Student Support Conference

About The Conference

The West Virginia Department of Education is pleased to host the 2024 Student Support Conference: Collaborating for Student Success in Charleston, WV. The conference will include a wide variety of useful breakout sessions, opportunities to connect and network with other student support professionals and community partners, and an exciting lineup of keynote presenters. This professional development opportunity is appropriate for student support professionals including Communities In Schools Coordinators, county-level directors, homeless liaisons, school counselors, school social workers, school psychologists, school mental health providers, afterschool program directors, and other community partners. There is no cost to attend the event; however, travel, lodging, and meals are the responsibility of the participant.

Session Topics

• After School Programming / 21st CCLC
• At-Risk and Homeless Youth
• Attendance
• Behavior
• CTE (Information for School Counselors)
• Data-Informed Decisions
• Family Engagement
• Prevention
• Project AWARE
• Safe Schools
• School Counseling Topics
• Special Education Information for Student Support Professionals
• Trauma and Mental Health

Training and Continuing Education

This conference will offer sessions covering required training components of HB 5262 for school counselors.          

CE's for Social Work, LPC, and Addiction and Prevention are pending approval.

Agenda At-A-Glance