Month: August 2021
Month: August 2021
5 Things to Do NOW to Feel Prepared for Your School Counseling Year
When the store aisles start to smell like pencils and crayons, we get so excited! And like Pavlov’s dog, we start planning our school counseling program. In this post (and corresponding podcast) we are sharing 5 (of many) tips that you can do now to feel prepared for your school counseling year! We use three
DetailsConnecting with Families Through the Trust Your Journey Project
Indra Owens, is well deserving of the New Jersey School Counselor of the Year title! In this episode she talks about how she connected with families and broke through the mental health stigma barrier. Indra started the Trust Your Journey project during the remote learning days of Covid in 2020. Her transparency showed other families
DetailsTips for School Counselors (Especially If It’s Your First Year!)
Heather Couch, a middle school counselor in Ohio, has written a book titled The School Counselor’s Guide to Surviving the First Year: Internship through Professional Development. In this episode she shares advice that ALL school counselors will benefit from. Check this episode out as we all prepare to go back to school. And then share
DetailsIdeas for Student Engagement with Tanya Kirschman
Tanya Kirschman shares parts of her ASCA presentation, which was full of “rubber meets the road” ideas for lessons and ways to keep your students engaged during classroom guidance lessons. This is a perfect episode as we start to think about going back to school! Make sure you download her amazing PDF she created for
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