2025/2026 SY Perspective Planning and Preparation

Please indicate your plan to attend and the exact Columbia, MO. location will be shared with you via the email you provide along with dietary considerations, agenda, and a calendar invite.

As you may know SSWAM is ran by a volunteer Board of Directors, and we are always seeking School Social Workers to help carry the torch towards our commitment to advocate for students, advocate for the profession, advocate for professionals, and advocate for legislation.

PLEASE CONSIDER ADDING YOUR NAME TO THE BALLOT or COMMIT TO THE FOLLOWING POSITIONS/OPPORTUNITIES via the following Google FORM:

President Elect

Co-Treasurer

Co-Secretary

Member at Large

Regional Rep

Committee Work

This is your opportunity to nominate a School Social Worker of the Year (SSWOTY) and Friend of School Social Work of the Year *Remember School Social Worker of the Year must be a current SSWAM member*

Click the link below that leads to the SSWAM website. Scroll to the bottom and complete the nomination form(s).

Meet School-Based Mental Health

(SBMH) staff members from the

Department of Elementary and

Secondary Education and join us for

an introduction to Missouri's

Framework for School-Based Mental

Health. Learn about best practices

with a special focus on staff

wellness and leave with resources

designed to strengthen your SBMH

team.

CLICK THE LINK BELOW TO SIGN-UP FOR A TRAINING IN YOUR AREA!

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1OwtcnSoD9vQlDK6nJ7gjTOIpTgXhujIV/view

Each egg, a sphere of promise,
Holds a world within its shell,
No two alike, a subtle promise,
Each a story to compel.

From speckled brown to pale white,
A canvas of nature's art,
Each egg, a unique delight,
A brand new, beating heart.

The journey starts within,
A fragile life takes hold,
A silent, hopeful begin,
A story to unfold.

So let us not compare,
But celebrate the grace,
Of each egg, beyond compare,
In its own time and space.

-UNKNOWN

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