Patti Tomashot

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Patti Tomashot, M.S., C.A.G.S., VTSCA Executive Director, School Counselor / Director VT Public Schools, grade 9 - 12 (She/Her/Hers)

As Patti enters her 23rd year as a school counselor, director and ASCA/VTSCA active member, she continues to be passionate, committed, dedicated and excited to advocate for the role of the school counselor.   For more than 15 years, she has been a school counselor leader at the local, state, regional and national level. Her work includes serving as an adjunct professor and internship supervisor at the University of Vermont. Patti has served on many VT AOE committees related to school counseling work and was also awarded several grants to pursue additional school counseling research in addition to VT AOE Results Oriented Program Approval (ROPA) for masters-level educational programs and is currently helping with updating VT school counselor competencies for licensure. She helped lead the effort to bring a comprehensive school counseling framework to VT. SHe has been a national presenter at NACAC and ASCA and regional presenter at NEACAC and VTSCA conferences and has authored several published articles for both ASCA and NACAC.  Finally, Patti led the first public school in VT to receive the highest distinction from the ASCA - The Recognized ASCA Model Program (RAMP). This award recognizes schools committed to delivering school counseling programs aligned with the ASCA National Model.

Certifications:  PK-12 School Counseling 

Education: Master of Science - University of Vermont, CAGS UCLA, Leadership courses: St. Michael’s College, UVM

Educational Interests: Counselor supervision, mentoring colleagues, collaborative communication, using data to enhance school counseling programs, post-secondary planning, career and academic connections, cultural competency, restorative practices

Sample of Awards/Recognition: 

  • Vermont School Counseling Association (VTSCA) Annual Meeting Presenter, 2022, VT School Counseling Model

  • VTSCA Committee Lead for the VT School Counseling Model, 2021- 2023

  • NEACAC Professional of the Year, 2021

  • National Association College Admission Counseling (NACAC), national presenter as well as faculty member of “Leading a Dynamic College Counseling Program”, 2020- ongoing

  • American School Counseling Association (ASCA),  national presenter on workplace bullying, 2019

  • Vermont School Counseling Association – School Counselor of the Year 2019

  • ASCA Magazine May/June 2019, co-authored article “When Adults are the Bullies”

  • Consortium of Vermont Colleges, High School Counselor of the Year Nominee, 2017

  • VT AOE Results Oriented Program, Approval Review Team Member, 2016, 2017

  • Vermont’s NASSP Assistant Administrator of the Year, 2015 

  • American School Counseling Association Recognized Model Program Award (ASCA RAMP), April 2015

  • ASCA RAMP Reviewer 2016, 2017, 2018 

  • New England Association for College Admissions Counseling (NEACAC) Annual Meeting Presenter, 2016, Standards-Based Grading

Outside Interests:  Exercising, cooking, golf/pickleball, spending time with family and friends, travel, playing with my dog