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Counselor Association

 Fall Virtual Conference
 November 16 & 17, 2020
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Table of Contents

Fall Sponsors ..................... Page 3
President’s Message ........... Page 4
MSCA Leadership .............. Page 5
Past Presidents ................... Page 6
Conference Schedule ......... Page 6 - 7
Keynote Speaker ................ Page 8 - 9
Conference Tracks ............. Page 11 - 16
Conference Sessions .......... Page 17 - 34
Conference Sponsors ......... Page 35
Conference Exhibitors ....... Page 36 - 38
CEU Form ......................... Page 39
Save the Date ..................... Page 40

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Thank you to Our
2020 Fall Conference Sponsors
           Silver

           Bronze

         Supporting

                    DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHOLOGY

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MSCA President’s Welcome
One practice that has been especially salient to
me this year is honoring the question, “how do we
be present to what is unfolding?” We are wit-
nessing a transformation of our profession and
communities and have ownership in the ways in
which we engage.

I hold a core belief that the solutions are in the
community. Whether we are cultivating anti-rac-
ism or attending to COVID-19 truths, we must
look for opportunities and call one another into
generative spaces.

We must engage in self-reflection and deliberate
investigation of our worldview as individuals,
school counselors, and as a larger organization.
We must release worldviews and practices that no
longer serve us and that cause harm.

We must acknowledge the role that we all play in
perpetuating systemic racism, inequity, and the
responsibility we have to deliberately and pas-
sionately engage in purposeful correction.

School counselors are lifelong learners and as
educational leaders have a responsibility to dis-         Tanis Henderson, 2020 MSCA PResident
mantle systems of oppression within our schools
and organizations. There is a level of discomfort         selor and have adequate student to counselor
that can be expected as we enter into this space.         ratios.
Be uncomfortable and continue to show up, our
future depends on it.                                     As we engage in this virtual learning over the
                                                          next few days, I challenge you to slow down and
I have been honored to serve as the MSCA pres-            be present. Connect digitally with colleagues and
ident over the last few months. I am in awe of all        dialogue about your learning. Share examples of
that you do and the initiatives taking place across       your learning in action in the weeks to come.
Minnesota.
                                                           It is through our standing together in community
I want to acknowledge the community that MSCA             as Minnesota school counselors that we will make
provides me to connect with other school coun-            it through this year together. We are MSCA.
selors inspires me to keep going during difficult
times. As we look forward to the 2021 legislative         With gratitude,
session and our strengthened partnership with             Tanis Henderson
Education Minnesota, I envision a state where all         MSCA President
Minnesota students have access to a school coun-

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MSCA Leadership

Officers                      Division Presidents             Committee Chairs
Tanis Henderson                  Brittany Bueckers               Derek Francis
President                        Central                         Ethics
Deer River Schools               Pierz Healy High School         Minneapolis Public
                                                                 Schools

Amanda Bomstad                   Leah Shanks                     Pam Potter Langly
President Elect                  Lake Area                       Public Relations
                                 SouthWest Metro High
                                 School

Marguerite Ohrtman               Jeremy Mattson                  Sandra Mortenson
Past President                   Minneapolis                     Government Relations
University of Minnesota          South High School

Wendy Eidem                      Jamie Jazdzewski                Murray Smart
Treasurer                        Northeast                       Government Relations
St. Paul Public School           Cloquet Middle School           Retired school counselor

Robin Whiteside                  Cynthia Celander                Tina Barness
Secretary                        Northwest                       Membership and
Jordan High School               Kelliher Schools                Technology Chair
                                                                 Houston Public School
                                                                 District
Rachel Lund                      Wanda Randgaard                 Kelsey MacQueen
Vice President-Elementary        Southeast                       Awards and Recognition
Garden City Elementary           Bluff View Elementary            Co-Chair
School                                                           South St. Paul Secondary
                                                                 School
Michelle Libby                   Jessica Kirschner               Kelsey Clark
Vice President                   Southwest                       Awards and Recognition
Middle/Junior High               Loyola Catholic School          Co-Chair

Holly Evans                      Wendy Eidem                     Collette Lenarz
Vice President Secondary         St. Paul Co-President           Fall Conference Co-Chair
                                 St. Paul Public Schools

Mark Gillen                      Joe Morcomb                     Jamie Jazdzewski
Vice President                   East Suburban                   Fall Conference Co-Chair
Post Secondary                   Totino-Grace High School

Molly Attoe                      Nathan Bailey
Graduate Student Rep             West Central

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Past Presidents
1952-54 Donald Benschoter     1985-86 Robert Seha               2004-05 Tammy P. Roth
1954-56 Guy Thorsen           1986-87 Ernie Buhler              2005-06 Kitty Johnson
1956-58 C. Kenneth Knox       1987-88 Phil Cognetta             2006-07 Bill Stock
1958-60 Robert Swan           1988-89 Pat Fitzgerald            2007-08 Colleen Baldrica
1960-62 Roland Larson          1989-90 Joyce Rief               2008-09 Shelly Landry
1962-64 Loren Benson          1990-91 Bruce Wing                2009-10 Murray Smart
1964-66 Ralph Johnson         1991-92 Dave Trites               2010-11 Kris Moe
1966-68 Edwin Stuart          1992-93 Joellyn Howell            2011-12 Chris Otto
1968-70 Lyle Williams         1993-94 Bill Dorgan               2012-13 Dawn Brown
1970-72 John Ramaley          1994-95 Gail Toatley              2013-14 Dave Warner
1972-74 Roger Glaim           1995-96 Toni Bach                 2014-15 Jim Bierma
1974-76 Larry Harmsen         1996-97 Jon Larson                2015-16 Dawnette Cigrand
1976-78 Harold Hebl           1997-98 Doug Revsbeck             2016-17 Tom Tillberry
1978-80 Marlene Pinten        1998-99 Jane Scott                2017-18 Leah Kent
1980-81 Carol Pomroy          1999-00 Anita Vadis               2018-19 Sarah Kortuem
1981-82 Howard Kortmeyer      2000-01 Kevin Hogan               2019-20 Marguerite Ohrtman
1982-83 Carol Marshall        2001-02 Lee Oling
1983-84 Lyle Odland           2002-03 Kathy Connelly
1984-85 Don Cavalier          2003-04 Anne Erickson

