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Blog The Class PBS Docuseries: A Must-Watch for High School Counselors *This post is sponsored by The Class Documentary. High school counselors are almost exclusively portrayed in a negative light in the media… often the old-fashioned…Advocacy & Data
Blog The Ultimate College Search Hack: Why Students (and High School Counselors) Need Loper The college search brings excitement but it can also bring our students apprehension as they can feel stuck with how to even get started. I want to introduce you to…College & Career, Supporting Students
Blog Appealing Financial Aid? Use This Tool! *This post is sponsored by Going Merry. Financial aid is one of the top stressors on our students’ minds when we ask them to start thinking about their post-secondary…College & Career, Supporting Students
Blog 3 Creative Ways to Boost Social Emotional Wellness in High School Students With ever-growing caseloads, pressures from administrators, and responsibilities that feel counterproductive to our overall counseling goals (a sad, but often true…Small Groups & Lessons
Blog 4 Counselor-Approved Academic Interventions that Actually Set Students Up for Success Academic interventions that aim to reach all students in a single grade level simultaneously are something counselors should be gearing up for each year, no matter their…Supporting Students
Blog 4 Ways to Make the Most of Your High School Counseling Budget Whether you’ve just been given a pool of funds or you’re brainstorming ways to advocate for more dollars in your high school counseling budget, let’s talk about how to…Advocacy & Data, Counselor Growth
Blog Do This 1 Super Simple Activity to Celebrate Senior Students and Make a Major Impact As we prepare to launch our senior students into the next chapter, we have the privilege of making them feel ultra-celebrated and supported. One way we can celebrate…College & Career, Supporting Students
Blog 3 Creative, Fun Career Activities (That High School Students Are Actually Excited About) If you’re looking for some ways to refresh career exploration for your high school students, you’ve come to the right place. Career activities are always a hot topic for…College & Career
Blog 6 Ways to Overcome Obstacles and Execute Effective Counselor Classroom Lessons Counselor classroom lessons often get overlooked or pushed to the side because there are a lot of obstacles to pulling them off. First, you have to get your teachers on…Small Groups & Lessons
Blog Pro Tips for Classroom Lessons: Target These 6 Teacher Types to Increase Reach Classroom lessons should be a regular part of a comprehensive counseling program. Unfortunately, there are REAL barriers and challenges to getting space for counselors…Small Groups & Lessons
Blog 4 Ways to Maximize Productivity in a Typical “Day in the Life” of a High School Counselor Whether it’s that enormous caseload of students, persistent parents phoning daily, or the ever-increasing pressure from your administrator to see graduation rates…Counselor Growth
Blog When 10% of Your Students Require 90% of Your Time: 4 Ways to Better Manage Frequent Flyer Students A topic that is overwhelmingly popular among our counselor friends is the challenge of managing our frequent flyer students. “Frequent flyers” are a handful of students…Supporting Students
Blog 6 Tried-and-True Ways to Boost Job Satisfaction and Get Excited About High School Counseling Again One thing I love about Counselor Clique is that we truly are a community. Whether it’s hot topics, biggest wins, or job stresses keeping you up at night, I love hearing…Counselor Growth
Blog Focus on These 3 Relational Boundaries to Prevent Counselor Burnout If you’ve been here awhile, you know I’m a big fan of self-care for counselors. Not because it is today’s latest buzzword, but because it is so common for us counselors…Counselor Growth
Blog Set These 3 Boundaries for a Better Work-Life Balance as a High School Counselor We all know that life as a high school counselor means wearing many hats, juggling multiple tasks simultaneously, and all the while advocating the what and why of your…Counselor Growth
Blog 3 Ways to Complete Your School Counselor Office Like a Rockstar When it comes to being a rockstar counselor, your school counselor office space is simply a resource in your tool belt. You already have the training and skill set to do…Programs & Systems
Blog 3 Strategies for Helping First Gen Students Find Success When we use the term “first gen students,” we are referring to high school students who are (or will be) the first in their families to attend college, excluding older…Supporting Students
Blog Advance Your High School Counseling Program with Social Media: 4 Best Practices (For All Levels) Most of you probably have some sort of interaction with social media on a personal level, but have you considered the benefits of using various platforms to give your…Advocacy & Data
Blog Remember These 3 Fundamentals When Engaging Failing Students With huge caseloads of students, outsiders may be surprised by the amount of time high school counselors spend with our failing students. Whether we’re calling their…Advocacy & Data, Supporting Students
Blog Your Cheat-Sheet for Navigating Parent Relationships: 4 Pro Tips When you graduated with your degree in school counseling, it’s probably safe to assume that the tall task of building and maintaining parent relationships was not at the…Advocacy & Data
Blog 3 Simple Ways to Use Data as a High School Counselor For many counselors, just hearing the word data makes you start to squirm. This makes sense when you consider that most of us are wired to connect with people, not…Advocacy & Data
Blog 9 Must-Have Gift Ideas for Your High School Counselor If you are looking for a unique way to encourage your high school counselor and remind them that their work matters, read on to discover some gift ideas they are sure to…Counselor Growth
Blog A Break Down of 4 Counselor Caseload Models: What I Like and Don’t Like About Them When it comes to settling on a counselor caseload model that is best for your school, there are a lot of things to consider. I’ll be the first to admit, there is no…Advocacy & Data
Blog Our Role as an IEP Team Member: 3 Things High School Counselors Want Teachers and Families to Know When it comes to putting together an effective IEP team, many hands make light work. Teachers, parents, and counselors all have indispensable roles to play as IEP team…Advocacy & Data
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