OSCA 2023 Annual Conference
Day/Date: Friday, October 27thTime: 9AM - 5:00 PM
Location: Sunriver Resort
Theme: TBA
Registration will open in August

OSCA UPCOMING EVENTS - MARK YOUR CALENDAR:
From the Chair: Commitment and Growth
By Amy Henry | September 2023

During Roberto’s tenure, he accomplished many things, but here are just a few:
- He geographically diversified our board so that we now have Board members from all over the state.
- He increased our coffers so we are now financially stable.
- He started the process of a “policy governance” board, which will help us to increase member involvement in OSCA.
This summer, while I was hiking with one of my school counseling friends, she asked me about my goals for OSCA. Great question! Here are my two goals for the year:
- Hire a part time executive director:
We are only as strong as our members. Right now, we only have about a third of the TSPC registered counselors as members. I believe one reason is that we have not done an intentional outreach to school counselors. I also think that as an organization we need to be more responsive to our members’ needs throughout the year. Unfortunately, board members have full time jobs besides serving on the board. This makes it extremely difficult to try to do anything other than put on the yearly conference. Many states already have a full-time or part-time executive director. - Increase involvement on OSCA committees
While we are still in the early stages of policy government, we need more people to join our committees: Membership Outreach, Professional Development, Legislative Advocacy, Ethics, Social Justice/Anti Racism, and Public Relations. Please consider joining one of these committees.
Contact Amy Henry, OSCA Board chair, at oscahsvp@oscainc.org.