About ISCA

ISCA Leadership

	President 2009-10 Ray Piagentini RayPiag@yahoo.com
President Elect Venisa Beasley-Green vabeasley-green@cps.k12.il.us	President Elect-Elect Laurie Siegel rsiegel6689@wowway.com	Past President Christina K. Nolan christina.nolan@nl.edu
Elementary V-P	Middle Level V-P	Secondary Level V-P Charles Koch ckoch@Naperville203.org	Counselor Educator V-P Al Milliren millfe@sbcglobal.net
Graduate Student V-P Kathy Hicks kehicks@comcast.net	Counselor Supervisor V-P Vince Walsh-Rock vwalsh-rock@csd99.org
Region VII Chicago Area Rep Frenda Rodgers frodgers24@hotmail.com	Region I Collar Counties Jack Royhl jroyhl@lisle202.org	Region II Rockford, Rock Island Linda Delimata delimata@t6b.com	Region III Macomb, Peoria, Quincy Nancy Penk npenk@rivertonschools.org
Region IV Champaign, Bloomington Brandi Simmons brandi.simmons@att.net	Region V E. St. Louis, Belleville, Alton Sherry Thomas sthomas@highlandcusd5.org	Region VI Mount Vernon, Marion, or Carbondale
	Secretary Elizabeth Bator Elizabeth.bator1@gmail.com
Executive Director Daniel Stasi ilschoolcounselor@yahoo.com

Illinois School Counselor Association

ISCA-chartered in 1958 as a division of the Illinois Guidance and Personnel Association now known as the Illinois Counseling Association. ISCA is a branch of the American School Counselor Association (ASCA) as well as a division of the Illinois branch of the American Counseling Association. Membership is approximately 500 school counselors across the state of Illinois.

ISCA offers its members the following benefits:

Relationships among professional counselors engaged in elementary, middle school, secondary and post-secondary school settings.

Professional development opportunities which may be used to fill required CPDU's for ISBE recertification.

Four newsletters each year.

Public relations ideas and materials.

Professional alliances with other Illinois educational and counseling associations.

Recognition for counselor, advocate and legislator of the year.

Mentoring for new professional school counselors.

Alliance with the Counsel for Illinois Counseling Organizations (CICO), a non-profit organization which advocates for counselors in Springfield.

A voice in the Illinois Counseling Association.

A voice with the State Board of Education.

ISCA annual dues are:
$90.00* for a professional member (ISCA $25 / ICA $65)
$50.00* for a student or retired member (ISCA $12.50 / ICA $37.50)

$50.00 for the 1st year professional (ISCA $12.50 / ICA $37.50)
*Membership in the Illinois Counseling Association is required for membership in ISCA. ICA Dues are $65.00. Membership is for 12 months, commencing with the month that you join.

To join ISCA, mail your application to the ICA:

By email:	ilschoolcounselor@yahoo.com
To join by mail:	Illinois Counseling Association P.O. Box 367 DeKalb, IL 60115
On the web:	www.ilcounseling.org

Goal 1 –	ISCA's Strategic Plan 2008-2011 Promote the Identity of the Professional School Counselor
Goal 2 –	Support a Comprehensive, Developmental School Counseling Model (Illinois Developmental Model; IL Social Emotional Learning Standards, in Conjunction with the ASCA National Model)
Goal 3 –	Demonstrate Efficacy of School Counseling Programs & Practices
Goal 4 –	Facilitate Networking, Professional Development & Resources which Support & Encourage Professional School Counselors
Goal 5 –	Target & Respond to Changing Needs & Trends in the Communities Served

»ISCA Leadership

Leadership – The 2009-2010 team brings diversity, professionalism and commitment to our ISCA association. The leadership is comprised of professional school counselors working in the field at the elementary, middle school and secondary levels, counselor educators who have expertise in the area of school counseling, professional development and advocacy, and an executive director (Dan Stasi) who is able to help negotiate the fine tuning needed to bring the leadership team together. In addition, our leadership team represents rural, urban, suburban, and in-between from the great state of Illinois.

To view a listing of the current Illinois School Counselor Association executive team, click here.

»Partnership

ISCA is proud to be a division of our state organization, the Illinois Counselor Association (ICA). Our collaboration models the ability to recognize our common counselor identity, while respecting the many ways in which that plays out in the environments which support our unique expertise. In addition, our state branch designation with the American School Counselor Association (ASCA) provides ISCA with a national forum for our Illinois professional school counselors.

The opportunity to partner with the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) is paramount to helping the professional school counselor in the state of Illinois articulate the expertise and leadership that they are able to provide for their school communities. Implementing comprehensive, developmental school counseling programs in every single school, at every single level, is essential in improving academic, social-emotional, and career choices for all of our students. Remember, we are superior at creating solutions, because we are trained to be a part of the solution.

»Accountability

Our membership, partners, state and national associations have a well-deserved expectation of the outcome of our work. Our newsletter, ISCA homepage (ilschoolcounselor.org), and our annual spring conference will provide a forum for these reports.