You hold a master’s degree. You studied crisis intervention, psychopathology, and therapeutic technique.So why is your profession still fighting to be seen as essential? It doesn’t have to stay this way- but the window is closing. In this episode, I lay out two possible futures for school counseling: one that ends in irrelevance, and one Read More
Learn the essentials of Generative AI. Build real-world AI skills you can use in school and life. I Literacy is the top foundational skill of today and the future. Artificial Intelligence (AI) surrounds you every day. In your phone, your apps, social media, and entertainment. In this course, you’ll develop the knowledge and critical thinking Read More
A lot has been written lately about AI taking a lot of jobs from College graduates in the future. In some cases it may be true. However, Resume Now has released a list of 20 jobs that AI will have a very difficult time replacing. Using data from the U.S. Department of Labor’s O*NET Work Read More
It goes without saying: you spend a lot of time working to get your students into college. For example, you counsel and strategize and sit in front of your computer for hours at a time drafting letters of recommendation. And you make lists of prospective colleges, pour over transcripts, and talk parents into having more Read More
Beyond the Books: How a Life Skills Camp Empowered Middle and High School Students at Salisbury Academy – By Allison Doby, College Counselor at Salisbury Academy HOPE: Hope, Opportunity, Perseverance, and Equity for Every Student! – By Stephanie Brazinsky, Priscilla A. Grijalva, and Candice Mackey, All Current High School Counselors How Colleges Review Applications: What Read More
Longing for the comforts of home when everything is new and different isn’t surprising, but the depth of homesickness among students on college campuses appears to be rising. According to Christopher Thurber, a psychologist at Phillips Exeter Academy, a boarding school in Exeter, New Hampshire, “about 20 percent of students entering college say they’re bothered Read More
Counselor fly-ins are a key professional development opportunity for school-based counselors, CBO counselors, and independent educational consultants, yet access and expectations around these programs are often unclear. This webinar provides a practical, experience-based overview of counselor fly-ins: why colleges host them, how to access these opportunities, and how to engage in ways that increase your Read More
If not, you are in luck! SCOFile has created a great template you can use. It is a free, simple digital school profile counselors can create and share with colleges. No cost, it will always be free for counselors. If you want to try it out, you can create one here: https://www.scofile.com/form Have any feedback Read More
Whether you are working with students starting college this fall, next fall or the one after that, there are steps you can take in 2026 to help your students get their degree without sabotaging their parents savings or retirement. Here are some things to keep in mind based on when your students will be starting Read More
College access advocates have legitimate concerns that the Workforce Pell Grant Act could have an unintended negative impact on students related to lifetime Pell Grant eligibility. Students may eventually review associate and bachelor’s degree options and the funds utilized for the short-term job training program may limit future Pell Grant educational financing. This new dynamic Read More
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