School Counselor Cohort

Registration for the 2025-2026 School Counselor Cohort will open on Monday, May 12, 2025.

Prizmah’s School Counselor Cohort, now in its 7th year, provides a collaborative and supportive professional development experience for school counselors and mental health providers in Jewish day schools and yeshivas.

During nine months of learning and network building, gain the practical tools, research, and knowledge you need to thrive as you support students, faculty, and families, and as you lead the integration of all areas of mental health and wellness in schools. With facilitation from Prizmah experts, led by Dr. Oshra Cohen, and presentations from leading researchers and practitioners in the field of mental health, you will have the opportunity to workshop, collaborate, and discuss challenges and leading practices. This space is created to learn, grow, and support one another.

How does the School Counselor Cohort work?

Participation in the School Counselor Cohort includes:

• Twice-monthly online cohort sessions
  Learn leading practices with field experts, share ideas and practical tools with other school counselors, and collaborate to address the challenges that you face. Gain insight and case guidance from school counselor peers and experts.
   
• Twice-annual, Practice to Teach Workshops (PTT)
  Practice teaching specific psychological skills to faculty and students in your school. With expert mentoring, gain knowledge and skills in implementing teaching practices and strategies in a way that works best for your school setting.This opportunity will allow you to strengthen your own skills and explore best practices in teaching these skills to others.
   
• Online Reshet (networking) community
  An invitation to participate in an exclusive online discussion forum with School Counselor Cohort participants. This online forum allows you to share, respond to, and post ideas, reflections, and resources in between the twice monthly cohort sessions. 

Why Join?

The opportunity for school counselors and mental health providers from Jewish day schools and yeshivas across North America to have a dedicated time and space to collaborate, learn, and workshop is critical to the success of implementing new processes and procedures around mental health and wellbeing in your school.

School counselors who participate will benefit from staying connected with peers on a regular basis, and will benefit from peer to peer mentoring, as well as expert coaching and mentoring and practical skill training. Counselors will also receive ongoing education on topics relevant to mental health and well-being in schools.

When does the School Counselor Cohort meet?

September 2025 through May 2026

*Specific dates / times will be shared soon.

Registration Fees

Group Discount

Prizmah Network schools that bring two or more participants will receive $100 USD off per person. The group discount will be added automatically when all participants from a school register together.