Here’s What to Expect In This Episode: In its most simple terms, first generation students are the first in their families to attend college. According to the Center for First-Generation Student Success, “nearly 33% of students attending college or universities in the United States are first-generation.” High school counselors have
Here’s What to Expect In This Episode: As high school counselors, we hope to prepare students for whatever their post secondary plans are… from work, military, or college. Elementary and middle school counselors are laying the foundation for college and career-ready standards… but, as high school counselors, we’re meeting students
Here’s What to Expect In This Episode: Running senior meetings helps to inform your students and parents while also building their confidence about what’s to come! Senior year can be a LOT! Planning, researching, applying, thinking about the next steps (whatever those may be). As high school counselors, we can
*This post is sponsored by Going Merry. High school counselors deal with information overload every day! Add scholarship search questions and emails to the mix, and you just may want to throw in the towel. We’re trying to analyze and manage all of the information given to us and get
Here’s What to Expect In This Episode: Call it what you want- a counselor fly in, a counselor outreach program, a college fly in opportunity… you just have to hear about it! Counselor fly ins are a hidden treasure of the job of a high school counselor! In this episode,
Here’s What to Expect In This Episode: This one’s for the veteran counselors needing a pick-me-up as this school year is getting started. Listen to this back to school high school counselor pep talk for some relatable realness… but then also some encouragement. I’m not sure which is harder on
Here’s What to Expect In This Episode: In this episode, I’m giving you your high school counselor back to school “starter pack” broken into 3 categories: community support, podcast episodes, and resources. I’m diving into these back-to-school categories to help you figure out what you need (and what you don’t
Here’s What to Expect In This Episode: Looking for new perspectives from other high school counselors? Look no further than this conversation with Chris, a public charter high school counselor from California! In this episode, we talk about Chris’ background and specialty in mental health. She emphasizes how it has
Here’s What to Expect In This Episode: Tylee is a Clique Collaborative member working as a private high school counselor in a Catholic high school. As a self-proclaimed homebody, she finds herself serving students at the high school she graduated from in the suburbs of Chicago. As Tylee is entering
Here’s What to Expect In This Episode: Liz is a public high school counselor in a large school in New Jersey. The population at her school has a high immigrant population and lots of bilingual students. She works on a team of counselors who have been helping to guide her
I’m your high school counseling hype girl serving other high school counselors who are burnt out, spread thin, or creatively stumped so that they can breathe new life into their school counseling program and remember why they loved this job in the first place.