                      Conference Schedule

                             Monday, November 16

 Time                         Event                             Location
 8:00 am - 8:30 am            Welcome/Opening Remarks           General Session
 8:30 am - 10:00 am           David Horsager: Keynote, Part 1   General Session
 10:10 am - 11:00 am          Breakout Session 1                Breakout Rooms
 11:10 am - 12:00 pm          Breakout Session 2                Breakout Rooms
 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm           Exhibits Session A                Virtual Exhibit Hall
 12:00 - 1:00 pm              Lunch Break

 1:00 pm - 1:50 pm            Breakout Session 3                Breakout Rooms
 2:00 pm - 2:50 pm            Breakout Session 4                Breakout Rooms
 3:00 pm - 3:50 pm            Board Listening Session           Livestream

 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm            “Happy Hour” and Trivia           Livestream

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Conference Schedule
                      Tuesday, November 17

Time                     Event                             Location

8:00 am - 8:15 am        Welcome Back/Opening Re-          General Session
                         marks
8:15 am - 9:00 am        Exhibits Session B                Virtual Exhibit Hall

9:00 am - 10: 00 am      David Horsager: Keynote, Part 2   General Session

10:10 am - 11:00 am      Breakout Session 5                Breakout Rooms

11:00 am - 12:00 pm      Breakout Session 6                Breakout Rooms

12:10 pm - 1:00 pm       Awards Recognition/Lunch          General Session
                         Break
1:00 pm - 1:50 pm        Breakout Session 7                Breakout Rooms

2:00 pm - 2:50 pm        Breakout Session 8                Breakout Rooms

3:00 pm - 3:30 pm        Exhibits Session C                Virtual Exhibit Hall

3:30 pm - 4:30 pm        Closing Remarks                   Livestream

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Keynote Speaker

                         David Horsager
Trust is a fundamental, bottom line issue. Without
it, leaders lose teams, principles lose respect, and
schools lose reputation, retention of good peo-
ple, and relationships. But with trust, individuals,
schools and organizations enjoy greater creativity,
productivity, freedom, and results.

Through David’s industry leading research “The
Trust Outlook™” and firsthand experience working
with the world’s highest performing organizations,
David reveals how top leaders, schools, and organi-
zations drive results to become the most trusted in
their industry.

The single uniqueness of the greatest organizations
of all time is trust. For the trusted brand, people
pay more, come back and tell others – this strategic
advantage of being trusted is what separates high
performance organizations from their competitors,
leading to greater profitability, more impact and better workplaces. In these presentations, David
shares case studies and actionable steps for diving deeper into the final four Pillars of Trust.

David Horsager Bio

David Horsager, MA, CSP, CPAE is the CEO of Trust Edge Leadership Institute, national bestselling
author of “The Trust Edge”, inventor of the Enterprise Trust Index™, and director of one of the na-
tion’s foremost trust studies: “The Trust Outlook™.”

His work has been featured in prominent publications such as Fast Company, Forbes, and The Wall
Street Journal. David has advised leaders and delivered life-changing presentations on six continents,
with audiences ranging everywhere from FedEx, Toyota, and global governments to the New York
Yankees and the Department of Homeland Security. Get free resources and more at www.DavidHor-
sager.com and www.TrustEdge.com

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Keynote Presentation

   The Trust Edge: How Top Leaders and Organizations Drive Results through Trust
                                      Part 1
                              Monday, November 16
                                 Time: 8:30 am

Learner Outcomes:
• The Case for Trust and four pillars of the Trust Edge 8-Pillar Framework™ for becoming the most
successful leaders and organizations.
   o Definition of trust
   o See how a lack of trust is your biggest expense
• Clarity: The How? How? How? Strategy™ for getting absolutely clear
• Compassion: How to build an environment for creating appreciation (SPA Method)
• Character: The one thing more important than being trusted
• Competency: Learn how input leads to output in everything

   The Trust Edge: How Top Leaders and Organizations Drive Results through Trust
                                      Part 2
                              Tuesday, November 17
                                 Time: 9:00 am

Learner Outcomes:
• The Case for Trust and the last four pillars of the Trust Edge 8-Pillar Framework™ for becoming the
  most successful leaders and organizations
• How all 8 pillars work together and affect each other in gaining the Trust Edge
• Commitment: The key to rebuilding trust & the 6-step process to create healthy accountability
• Connection: The #1 most magnetic trait of people
• Contribution: 6 Es to motivating results
• Consistency: How the little things done consistently make the biggest difference
   o Discover your opportunity to build trust the fastest, which is not when you often think it is
   o Gain a process to take this back and apply it right away

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Conference Tracks

                                           Academic
                            Presentation                                   Presenter      Session

Creatively Themed Lesson Planning 101                                   Jenny Kusske     Session 1

Integrating Experiential Activities into Your School Counseling Prac-   Mark Gillen      Session 3
tice

Adlerian Approaches to Classroom Management: Positiver Discipline       Douglas Pelcak   Session 5
and Beyond

Online Learning Demystified - All Your Questions Answered.              Jeff Plaman      Session 6

Making Data Personable for Equity Practices                             Tanis            Session 6
                                                                        Henderson

Moving beyond the legislation: Designing a Pre-K-12 PLP system          Leah Corey       Session 8
that promotes holistic student planning

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Conference Tracks

                                          Advocacy

                           Presentation                                   Presenter      Session

Supporting Our Profession: Strategies for Effective Counselor Super-   Anquinetta V.    Session 1
vision & Collegial Mentoring                                           Calhoun, Ph.D.

Bridging Mental Health and School Counseling: A Guide to LPC and       Dr. Marguerite   Session 2
LPCC Licensure                                                         Ohrtman

Purposeful and Playful: Using Creative Arts Techniques in School       Tracy Peed       Session 2
Counseling Site Supervision

One Vision, One Voice: Creating a District-Wide ASCA Culture           Susan Arvidson   Session 4

Living in the Gray: Ethical Dilemmas in School Counseling              Amanda           Session 5
                                                                       Bomstad

How to Land That Dream Job!                                            Molly Attoe /    Session 6
                                                                       Mark Gillen

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Conference Tracks

                                   College/Career

                           Presentation                              Presenter      Session

What’s new at ACT?                                                April Hansen     Session 1

Choosing a Debt Free Degree: Helping First-generation Students    Demaya Walton    Session 2
Make an Informed Decision.

