School Counselor Blog

Join Andrea Burston ( @jyjcounselor ) and Danielle Schultz ( @sch_counselor ) to discuss navigating graduate school and a career as a professional school counselor.  In this session we will share tips, resources, and information about: 🎓 Making the most of internships 🎓 Interviewing for school counseling positions 🎓 Starting out as a new school counselor 🎓 What we have learned along the way This session is for: 🌟 Graduate students or new school counselors who want to ask questions and receive tips, information, and resources! 🌟 School counselors or counselor educators who want to share their knowledge and experience with others! School Counselor Meet Ups provide lots of information and resources in a laid-back conversational format on Google Meet. This is a unique format because you get to "see" (through video chat) school counselors from all over the country.  If you want to join us, sign up at:  http://bit.ly/meetup4sc . We currently have sessions planned thro...

Marissa at ElementarySchoolCounseling.org is hosting a a School Counseling Job Market Linky Party!  Marissa's Linky Party could not have come at a more perfect time! I recently participated in a panel for an employment workshop for school counseling graduate students at Duquesne University. It was great to be able to share interview and job searching tips with prospective school counselors. I also receive tons of questions about interviewing and job searching from School Counselor Blog readers. I actually posted a question about jobs and interviewing to the School Counselor Blog Facebook Page the other day to facilitate conversation and encourage others to share their tips! I also updated my Pinterest board for Jobs, Interviewing, and Networking . Here are some previous posts where I talk about choosing a master's program, networking, job searching, and interviewing.  Navigating Graduate School for School Counseling Part One and Part Two School Cou...

Wow! It was such an amazing experience doing my first ever live on air Google hangout! It was so much fun chatting with my blogger buddy,  +Andrea Burston  of JYJoyner Counselor blog about life as a graduate student and new school counselor. During  What I Wish I Knew Wednesday ,  we covered lots of topics, including picking a graduate school , making the most of your internship experience, networking, making connections , interviewing , and other words of wisdom for graduate students and new school counselors. We also answered questions from the audience on Google+ and Twitter. If you missed the live hangout, no worries! You can now watch the archived YouTube video  of  What I Wish I Knew Wednesday ! There are still lots of amazing  School Counseling On Air  presentations planned for this week! Check out the schedule below.  If you missed a live hangout you can view the archived presentation on the School Counseling On Air...

Over the summer I had the exciting opportunity of being interviewed by Sarah Altman from Indiana for an article in  The Indiana School Counselor   magazine. The article is titled Let Your Creative Juices Flow . You can read the whole article and interview in the online edition of The Indiana School Counselor magazine online. You can also check out the rest of the articles in The Indiana School Counselor magazine. There are articles on bullying, high school school counselors, graduate school, and more! The digital format of  The Indiana School Counselor   magazine is great because you can click on the links in the article and they open a new page! My state, Pennsylvania, also has a digital edition of their magazine, The Pennsylvania Counselor. You can read a pdf version of the article I wrote, Serving Up Career Standards with Career Cafe ,  in The Pennsylvania Counselor magazine. What did you think of the interview? Does your state school counse...

2010 has been an exciting and eventful year for School Counselor Blog . In 2010, I created podcasts (including a video podcast), hosted a contest, wrote guest blog posts for other education blogs, and much, much more. When thinking about all School Counselor Blog accomplished for 2010, I am so excited about the future possibilities!  Below I outlined 10 of my favorite posts from 2010 and why they made the list. Plan to Be Surprised Plan to Be Surprised is about planning your day, but also being adaptable. Plan to Be Surprised is one of my favorite posts of 2010 because "plan to be surprised," is something I tell myself daily.  Sometimes I have my whole day planned out and have some pretty high expectations of what I am going to fit into my day.  Then, a crisis happen.  An unexpected event can rearrange your whole day... and that's ok.  Thankfully, not everyday includes a crisis. However, adaptability a very important trait to have as a school counselor!...