April 13, 2012 Springfield Northfield Inn, Suites & Conference Center 3280 Northfield Drive Springfield, IL 62702 Keynote: Nicole Pfleger Creating a Culture Change The professional school counselor is uniquely qualified to be a positive change agent in their school community. Nicole Pfleger will share examples of her collaboration with a local homeless shelter for women and children, the DREAM Team for at-risk boys, and Rachel's Challenge Program promoting character education and random acts of kindness. Her message will give counselors ideas that can be easily implemented to create a culture change by fostering relationships and collaborating with stakeholders. Nicole Pfleger is a school counselor at Nickajack Elementary School in Smyrna, GA, where she has worked since 2006. She earned her undergraduate degree in Early Childhood Education from the University of Georgia, then went on to complete her Master's studies in School Counseling at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and earn an educational specialist degree in Educational Leadership from Lincoln Memorial University. Nicole was recently named the 2012 School Counselor of the Year by the American School Counselor Association.

April 20, 2012
Skokie
9599 Skokie Blvd.
Skokie, IL 60077

Keynote: Brian Law

Celebrate School
Counseling:
Catch the Sensation

Remember the Dinosaurs? Don't let school counseling become extinct. Students need you now more than ever. It is a great time to be a school counselor and ASCA is here to help you celebrate good times. Come feel the sensation of school counseling!

Brian Law was named the 2003-2004 Georgia School Counselors (GSCA) Human Rights Award Winner, Region 10 Elementary Counselor of the Year and Georgia Elementary Counselor of the year. He went on to be named the 2004-2005 National Elementary Counselor of the Year. Law was the GSCA Writer of the Year in 2006. He has served on the GSCA leadership team for 10 years and served as president for 2008-2009. He was recognized by both of his College Alumni associations as Abraham Baldwin College Outstanding Young Alumnus and Valdosta State University GOLD award (Graduate of Last Decade) in 2004. He has been an elementary school counselor for 8 years, served as the Counselor/Coordinator for the Williams Middle School Alternative Program for a year and is currently a School Counselor at Valdosta High School with the Valdosta City School System in his seventh year. Law served as the Principal for the Colquitt County Migrant Summer School from 1999-2005. He is the Summer Administrator for Valdosta High Summer School from 2007 to 2011. He received the 2009-2010 Georgia Secondary School Counselor of the Year award and was named an ASCA Top 10 School Counselor of the Year Finalist for 2009. Brian was recognized by the Georgia Safe Schools Coalition as a Top 40 Educator in Georgia for 2010-11. Brian was the 2010-2011 President of ASCA. He was most recently recognized at the Valdosta State University Most Distinguished Alumni for the College of Education in 2011.