Dispelling Myths about the FAFSA/Financial Aid Process            Kathleen Klima   Session 3

Personalized Learning Plans at Wayzata High School                Sarah Clutter    Session 4

Pathways to Workforce Success                                     Cameron Macht    Session 5

Preparing for Careers of the Future: School Counselors Lead the   MaKenzie         Session 7
Way!                                                              Johnson

What’s Missing from Agric_lt_re                                   Judy Barka /     Session 8
                                                                  Natalie Com-
                                                                  part

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Conference Tracks

           Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI)
                            Presentation                                   Presenter       Session

How Counselors Can Support Their Schools After a Major Race/Hate        Derek Francis     Session 1
or Bias Incident

Reimagining Discipline Practices: Leading With Community                Sarah Weiss       Session 2

Advocating for Muslim Students in the U.S. Public Schools: If not Us,   Hulya Ermis       Session 3
Then Who?

From Exclusionary to Restorative: Strategies for Building Equitable,    Justin Killian    Session 4
Trauma-informed Schools

Collective Conversations: A Counseling Group for LGBTQ+ Students        Sonya J. Lund-    Session 5
Experiencing Intimate Partner Violence                                  strom / Panel

Advocacy and Support for ELL Students’ Post-Secondary Success           Helena Ste-       Session 6
                                                                        vens, PhD, LPC,
                                                                        LSC

Anti-Racism & Equity Open Space                                         Becky Mendoza     Session 7

How Counselors Can Support Families with Gender Diverse Youth           Dr. Carolyn       Session 8
                                                                        Berger

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Conference Tracks

                                   Mental Health

                           Presentation                                 Presenter       Session

Yoga & Mindfulness for the Classroom: How to Implement Five Im-      Amy Jenkins       Session 1
portant Practices Into the School Day

Mental Health Panel                                                  Rick Auger        Session 2

I’m Anxious about My Students Anxiety – Strategies to Support Stu-   Katie Dorn        Session 4
dents in Crazy Times

Therapeutic Use of Games in Counseling with Students                 Hulya Ermis       Session 5

A Responsive Approach to Student Success                             Matthew Lib-      Session 6
                                                                     eratore, Ed.D.,
                                                                     LCPC

An Introduction to The MHTTC National School Mental Health Train-    Sarah Parker      Session 7
ing Curriculum: Guidance and Best Practices for States, Districts,   McMinn
and Schools

Just Look Up! 5 Life-Saving Phrases EVERY Educator Needs to Hear!    Joe Beckman       Session 8

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Conference Tracks

                                       Technology

                            Presentation                             Presenter      Session

Helping Kids Make Safe, Ethical and Smart Choices While Using      Kent Mollberg   Session 3
Technology

Help! Technology is Taking Control! Strategies for Leading Young   Matt Meyers,    Session 8
People in Safe and Healthy Use of Technology                       LMFT

                           Trauma/Crisis/At-Risk
                            Presentation                              Presenter     Session

McKinney-Vento 101 and supporting youth experiencing homeless-     Becky Valek     Session 3
ness

Understanding the Basics of Section 504                            Sarah Duffy     Session 4

Every Child, Every Day                                             Rachel Logan    Session 7

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Session Schedule
                          Monday, November 16, Breakout 1

     Time                             Presentation                                    Presenters

            Yoga & Mindfulness for the Classroom: How to Implement Five Im-     Amy Jenkins
            portant Practices Into the School Day
10:10       Supporting Our Profession: Strategies for Effective Counselor Su-   Anquinetta V. Calhoun,
am          pervision & Collegial Mentoring                                     Ph. D
            What’s new at ACT?                                                  April Hansen
to
            How Counselors Can Support Their Schools After a Major Race/        Derek Francis
11:00       Hate or Bias Incident
am          Creatively Themed Lesson Planning 101                               Jenny Kusske

                          Monday, November 16, Breakout 2

         Choosing a Debt -free Degree: Helping First-generation Students  Demaya Walton
         Make an Informed Decision
11:10 am Purposeful and Playful: Using Creative Arts Techniques in School Tracy Peed
         Counseling Site Supervision
to       Bridging Mental Health and School Counseling: A Guide to LPC and Dr. Marguerite Ohrtman
         LPCC Licensure
12:00 pm
         Reimagining Discipline Practices: Leading With Community          Sarah Weiss
            Mental Health Panel                                                 Rick Auger

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Session Schedule
                        Monday, November 16, Breakout 3

 Time                               Presentation                                      Presenters

          McKinney-Vento 101 and Supporting Youth                              Becky Valek
          Experiencing Homelessness
1:00 pm
          Advocating for Muslim Students in the U.S.                           Hulya Ermis
          Public Schools: If not Us, Then Who?
   to
          Dispelling Myths about the FAFSA/Financial Aid Process               Kathleen Klima
1:50 pm Helping Kids Make Safe, Ethical and Smart Choices While Using         Kent Mollberg
        Technology
        Integrating Experiential Activities into Your School Counseling Prac- Mark Gillen
        tice

                       Monday, November 16, Breakout 4

 Time                               Presentation                                      Presenters
        From Exclusionary to Restorative: Strategies for Building Equitable,   Justin Killian
        Trauma-informed Schools
2:00 pm I’m Anxious about My Students Anxiety – Strategies to Support          Katie Dorn
        Students in Crazy Times
   to
        Personalized Learning Plans at Wayzata High School                     Sarah Clutter
2:50 pm
          Understanding the Basics of Section 504                              Sarah Duffy
          One Vision, One Voice: Creating a Districtwide ASCA Culture          Susan Arvidson

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Session Schedule
                         Tuesday, November 17, Breakout 5

Time                                   Presentation                                   Presenters

        Living in the Gray: Ethical Dilemmas in School Counseling                  Amanda
                                                                                   Bomstad
10:10 Pathways to Workforce Success                                                Cameron Macht
am
        Adlerian Approaches to Classroom Management: Positiver                     Douglas Pelcak
to      Discipline and Beyond
        Therapeutic Use of Games in Counseling with Students                       Hulya Ermis
11:00
am    Collective Conversations: A Counseling Group for LGBTQ+ Students Experienc- Sonya J. Lundstrom
      ing Intimate Partner Violence                                               / Panel

