Nominate an individual for School Counselor of the Year<\/a><\/p>\nWho Should You Nominate?<\/p>\n
Exceptional school counselors create supportive, inclusive environments where every student feels valued, connected, and empowered. They take a holistic approach to addressing students\u2019 academic, social-emotional, and college and career development while demonstrating leadership, advocacy, empathy, and a commitment to educational equity.<\/p>\n
They build meaningful relationships with students, families, colleagues, and community partners and use their expertise to remove barriers, expand opportunities, and help all students thrive.<\/p>\n
Nomination Process<\/p>\n
Educators across the county can nominate deserving candidates during a five-week\u00a0nomination window. Following the nomination period, nominees will have the opportunity to indicate their interest in moving forward in the selection process. The SCOY Committee will then review candidate materials and invite selected semi-finalists to participate in virtual interviews.<\/p>\n
Nomination Window: Aug.\u00a018 to Oct.\u00a05, 2026<\/p>\n
Nomination Confirmation Window: Oct.\u00a012 to 30, 2026<\/p>\n
SCOY Semi-Finalist Virtual Interviews: November\/December 2026<\/p>\n
SCOY Finalist Site Visits: January 2027<\/p>\n
2027 SCOY Recipients Announced: February 2027<\/p>\n
Eligibility Requirements:
1. Employed as a full-time school counselor during the 2026-27 school year.
2. Completed at least five\u00a0years as a practicing school counselor in a K-12 public or charter school in San Diego County.
3. Hold a master\u2019s degree in guidance and counseling, school counseling, or an equivalent field, and possess a valid Pupil Personnel Services credential as a certified school counselor in California.<\/p>\n
If you have any questions about the nomination process, contact\u00a0Lezya Weglarz, project specialist, at lezya.weglarz@sdcoe.net.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Nominations for the 2027 San Diego County School Counselors of the Year (SCOY) are now open. This program…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":458094,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[5767,74,84,22053,76,75,22054],"class_list":["post-458093","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-diego","tag-post","tag-san-diego","tag-san-diego-county","tag-san-diego-county-office-of-education","tag-san-diego-headlines","tag-san-diego-news","tag-sdcoe"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/458093","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=458093"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/458093\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/458094"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=458093"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=458093"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=458093"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}