As a home-based teacher, my role as an educator never stops – even if students in some areas are on summer break! Actually, where I live, there are a lot of home and community education programs that run year-round, so we’re always on the lookout for great new ideas on engaging our students. I’ve come Read More

College Admissions is the closest thing modern America has to a rite of passage, but far from being the meritocracy we would like to believe, the selective college admissions process looks more like a beauty contest. Aspiring high school students have to figure out how they have to act and what they have to look Read More

When my high school counselor informed me that I might not be cut out for a four-year college or university, I was not only crushed but also confused. I grew up in a household with two college educated parents, and in what I look back now on as a very “college-going” culture, so why didn’t my Read More

OnlineCounselingPrograms.com has developed a comprehensive “School Counselor ToolKit” which has some very good information that I think will prove beneficial to Counselors. The content was developed entirely by school counselors looking to help those trying to start or advance their careers in the field. Areas of the School Counselor ToolKit include: Professional Development: Sections include, Read More

So it’s a normal day – and you’ve responded to a handful or requests for information, spent an hour or two in valuable and not-so-valuable meetings, devoted a big chunk of time answering email and calls from parents and what seems like half your day assisting students who show up at your door, typically at Read More

The flipped classroom has been one of the biggest innovations in education in the last decade, proponents would say, and now it’s finding its way into the counselo’rs toolkit as a technique to get classroom lessons to more students and make much-repeated instruction available in one installment. “Every time I don’t have to field a Read More

Studies have found what schools have known for years, families play a vital role in educating America’s children. Numerous recent studies have found those children whose parents are actively involved in their education are more motivated and achieve higher grades.  It follows then that you partner with the parents of your students early on in Read More

Angela Cleveland, a Counselor for more than 15 years, recently wrote a blog on Edutopia where she listed 3 skills that she has used regularly throughout her Career that she never realized would be that important when in Graduate School. They are: 1. Technology Skills: Regular email communication with families and staff, creating class schedules, Read More