                         Tuesday, November 17, Breakout 6

     Time                                 Presentation                                Presenters
            Advocacy and Support for ELL Students’ Post-Secondary Success          Helena Stevens,
                                                                                   PhD, LPC, LSC
11:10 am    Online Learning Demystified - all your questions answered.             Jeff Plaman

to          Making Data Personable for Equity Practices                            Tanis Henderson
            A Responsive Approach to Student Success                               Matthew Libera-
12:00 pm                                                                           tore, Ed.D., LCPC
            How to Land That Dream Job!                                            Molly Attoe / Mark
                                                                                   Gillen

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Session Schedule
                         Tuesday, November 17, Breakout 7

Time                                  Presentation                                       Presenters

        Anti-Racism & Equity Open Space                                               Becky Mendoza
        Preparing for Careers of the Future: School Counselors Lead the Way!          MaKenzie
                                                                                      Johnson
1:00
        Every Child, Every Day                                                        Rachel Logan
pm
        How to have an Intern and those growth conversations                          Robin Whiteside /
to                                                                                    J.Kusske
        An Introduction to The MHTTC National School Mental Health Training Cur-      Sarah Parker Mc-
1:50
        riculum: Guidance and Best Practices for States, Districts, and Schools       Minn
pm

                         Tuesday, November 17, Breakout 8

     Time                               Presentation                                     Presenters
            Moving beyond the Legislation: Designing a Pre-K-12 PLP System that       Leah Corey
            Promotes Holistic Student Planning
2:00 pm     Help! Technology is Taking Control! Strategies for Leading Young People   Matt Meyers, LMFT
            in Safe and Healthy Use of Technology
to          Just Look Up! 5 Life-Saving Phrases EVERY                                 Joe Beckman
            Educator Needs to Hear!
2:50 pm
            What's Missing from Agric_lt_re                                           Judy Barka/ Natalie
                                                                                      Compart
            How Counselors Can Support Families with Gender Diverse Youth             Dr. Carolyn Berger

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Monday, November 16
                                              Session 1
                                  10:10 am - 11:00 am
Yoga & Mindfulness for the Classroom: How to Implement Five Important Practices
Into the School Day
Target Audience: Elementary
Category/Track: Mental Health
Primary Presenter: Amy Jenkins, Continuing education coordinator, Challenge to Change, Inc.

Continuing education coordinator of Challenge to Change, Inc, Jenkins will demonstrate the importance of
implementing yoga and mindfulness practices into the classroom setting to assist all students in “connect-
ing their smart minds, to their kind hearts, to their calm bodies.” Through five important parts of practice,
Jenskins will empower attendees to use these practices during instruction time as well as in one-on-one set-
tings.

Supporting Our Profession: Strategies for Effective Counselor Supervision and
Collegial Mentoring
Target Audience: All Levels
Category/Track: Advocacy
Primary Presenter: Anquinetta V. Calhoun, Ph.D., assistant professor, Winona State University
Presenter 2: Dawnette L. Cigrand, Ph.D., associate professor, Winona State University

School counselors can support the profession through effective supervision of school counseling interns and
informal collegial mentoring. Using reflection and strategy building activities, this session will engage attend-
ees in ways to enhance supervision and mentoring. Referencing Moir’s “Phases of First-Year Teaching,” the
session will consider ways collegial mentoring can help counselors navigate early career struggles. Attendees
will examine the survival and disillusionment phases and practice strategies to improve counselors-in-training
and neophyte counselors’ indoctrination into the counseling profession.

What’s new at ACT?
Target Audience: Secondary
Category/Track: College/Career
Primary Presenter: April Hansen, ACT, Inc. Hansen has been with ACT and working in Minnesota for 12
years.

Get the latest updates on ACT Enhancements coming in Fall 2020: section retesting, super-scoring, and
timelines. The session also take a look at the new online reporting system and how you can use it to counsel
students.

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How Counselors Can Support Their Schools After a Major Race/Hate or Bias Incident
Target Audience: All Levels
Category/Track: DEI
Primary Presenter: Derek Francis, manager of counseling services, Minneapolis Public Schools. Francis is a
licensed counselor, Cross Cultural Counseling Research
Presenter 2: James Bierma (pending)

Each year schools throughout the country are faced with responding to major race or bias incidents by students
or staff. These moments can be stressful, challenging, and uncomfortable. This session will provide counselors
with a schoolwide, small group, and individual strategies to support students through these types of situations.
This will be a session you will not want to miss.

Creatively Themed Lesson Planning 101
Target Audience: All
Category/Track: Academic
Primary Presenter: Jenny Kusske, Jordan High School counselor with 10 years counseling.

Learn how to create your own engaging lessons for your students from scratch. Have a need or idea of a lesson
you want to implement for your students, come and learn the basics in creating it into an engaging lesson. Par-
ticipants will receive a resource list and sample lesson at elementary, middle, and high school levels.

                                          Session 2
                                   11:10 am - 12:00 pm
Choosing a Debt-free Degree: Helping First-generation Students Make an Informed Decision
Target Audience: Secondary
Category/Track: College/Career
Primary Presenter: Demaya Walton, college and career counselor, Banyan Community. Walton is a college access
counseling and certified financial educator.

With today’s alarming $1.5 trillion student loan debt crisis, counselors must guide the most vulnerable student pop-
ulation to abstain from student loan debt. In this session, Walton will review current research on the student loan
debt crisis, admissions practices that deceive affordability and debt-free degree student success stories.

Purposeful and Playful: Using Creative Arts Techniques in School Counseling Site Supervision
Target Audience: All Levels
Category/Track: Advocacy
Primary Presenter: Tracy Peed, Minnesota State University - Mankato assistant professor
As a school counselor, Peed have served as a site supervisor to four practicum students and five interns. As a coun-
selor educator, Peed have been and am currently an university supervisor for school counseling practicum and has
been an internship university supervisor for the past five years. Most recently, Peed served as the practicum and
internship coordinator for MSU-Mankato. Additionally, Peed and a colleague have designed and implement various
supervision trainings for site supervisors and Peed has conducted independent research in the areas of site supervi-
sor self-efficacy and professional identity.

