Professional Development

Cynthia Floyd is available for workshops, webinars, presentations, keynotes, and other speaking engagements. Professional development may last from one hour to full-day sessions. Cynthia is also available to be contracted for more extensive professional development accompanied with consultation for districts or schools desiring more long-term professional support.

Below is a list of topics currently available. School districts can also request for topics to be individualized to their schools and districts/public school units (PSUs)/local education agencies (LEAs) with sufficient notice for development. If you do not see your topic of interest, please inquire at cynthia.floyd.consultant@gmail.com as it may be included within a listed topic and could be offered separately or it might be a professional development option that is still in development.

Comprehensive School Counseling Programs (for school counselors and administrators) - Academic, Career, and Social, Emotional & Mental Health Wellness
Including the following components -
- ASCA National Model
- NC School Counselor Professional Standards and Evaluation
- NC School Counseling Diamond Award/ASCA RAMP
Fundamentals of Solution-Focused Counseling
Social Emotional Learning and Wellness
Adult Self-Care

Certificates of participation can be made available; however, individual school districts determine continuing education credits.

Note that these services are currently available in North Carolina and neighboring states only.

Most popular trainings:

Framework for Effective Comprehensive School Counseling

6-hour training on effective implementation of comprehensive school counseling best practices from the ASCA National Model and the NC Professional School Counselor Standards & Evaluation along with how to translate implementation and documentation into an NC School Counseling Diamond Award application and ASCA RAMP!

(shorter, less-comprehensive 3-hour version also available)

Taking Care of the Person in the Mirror

2-hour training on the importance of finding time for adult self-care that is crucial for our overall wellbeing and resilience and in modeling skills for students. Includes quick, easy strategies for self-care and de-stressing, how to assess where you are with self-care, and how to create your own personalized self-care plan. Information learned can be adapted for application with students.
1-hour conference session is a shorter overview session of the 2-hour version, inclusive of sharing some quick, easy strategies for self-care and de-stressing, the self- assessment tool, and how to create your own personalized self-care plan.

What are participants saying?

“This training was great! Thank you for the information. It was so nice to attend a training by someone who has actually been where we are and you provided wonderful experiences and feedback. You were a joy!!!!”

“I really enjoyed the speaker and how she showed her understanding of what we as counselors are experiencing everyday.”

“The training was very helpful. I only wish I could have had it sooner in my career! :)”

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