Registration FAQs: Ohio School Counselor Training in Building & Construction Trades Apprenticeship Career Pathways
This counselor training program was developed by Affiliated Construction Trades Ohio Foundation (ACT Ohio) and TradesFutures in cooperation with the Ohio State Board of Education, the Ohio Department of Education and Workforce, and the Ohio School Counselor Association. School counselors currently working with Ohio students in grades 7-12 whose school counselor license expires on June 30, 2026 or after must complete 4-hours of construction trades apprenticeship training at an approved JATC Apprenticeship Training Center. There is no cost to counselors to attend this training.
Ohio State Board of Education Program FAQs
Scheduled Trainings – Registration:
Register on ACT Ohio’s EventBrite page.
District-wide Training Sessions:
Contact ACT Ohio Training Director Kitty French at kitty@actohio.org to schedule a group session for all counselors in your school district or ESC (groups of 25+ counselors minimum required to schedule special sessions). ACT Ohio will make our best effort to accommodate district training requests for counselor groups of 25+ on a first-come basis, as the statewide training schedule allows.
What Comes After Registration/Scheduling?
1. Counselors receive an email confirming the date, time, and location of their training session.
2. Counselors attend the in-person Construction Trades training at a joint-labor-management (JATC) apprenticeship training center.
3. After counselors have attended an ACT Ohio training in-person at a JATC, a certificate of completion will be emailed to your registration email address. Counselors will provide this completion certificate to their Local Professional Development Committees (LPDCs) for license renewal credit.
*ACT Ohio schedules new sessions in different regions of the state on an ongoing basis according to regional counselor demand. Check the ACT Ohio Eventbrite page for updates.
* Training sessions with fewer than 15 counselors registered by the RSVP date will be cancelled; registrants will be given priority for seats in other training sessions if a session is cancelled.