Every school year brave school counselor site supervisors take on supervisees while having little to no training them-
selves on how to be a site supervisor. Building rapport and a strong working alliance is key to supervision success.
Research has demonstrated that supervision training helps build site self-efficacy and professional identity. This
session will provide tangible information on how to build and enhance the supervisory relationship through the use
of purposeful and playful creative arts techniques in supervision.

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Bridging Mental Health and School Counseling: A Guide to LPC and LPCC Licensure
Target Audience: All Levels
Category/Track: Advocacy
Primary Presenter: Dr. Marguerite Ohrtman, director of school counselor and clinical training. Ohrtman has
her LPCC licensure and has been supervising school counselors to earn the LPC and LPCC licensure for the past five
years.
Presenter 2: Leah Shanks, Orono Middle School counselor

Interested in learning about LPC and LPCC licensure? There are opportunities for school counselors to obtain their
LPC and LPCC licensure and this presentation will help guide you through the process. Participants will learn about
the process, requirements, and will have time to ask questions about their own next steps. Feel free to bring your
transcripts and all your questions!

Mental Health Panel
Target Audience: All Levels
Category/Track: Mental Health
Primary Presenter: Rick Auger, Minnesota State University - Mankato counselor education professor. Auger has
been involved in children’s mental health work for many years. He was a school psychologist for 14 years, complet-
ed a year-long clinical internship providing mental health services, and taught a mental health in school class for
over 15 years. Auger has written a book and several articles on the topic of children’s mental health.
Presenter 2: Sarah Blasing
Presenter 3: Claire Bradley
Presenter 4: Alex Auger

This session will feature a panel of young adults who experienced mental health issues while going through the K-12
system. They will share their experiences and offer their perspectives on ways in which schools and school counsel-
ors can support students with mental health issues.

Reimagining Discipline Practices: Leading With Community
Target Audience: All Levels
Category/Track: DEI
Primary Presenter: Sarah Weiss is a discipline policy specialist in the school climate center at Minnesota Depart-
ment of Education.

It’s time to address discipline disparities due to decision-making based on implicit bias. As our mindsets and
practices evolve, it is essential that schools reimagine their code of conduct to ensure it centers discipline prac-
tices as pathways to model, teach, and reinforce positive behavior across the school community. This session will
help advocates build capacity and secure resources they need to support districts through a process to reimagine
their discipline practices and procedures to reflect the values and needs of the community and operationalize the
use of restorative, supportive, and accountable discipline framework.

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Session 3
                                    1:00 pm - 1:50 pm
McKinney-Vento 101 and Supporting Youth Experiencing Homelessness
Room: A
Target Audience: All Levels
Category/Track: Trauma/Crisis/At-Risk
Primary Presenter: Becky Valek, counselor on special assignment, St. Paul Public Schools. Valek is a school
counselor, working with McKinney-Vento/foster care in SPPS

School counselors play an important role in supporting students experiencing homelessness. This session will
cover the basics of McKinney-Vento legislation and how counselors can support the education of youth experi-
encing homelessness. Topics include: determining McKinney-Vento eligibility-identification; school of origin;
immediate enrollment; transportation; identifying barriers and overcoming homelessness through education;
potential warning signs of homelessness; strategies to support high school graduation; and the transition to
college.

Resources:
SchoolHouse Connection: http://www.schoolhouseconnection.org/
Education Leads Home: http://www.educationleadshome.org/
National Center on Homeless Education: https://nche.ed.gov
National Network for Youth: http://www.nn4youth.org
Institute for Children, Poverty, and Homelessness: https://ww.icphusa.org
DVDs for awareness-raising: www.vimeo.com/pjulianelle

Advocating for Muslim Students in the U.S. Public Schools: If not Us, Then Who?
Target Audience:
Category/Track: DEI
Primary Presenter: Hulya Ermis, assistant professor for University of Wisconsin-Stout’s School Counseling.
Ermis had a content session on a similar topic at the ASCA conference in 2019. She wrote a book chapter on
Muslim American students and their experiences in educational settings, which is currently under publication.
Ermis is also passionate about conducting research on experiences of Muslim American students and their
mental health.

Muslim students in public schools often face bullying and discrimination and might perceive the school envi-
ronment as hostile. School counselors play a vital role in protecting Muslim students from bullying and ha-
rassment through understanding, empowering, and advocating for this population. As counselors are ethically
expected to be culturally competent by acquiring knowledge, gaining skills, and awareness regarding cultural
elements, the objective of this session is to provide an overview regarding the Muslim population in the U.S.,
key tenets of Islam, and experiences of Muslim students in public schools as well as offer practical recommen-
dations for school counselors on how to advocate for Muslim students in the U.S. schools.

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Dispelling Myths about the FAFSA/Financial Aid Process
Target Audience: All Levels
Category/Track: College/Career
Primary Presenter: Kathleen Klima, outreach & communications coordinator, Minnesota Office of Higher
Education with experience in financial aid and college access
Presenter 2: Beth Barsness, high school-dual credit-alternative-online learning, high school initiatives spe-
cialist, Minnesota Department of Education
Presenter 3: Jeff Olson, director of financial aid at Bethel University

There is a lot of misinformation about the FAFSA and the financial aid process—what it entails, who should
apply, what the results will be—we’re here to help dispel these myths in this session. Olson will address the top
questions received at FAFSA and Dream Act completion events. Updated 2021-2022 financial aid resources for
working with students and families will also be shared.

Helping Kids Make Safe, Ethical, and Smart Choices While Using Technology
Target Audience: All Levels
Category/Track: Technology
Primary Presenter: Kent Mollberg, technology information specialist. Mollberg is a professional consultant.

Are you finding that you are spending more and more of your valuable time putting out “fires” because of stu-
dents making poor choices when using technology. Are you consistently having to “deal with” issues revolving
around sexting, bullying, and inappropriate use of technology. If the answer is YES, I can help make your job
easier, and help improve the lives, and the future choices of your students.

Integrating Experiential Activities into Your School Counseling Practice
Target Audience: All Levels
Category/Track: Academic
Primary Presenter: Mark Gillen, professor, University of Wisconsin-River Falls. Gillen has worked in adven-
ture education starting in 1979 and have utilized adventure experiences to enhance group work for most of that
time.

Are you interested in adding experiential activities to your group and classroom work that utilize team build-
ing, problem solving, or just breaking the ice? We will discuss how experiential activities support our work. The
majority of our time we will be participating in activities and processing how they can be used, facilitated, and
other related issues.

