59th Annual NYSSSWA State Conference

Bridging Gaps:  Enhancing School & Student’s
Well Being Through School Social Work

       November 14 & 15, 2024

Many thanks to everyone who attended the New York State School Social Workers’ Association’s  59th State School Social Work Conference!    We hope you enjoyed all of your sessions and were able to bring new strategies and knowledge to assist you in serving others when you return to your schools.

We sincerely regret that not everyone was able to attend the Conference this year.  NYSSSWA will be exploring new venues that can accommodate more attendees in the future.  Be sure to start seegin

How Do I Get My CEs/CEUs?

  1. You must be registered with NYSSSWA.
  2. NYSSSWA must receive payment.
  3. Bring your Iphone to sessions so that you can sign in and out for each session via QR codes that will be provided at the beginning and end of each session.
  4. NYSED requires evaluations for ALL Workshops/Keynote Sessions you attend.  Survey Monkey Link:
  5. Click Here
  6. ALL Session evaluations  should be completed BY DECEMBER 6, 2024!
  7. IMPORTANT:  NYSSSWA’s evaluations are available via Survey Monkey.  This program will no longer be available  since NYSSSWA will be discontinuing its use beginning in 2025 so IF YOU WANT CEs, you MUST complete these evaluations ASAP. 
  8. Staff will be monitoring the completion of all components.  Once all steps are confirmed your CE Certificate will be released.  Please note that this is a MANUAL process, so please allow time.  Nothing is released automatically.  Thank you for your patience.
  9. Access your CE Certificates via your NYSSSWA account.  Nothing will be “sent” to you.
  10. You will receive a notification when each CE is released.  This notification IS NOT your CE certificate.
  11. Use the following tutorial link to assist you in obtaining your certificate:

Click Here for “How to Print Your CE Certificates”

  1. Contact member.services@nyssswa.org if you have any questions.

Thank you for participation at the conference as well as attending
 to all the required components to obtain your CEs.

Photo Credit:  dreamstimefree_Ponomarenko

Evaluations:

  • NYSED requires evaluations for ALL Workshops/Keynote Sessions you attend.
  • The form is set up for you to flow chronologically from one session to the next.
  • Do NOT click the “back arrows” but use the “Prev” and “Next” tabs at the bottom of the pages to navigate.
  • Do NOT click “Done” until you have completed ALL evaluations or you will not be able to re-enter from that same computer.  You DO NOT have to start over but can access from another computer and complete your missing evaluations.  (We can combine on the back end but it requires more work.)
  • Deadline to complete Evaluations is December 6, 2024 so that we can start processing your certificates.  Remember, nothing is done automatically so we will need time to verify all components.

Click Here for Evaluation Link

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/2024StateEval

Attention Conference Attendees:

PROGRAM:  You can also still access the Conference Program, Schedule and Bios.

Click Here for Complete Conference Program

Click Here for Schedule of Events

Click Here for Presenter Bios

Purchase Orders:

Purchase Orders can be faxed to: (315) 624-1266 Attn: Tricia Hoyer  or emailed to: or Trish.hoyer@nyssswa.org

NYSSSWA does NOT mail out invoices so be sure to provide a copy of your invoice to your district’s accounts payable department for payment.   (CEs are not released until NYSSSWA receives payment.)

Need Help to Access Your Invoice?

Click on these Tutorials to access your invoice and submit to your district:

Please instruct your district to include your invoice # on any communications as well as the check for payment.

Send checks to: NYSSSWA,  264 Rider Road, Clayville, NY  13322
NYCDOE Vendor Number:  NEW668575|
Click Here  for W-9.

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Cancellations:   Please note that there will be a $25 administrative fee for any cancellations prior to October 25, 2024   This must be in the form of an email sent to   Member.services@nyssswa.org. After October 25, 2024 there will be no refunds.

New York State School Social Workers’ Association is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board of Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0057

Need Help?

Here are a few tutorials to assist you:

Join or Renew Your NYSSSWA Membership

Planning for Next Year and Need Help Convincing Your Supervisor or Superintendent?

If you were unable to register this year, please start laying the ground work with your district for funding approval to attend  NYSSSWA’s State Conference in 2025.   (Some districts have already asked for a copy of our W-9 so that NYSSSWA will already be in their system.)  NYSSSWA has put together a couple of sample letters that you can draw from to submit to your supervisor.  Feel free to adapt to meet your needs.

Convince Your Supervisor–Letter 1 (Generic)

Convince Your Supervisor–Letter 2 (Includes the opportunity to list a few sessions that may be specifically pertinent to you and your district.)