA Virtual Board Meeting
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