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Session 4
                                        2:00 - 2:50 pm
From Exclusionary to Restorative: Strategies for Building Equitable, Trauma-informed Schools
Target Audience: All Levels
Category/Track: DEI
Primary Presenter: Justin Killian, education issues specialist, Education Minnesota. Killian is a policy spe-
cialist, academic.
Presenter 2: Sara Ford, education issues specialist, Education Minnesota

This session build on basic understandings of how childhood trauma influences brain development. Partici-
pants will discuss: childhood trauma and the original ACE study; new measurements of trauma; trauma-in-
formed, classroom strategies; and secondary trauma. Participants will also review how early trauma measure-
ment tools failed to account for systemic racism, discrimination, homophobia, and transphobia. Participants
will gain a better understanding of how schools can inflict and heighten childhood trauma, and strategies
educators can use to build trauma-informed schools. Finally, participants will review the signs of secondary
trauma and methods to help school staff protect their own wellbeing.

I’m Anxious about My Students’ Anxiety – Strategies to Support Students in Crazy Times
Target Audience: All Levels
Category/Track: Mental Health
Primary Presenter: Katie Dorn, LSC, MFT, EmpowerU Education (working with many schools). With over
15 years as a licensed school counselor, private therapist (MFT). Served on faculty and staff at Adler Graduate
School in SCP as well as co-founder of EmpowerU (https://empoweru.education) and online intervention for
students with mental health obstacles.
Presenter 2: Abby Master, EmpowerU

Help your students that struggle with anxiety, depression, and negative/ruminating thoughts learn how to
make their thoughts work for them so they are less consumed by worry and fear and have more control over
their thoughts and emotions. School counselors that attend this session will learn effective and easy to use
hands-on strategies and tools that can be used in short student check-ins or groups to help cultivate the stu-
dent’s Inner Coach while quieting their Inner Critic.

Personalized Learning Plans at Wayzata High School
Target Audience: Secondary
Category/Track: College/Career
Primary Presenter: Sarah Clutter, school counselor/Wayzata High School/School District 284. Clutter has
25-plus years of collective school counseling experience, working with students and personalized learning plans
Presenter 2: Mandy Randall, school counselor, Wayzata High School
Presenter 3: Jessica Dahlman, school counselor, Wayzata High School

Come learn about how counselors at Wayzata High School are implementing four-year plans in a meaningful
way for all students. After gaining feedback from students, personalized learning plans were revamped and are
now tailored with targeted activities, interventions, and enrichment opportunities to meet the unique individ-
ual needs of each high school student. The presenters will provide their scope and sequence for you to adapt to
your school setting.

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Understanding the Basics of Section 504
Target Audience: All Levels
Category/Track: Trauma/Crisis/At-Risk
Primary Presenter: Sarah Duffy, attorney. Duffy has seven years of practicing special education law with four
prior years experience working in special education at the Minnesota Department of Education.

This session will cover the legal requirements districts must follow under the federal Section 504 of the Re-
habilitation Act in accommodating students with disabilities. Duffy will discuss who is covered under the act,
legal requirements for the implementation of a 504 Plan, discipline procedures under the act, and more.

One Vision, One Voice: Creating a Districtwide ASCA Culture
Target Audience: All Levels
Category/Track: Advocacy
Primary Presenter: Susan Arvidson, lead elementary counselor, St. Paul Public Schools. Arvidson has been
a lead counselor for 7 years and has worked to create a culture of support for school counseling in SPPS. Our
counseling department has grown as we have aligned ourselves more closely to the ASCA model. She is also a
RAMP reviewer and presenter for ASCA.
Presenter 2: Richard Mack, lead middle school counselor, St. Paul Public Schools
Presenter 3: Jodi Danielson, lead high school counselor, St. Paul Public Schools

After this session, participants will be able to:
- Create a plan for increasing buy-in for alignment to the ASCA National model
- Increase excitement and pride in impact of licensed school counselors in your school or district
- Support and encourage counselors to apply for RAMP
- Leverage the above to reduce caseloads in your school or district

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Tuesday, November 17
                         Session 5
                                   10:10 am - 11:00 am
Living in the Gray: Ethical Dilemmas in School Counseling
Target Audience: All Levels
Category/Track: Advocacy
Primary Presenter: Amanda Bomstad, high school counselor, Mankato West High School. She is a member
of the Ethics Committee for three terms, presented on the topic of ethics at the 2019 MSCA conference, facili-
tated conversations at the ethics table at the 2019 conference
Presenter 2: Joe Morcomb, high school counselor, Totino Grace
Presenter 3: Nate Bailly, high school counselor, Fergus Falls ALC

The ethics team is surveying school counselors in Minnesota about the ethical concerns that weigh most heavily
in the work they do with students and families. The feedback provided will guide the topics highlighted in the
presentation. Audience participation is encouraged and will contribute to the collaborative nature of the ses-
sion. Participants will walk away with the knowledge, resources, and contact information to continue to prob-
lem solve ethical dilemmas as the school year progresses.

Pathways to Workforce Success
Target Audience: All Levels
Category/Track: College/Career
Primary Presenter: Cameron Macht, regional analysis manager/Department of Employment & Economic
Development. Macht represents DEED’s Labor Market Information office, supplemented by student surveys at
regional Career Expos.
Presenter 2: Luke Greiner, DEED (pending)

Choosing a career is serious business. DEED’s Labor Market Information office provides a wide range of data to
help guide students, job seekers, and their counselors to make smart career decisions.

Adlerian Approaches to Classroom Management: Positiver Discipline and Beyond
Target Audience: Elementary
Category/Track: Academic
Primary Presenter: Douglas Pelcak, School Counseling Field Experience coordinator for Adler Graduate
Shool. Pelcak is a Adlerian Trained Professional Development coordinator/director of School Counseling Ser-
vice Center.

Participants will 1) understand the importance of developing an atmosphere of belonging and contributing
in the classroom 2) develop an understanding of the Goals of Misbehavior and its application to strategically
responding to student misbehavior 3) the use of Encouragement in developing an individauls’ internal frame
of reference and locus of control 4) techniques and lessons that will assist teachers and students develop class-
rooms with strengths and affirmation as a critical base.

