Counselor

Missouri Connections is a career planning system that we use in the Glasgow School District. Students as well as parents can sign on to this website to learn about more about college and career planning. Students at Glasgow use this tool to complete their Personal Plan of Study and other career exploration activities.

For more information or to connect to Missouri Connections use the following link.

October 18, 2021

Dear Student/Parent/Guardian,

Legislation passed during the 2018 session that requires the Department of Economic Development (DED) to annually identify occupations in which a critical need or shortage of trained personnel exists in the labor market in the state and provide such information to the State Board of Education (SBE).

The Department of Elementary and Secondary Education school counseling staff has compiled and placed information related to labor shortages and job attainment on their website. This information will update regularly. The link to this information can be found at https://dese.mo.gov/college-career-readiness/school-counseling/legislation; https://meric.mo.gov/regional-profiles/northeast; https://meric.mo.gov/regional-profiles/central

Missouri Connections (missouriconnections.org) is also a fantastic site for students/parents to utilize when researching the types of skills and occupations most in demand in the current job market. Many tools are available on the website, including interest inventories, college and scholarship search tools. Missouri Connections also provides resources related to creating a resume, interviewing, and networking.

Please stop by and visit with me if you have any questions regarding the current legislation. I can also assist you with setting up a Missouri Connections account or help with retrieving your current user name/password from the Missouri Connections website.

Sincerely,

Erika Derboven

School Counselor

IMPORTANT LINKS:

http://www.actstudent.org/

https://fafsa.ed.gov/

http://web3.ncaa.org/ECWR2/NCAA_EMS/NCAA.jsp

Sallie Mae: Student Loan Marketing Associations (SLMA)

Foster Care Point of Contact

Sonya Fuemmeler is the Glasgow School District Foster Care Point of Contact. Erika Derboven assists with these duties as well. All foster care questions should be directed to Superintendent Sonya Fuemmeler at 660-338-2012.

“Has the idea of becoming a foster parent and opening your home to a child who needs you been weighing on your heart?”

There are currently 13,000 children in foster care in the state of Missouri and though each child’s situation is different but each child dreams of having a place to call “HOME.” A place that is warm, clean, safe, and nurturing. Could this be your home? Please consider the follow quote:

“A hundred years from now it will not matter what my bank account was, the sort of house I lived in, or the kind of car I drove…but the world may be different because I was important in the life of a child.” And this child will be thankful for YOU.

If you would like to receive more information, please contact the Randolph/Howard County Children’s Division at 660-263-4330 x255 to reach Resource and Licensing Worker, Kayla Zwonitzer today!