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,
Are you sick of wondering where all of the fun and unique opportunities are for growing professionally as a high school counselor? Have you considered attending a Counselor Fly-In event? Never even heard of a Counselor Fly-In before? Here are “7 Insider Things You Need to Know About a Counselor
School counselors hold a very powerful seat in their school building: the power to make college accessible to ALL of their students. No matter the students’ background, socioeconomic status, or family history, students should be able to understand the steps for pursuing higher education after high school whether that be
By this point, seniors have spent so many years of their life in school, done lots of soul searching, and decided what is next for their post-secondary plans. Whether a student is pursuing a certificate/training, two-year college, four-year college, or military, we can provide a space to celebrate and encourage
There is some uniqueness between what I talk about as a high school counselor with seniors compared to all other grades. When we get into talking about these three specific things, we go much deeper during “Senior Meetings” in the fall of the student’s senior year. As the school year
During my years as a high school counselor, I discovered a few groups of high school students that I especially needed to make note of, pay attention to, and reach out to. In a large school, sometimes these students could get overlooked or not know what services were available in
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.