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Therapeutic Use of Games in Counseling
Target Audience: All Levels
Category/Track: Mental Health
Students
Primary Presenter: Hulya Ermis, assistant professor at the University of Wisconsin-Stout’s School Counsel-
ing. Ermis teaches play therapy in school counseling and teaches how to integrate books and games into school
counseling as a part of the class content.

The integration of games into counseling provides an innovative therapeutic tool that may potentially enhance
the therapeutic process. This presentation will explore the therapeutic power and purpose of using games in
counseling from various theoretical frameworks to help children and adolescents through their process of heal-
ing and growth. The session will also include types and clinical benefits of games, therapeutic components of
games, and areas that impact the use of this creative tool. Finally, we will discuss ways for school counselors to
modify existing games and create their own to incorporate within the therepautic procedure for individual and
group counseling sessions. Join Ermis in this session to add more games to your school counseling toolbox to
use in your therapeutic work.

Collective Conversations: A Counseling Group for LGBTQ+ Students Experiencing
Intimate Partner Violence
Target Audience: Middle School; Junior High; High School; Grad Students
Category/Track: DEI
Primary Presenter: Sonya J. Lundstrom, school counselor, Fisher School District, and graduate student,
University of North Dakota. Lundstrom has over 20 years of experience working with intimate partner vio-
lence, expertise working with LGBTQ youth, and applicable school counseling experience and expertise.
Presenter 2: Stacie R. Moffitt, school counseling graduate student, University of North Dakota
Presenter 3: Dana J. Conzemius, counseling psychology doctoral student, University of North Dakota
Presenter 4: Shannon R. Krueger, school counseling graduate student, University of North Dakota

This presentation outlines the pervasive social justice need for such a group, school context implementation,
and session-by-session overview of the counseling group for LGBTQ+ adolescents experiencing Intimate Part-
ner Violence (IPV).

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Session 6
                                 11:10 am - 12:00 pm
Advocacy and Support for ELL Students’ Post-Secondary Success
Target Audience: Secondary
Category/Track: DEI
Primary Presenter: Helena Stevens, PhD, LPC, LSC, school counseling Minnesota State University
professor and school counselor at Immanuel Lutheran. Over a decade of school counseling experience
working with culturally diverse students and ELL students. Current school counselor with six years as
a counselor educator training future school counselors.
Presenter 2: Hamdi Husein, student in school counseling Masters crogram MNSU/School Counsel-
or at Hayes Elementary.

A recent survey of ELL students in 11th- and 12th-grade yielded results that students felt unprepared
for post-secondary college and career options. These students felt that a lack of resources, oppor-
tunities for job exploration, and English proficiency were significant factors in influencing their
under-preparedness. School counselors are a first line of defense in supporting post-secondary pre-
paredness and this presentation will provide insights and specific strategies for increasing advocacy
work in supporting ELL students.

Online Learning Demystified - All Your Questions Answered
Target Audience: All Levels
Category/Track: Academic
Primary Presenter: Jeff Plaman, online and digital learning specialist, Minnesota Department of Ed-
ucation. Plaman administrates the online learning programs for the state of Minnesota.

Students enrolled in your school may take online courses from a state-approved online learning pro-
vider. This session will cover the basic responsibilities of the enrolling district and then address spe-
cific questions from the audience regarding enrolling, supporting, and transcripts for online students.

Making Data Personable for Equity Practices
Room: C
Target Audience: All Levels
Category/Track: Academic
Primary Presenter: Tanis Henderson, MSCA president, school counselor at Deer River High
School.
Presenter 2: Sarah Weiss, MDE
Presenter 3: Derek Francis, manager of counseling services, Minneapolis Public Schools

Participants who participate will understand the role of personal bias in data intrepretation, will learn
strategies for championing the use of data in equity work.

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A Responsive Approach to Student Success
Target Audience: Elementary, Middle School, Secondary
Category/Track: Mental Health
Primary Presenter: Matthew Liberatore, Ed.D., LCPC, director of student services and profession-
al learning, District 214, Illinois. Liberatore has 11 years as a school counselor, student services, and
administration and is a clinical therapist that focuses on trauma and healing.
Presenter 2: Deborah Hardy, Ed.D, founder GuideED Consulting
Presenter 3: Mary Docken, vice president of Outreach, Intellispark

Discover a new model for team-based student support, focused on meeting individual student needs
no matter where and how students are in school. Two experienced school counseling leaders will
share practical ways for you to know, appreciate, and support each of your students.

How to Land That Dream Job!
Target Audience: All Levels
Category/Track: Advocacy
Primary Presenter: Molly Attoe/ Mark Gillen, MSCA Board Graduate Student Committee and pro-
fessor, University of Wisconsin-River Falls.

Want to learn how to land your dream school counseling job? Prepping for an upcoming interview?
In this session, you’ll learn, test out the application, interview tips, and best practices. Now is your
chance to ask those burning questions about landing your dream job before the pressure’s on!

                                       Session 7
                                  1:00 pm - 1:50 pm
Anti-Racism & Equity Open Space
Target Audience: All Levels
Category/Track: DEI
Primary Presenter: Becky Mendoza, school counselor, Anti-Racism & Equity chairperson & Como
Park Senior High School.
Presenter 2: Tanis Henderson, MSCA president and Deer River Schools school counselor

Join the presenters at this session to talk about and learn from others regarding anti-racism and equi-
ty work in schools across Minnesota. The solutions are in our community.

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Preparing for Careers of the Future: School Counselors Lead the Way!
Target Audience: All Levels
Category/Track: College/Career
Primary Presenter: MaKenzie Johnson, high school counselor and a counselors for Computing
consultant.
Presenter 2: Jen Rosato, College of St. Scholastica (pending)

The shift in technology, computers, and automation have created a stark change in the world of work
that continues to grow. These changes continue to the shift not only future careers but also the nec-
essary skill to navigate and flourish in the 21st century. Many of the jobs continue to leave out large
groups of students along lines of gender and race. School counselors are uniquely positioned to build
awareness of the careers and foster student competencies through our advising and individual coun-
seling through specific skills and practices.

Participants will be able to identify emerging career trends and requisite skills to empower students.
They will also identify tips for talking about computer science education and careers with key stake-
holders.

