Cynthia Floyd

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About Cynthia Floyd

Cynthia Floyd is an experienced consultant, educator, and trainer with a demonstrated history of working in education management and best practices in effective comprehensive school counseling and other specialized student support services. She is a former school counselor, central office administrator, and state-level consultant specialist for school counseling and student support services, and currently serves as a counselor educator/adjunct college professor. Cynthia contributed to the ASCA publication School Counseling Principles: Foundations and Basics (2005), facilitated the alignment of North Carolina school counselor job description standards with ASCA national best practices (2006) and continued participating in revisions and evaluation rubric development, was the recipient of the Ruth McSwain Distinguished Professional Service Award (2011), the highest award in professional school counseling in North Carolina, and led in the creation of the NC School Counseling Diamond Award which has reciprocity with ASCA RAMP. Especially skilled in - K-12 education and student support- comprehensive school counseling program implementation- provision of in-person and online professional development and training- effective team facilitation- fostering career and college readiness, social emotional learning and mental wellness- SEL curriculum integration- cultivating interdisciplinary collaboration; and - use of various technologies. Cynthia also has excellent communication and interpersonal relationship skills, is an engaged, collaborative leader, and is a servant leader who possesses utmost character and integrity. She is a dedicated professional who is a two-time graduate of East Carolina University and an alumna of Leadership NC. Additional details available at