Virginia School Counselor Association Strategic Plan

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1 The mission of the Virginia School ounselor ssociation (VS) is to actively promote excellence in the profession of school counseling and to provide member support through professional development, advocacy, leadership, I: Professional evelopment: To provide professional development opportunities to all Virginia professional school counselors. Needs assessment of membership (1 year) Provide P to all regions over 2 3- year span (2 3 years) evelop mentor class/mentor program that has EUs (1 2 years) ontinue 1 day workshops with a specific themes, all onference, Summer cademy (ongoing) E evelop a professional development plan that would allow school counselors to earn 180 points over a 3-5 year span with the possibility of an on-line component. ontinue to support schools with RMP implementation. Timeline: esired Professional development that is accessible to members from a variety of modalities (2, on-line) that Results: directly supports their needs based on topic, school and community culture. Persons Professional evelopment hair; President; Past President; President-Elect; VS oard Members 1

2 The mission of the Virginia School ounselor ssociation (VS) is to actively promote excellence in the profession of school counseling and to provide member support through professional development, advocacy, leadership, II: Member Services: To provide services to current and future professionals in school counseling in the ommonwealth of Virginia. E G Recruit diverse school counselors, school counseling students and school counselor educators from all regions of Virginia who are representatives of various populations. Maintain ability to join association through multiple venues (on-line, paper, conferences). Use technology (social media/ ) to communicate with membership. Identify creative ways to encourage new professional school counselors to join. ctively recruit non-members. Provide a high level of services to our current membership according to the mission statement of the organization. Keep track of membership trends through the use of data. Timeline: esired 45% of professional school counselors as active members in the association and provide innovative member Results: services Persons Membership hair, VS oard Members 2

3 The mission of the Virginia School ounselor ssociation (VS) is to actively promote excellence in the profession of school counseling and to provide member support through professional development, advocacy, leadership, III: dvocacy: To advocate for professional school counselor by educating legislative and school policy makers and other stakeholders about the comprehensive school counseling program. E G ontinue advocacy of Human Rights Project Increase visibility of VS through Membership ay or an nnual Membership rive (retention and new) Eradicate the term guidance ; protect our brand (Professional School ounselor) Opportunity for a diversity of professional school counselors to come together in order to get to know one another, network and support one another. Work with Lobbyist to identify ways to address membership concerns. Organize an nnual Legislative ay to bring awareness to the field of school counseling. ollect data from surveys and questionnaires (conferences, legislative agenda) Timeline: esired ddress issues that affect school counseling; reate a legislative agenda Results: Persons Government Relations hair, President, Membership hair, Professional Recognition hair, Professional evelopment hair; VS oard Members 3

4 The mission of the Virginia School ounselor ssociation (VS) is to actively promote excellence in the profession of school counseling and to provide member support through professional development, advocacy, leadership, IV: ccountability: To promote greater use of accountability strategies that monitors student achievement and evaluates the impact of school counseling programs. ollect and analyze data to demonstrate VS s contribution and impact on school counseling. Promote collecting, analyzing and reporting data by school counselors. Promote participation in research on VS.org. Sponsor VS members submitting RMP applications and publish accompanying manual. Timeline: esired To show how Virginia students are different as a result of school counseling programs. Results: Persons Professional evelopment hair, Research hair, Writing Team, VS oard Members 4

5 The mission of the Virginia School ounselor ssociation is to actively promote excellence in the profession of school counseling and to provide member support through professional development, advocacy, leadership, accountability, and collaboration. V: Organizational Effectiveness: To determine organizational structure and administrative strategies that supports the mission of VS. E G H I Manage effectively and efficiently all financial operations. ontinue to monitor performance of all financial accounts. ontinue to monitor revenue compared to expenses. Review Strategic Plan every 5 years. Review ylaws and oard Policies annually and amend as needed. evelop a diverse board (regionally, ethnically, age, gender, sexual orientation) that will work within the best interest of the association. ontinue to recruit board members who are knowledgeable about the progression of the field and supportive of the role of the professional school counselor. Ensure that board members are knowledgeable about board ethics and professionalism when representing the association on behalf of its members. ontinue to develop relationships and collaborate with other organizations that are supportive of professional school counselors and the profession. Timeline: esired ssociation finances will continue to remain strong, viable and grow for years while representing all school Results: counselors across the ommonwealth of Virginia. 5

6 Persons President, Treasurer, y-laws hair, VS oard 6