School Counselor of the Year (SCOY)

The School Counselor of the Year (SCOY) Award honors the best of the best - counselors who run a top-notch, comprehensive school counseling program at the elementary, middle or high school level. Please nominate your colleague who you feel exemplifies these qualities! The winner of the Oregon SCOY Award will receive a $1,000 monetary award, as well as travel and registration for the OSCA Annual Conference.

We also submit the Oregon SCOY to the application pool for the ASCA National School Counselor of the Year award. The Oregon SCOY will hold the privilege of representing OSCA at the ASCA SCOY Gala.

We are now reviewing nominations for the 2024-25 School Counselor of the Year.

Linda C. Eby Scholarship

OSCA is pleased to provide three scholarships for high school seniors. The goal of this scholarship is to recognize outstanding high school seniors and School Counselors in the state of Oregon.

Linda C. Eby served as a School Counselor for 33 years. She was on the Oregon School Counselor Association Board for 20 years. Her time and commitment to this profession was recognized in the Fall of 2014 when she received the Lifetime Achievement Award and the OSCA Board named its’ first-ever high school scholarship after her. The goal of this scholarship is to recognize outstanding high school seniors and School Counselors in the state of Oregon.

One winner will receive $3,000. Two runner-ups will each receive $1,000.

We are now reviewing applications for the Linda C. Eby Scholarship.

Winners will be notified by April 30, 2024.

Don Perkins Professional Grant

OSCA is pleased to provide a grant for school counselors. The goal of this grant is to support school counselors in developing programs and receive training in order to benefit students.

• We will accept applications from May 1 - June 15, 2024. Check back soon for the application link!
• You may request up to $500.
• OSCA members employed as school counselors are eligible.
• We will announce this year's winner by July 15, 2024.
• Recipients must spend grant funds by the end of the following school year. The exact date is provided each year. For 2024-2025, recipients must spend grant funds by June 1, 2025.
• We honor one recipient each application cycle.

If selected to receive the Don Perkins Grant, we ask that you submit a program proposal for a break-out session at the OSCA Conference that follows receipt of a grant (i.e., if you receive a grant in April, you will propose a break-out session at next October's conference). Alternately, you can write a brief article for the OSCA newsletter describing what you did, how students benefited, and your recommendations to other school counselors, due before the OSCA Conference following receipt of grant.

Examples of programs and training OSCA has funded:

• Crisis Response training for counselors
• Library of resources for parents
• Love & Logic training for a counselor
• Peer Mediation Training of Trainers
• Incentives program to improve students’ academic success.

We will accept applications from May 1 - June 15, 2024. Check back soon for the application link!