Every Child, Every Day
Target Audience: All Levels
Category/Track: Trauma/Crisis/At-Risk
Primary Presenter: Rachel Logan is National SEED trainer/facilitator, PELSB trained, lead consul-
tant for equity (regional professional development, regional networks, school site trainer, and pre-
senter around implicit bias, cultural competency, equity and diversity work) for 2-plus years, present-
ed equity based breakout sessions for MCTE, MASBO and MREA

We are public schools, we support children and families from every race, language, gender, sexual
orientation, religion, socio-economic background, political affiliation, mental health status, and abil-
ity. Learn tools to strengthen your own equity lens, positively support your colleagues, and amplify
student voice because collectively, we exist for every child, every day.

How to have an Intern and Those Growth Conversations
Target Audience: All Levels
Category/Track: Advocacy
Primary Presenter: Robin Whiteside/ J.Kusske

In this session, Whiteside and Kusske will outline how they got started as intern supervisors and how
they prepare future counselors for their first counseling job. They also will discuss how to have those
tough growing conversations with the interns and how interns can enhance your school counseling
program. Whiteside and Kusske welcome questions from participants and will provide them with a
supervisor “cheat” sheet.

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An Introduction to The MHTTC National School Mental Health Training Curriculum:
Guidance and Best Practices for States, Districts, and Schools
Target Audience: All Levels
Category/Track: Mental Health
Primary Presenter: Sarah Parker McMinn, school-based mental health project manager, Great
Lakes Mental Health Technology Transfer Center. McMinn is a MSW, LCSW, trainer in the national
curriculum and school mental health project staff with the national Mental Health Technology Trans-
fer Center network.

This training will introduce participants to the FREE National School Mental Health Training Curric-
ulum. To help states, districts, and schools understand the core components of comprehensive school
mental health, as well as engage in a planning process, this eight-module curriculum focuses on pro-
viding guidance and best practices in school mental health. The curriculum is intended to be used by
teams to influence, develop, and oversee school mental health systems in districts and schools.

                                     Session 8
                                2:00 pm - 2:50 pm
Moving Beyond the Legislation: Designing a Pre-K-12 PLP System that
Promotes Holistic Student Planning
Target Audience: All Levels
Category/Track: Academic
Primary Presenter: Leah Corey, program manager, St. Paul Public Schools. Corey holds a Master of
Arts (MA) in social service administration, a Master of Education (MEd) in Educational Leadership
and over 10 years experience working in public school settings in Chicago, Ill., Minneapolis, Minn.,
and St. Paul, Minn. Her career has focused on leading adults through transformational change in the
areas of college and career planning and social emotional learning.
Presenter 2: Sue Arvidson, lead elementary school counselor at St. Paul Public Schools

The state of Minnesota requires all students to develop a personal learning plan no later than 9th-
grade. But how should districts create a system that truly impacts students learning and isn’t simply
an exercise in compliance? The presentation will provide an overview of a Pre-K-12 framework that
St. Paul Public Schools has been piloting and is expanding across the district in 2020-2021.

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Help! Technology is Taking Control! Strategies for Leading Young People
in Safe and Healthy Use of Technology
Target Audience: All Levels
Category/Track: Technology
Primary Presenter: Matt Meyers, LMFT, counselor/therapist at Traverse Counseling & Consulting,
GBC. Meyers has extensive experience working with families that present with this issue.

It has become a new developmental task for all of us in the 21st century to establish a safe, healthy
and balanced relationship with technology. Parents frequently feel as though technology is leading
their children and family and feel inadequate to parent in this 21st century. In part this creates space
and susceptibility for many of our technology practices to become process addictions because of the
nature of how technology engages our brains. This behavior also can be difficult for school profession-
als and parents to work collaboratively when schools use so many digital tools for educating children.
School professionals can sometimes feel blamed for difficulties children are having and parents often
feel blamed. How can parents and school professionals support young people in practicing healthy
technology use?

Just Look Up! 5 Life-Saving Phrases EVERY Educator Needs to Hear!
Target Audience:
Category/Track: Mental Health
Primary Presenter: Joe Beckman
As cofounder of Happy Caveman and Till 360 Consulting, Joe Beckman has shared his infectious
energy, humor, and passion in over a thousand schools, positively impacting over one million people
worldwide.

Combining humor, authenticity, heart, and soul, international speaker Joe Beckman shares five spe-
cific phrases he believes all humans need to hear...especially today. The result is a refreshing, authen-
tic, and down-to-earth approach to finding self-worth (Love YOU), resilience (Push Through), confi-
dence (Fail On), joy (Yeah Toast!), and maybe most importantly, human connection (Just Look Up).

What’s Missing from Agric_lt_re
Target Audience: All levels
Category/Track: College/Career
Primary Presenter: Judy Barka, assistant director, MinnesotaState Center of Agricultural Excel-
lence. Barka has hands on experience working with career pathways
Presenter 2: Natalie Compart, outreach coordinator, Minnesota State Center of Agricultural Excel-
lence

The Minnesota State College and University system is host to eight Centers of Excellence – dispersed
across the state. As the Agricultural Centers of Excellence, They advocate for agriculture and promote
Agriculture, Food, and Natural Resources (AFNR) pathways by engaging students in an educational
conversation about career opportunities. During the workshop, the presenters will provide a brief
overview of the eight centers, share agricultural job data – to exemplify the varied agricultural career
opportunities, and discuss how they center can support your school’s existing efforts as well as how
they can assist in expanding AFNR efforts in your school for the benefit of all students

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Working with Parents of Gender Diverse Students
Target Audience: All Levels
Category/Track: DEI
Primary Presenter: Dr. Carolyn Berger, assistant professor & program coordinator, CSPP Program,
University of Minnesota. Berger has a Ph.D., M.Ed., & Ed.S. in School Counseling from the University
of Florida. She worked as a school counselor at both the middle and high school levels prior to becom-
ing a counselor educator. She has over 15 years of experience in the school counseling field and has
held numerous workshops on this topic.
Presenter 2: Cristina Silva Gleason, M.S., Ph.D. candidate, University of Minnesota

One of the most essential protective factors for gender diverse students is having a strong support
system, including both their family and their school. It is critical that school counselors respect fam-
ily values while also advocating for gender diverse students. However, this can get complicated if the
family does not approve of their child’s gender identity. This presentation will address the complexi-
ties of working with gender diverse students’ families and discuss how to handle different scenarios.

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