The wait-list, commonly referred to as “admissions purgatory,” is that ugly and uncomfortable grey area – they didn’t like you enough to accept you, and they didn’t hate you enough to reject you. May 1st is College Decision Day, when students must decide and place a deposit at one college to which they were accepted. Read More
ZipRecruiter has posted salary estimates of school counselors by state. They use information from employer job postings and third-party data sources to come up with these estimates. Here is the list sorted from highest average salary to lowest: State Annual Salary Monthly Pay Weekly Pay Hourly Wage Washington $68,419 $5,701 $1,315 $32.89 District of Columbia Read More
Product philanthropy turns an operational liability into positive social impact Many schools in the United States are underfunded, with a significant number facing funding gaps that negatively impact student resources and outcomes. On average, American teachers spend between $500 and $900 out of their own families’ budgets to supplement the materials and supplies their students Read More
Whether it was intentional or coincidental, April features two “awareness” months that complement each other: Counseling Awareness Month and Stress Awareness Month. The former is a tool to help you cope with the latter. The way families live today is not the way people used to live. Fifty years ago, a majority of women were Read More
Most people understand college to be one particular thing: four years of instruction that prepares you for a hopefully high-paying job. This has been the traditional route. However, there are now more ways than ever to pursue higher education. As a guidance counselor, your job is to help students find the route that is most Read More
From Chaos to Calm: Using DBT Skills to Help Teens Regulate & Reconnect is a 3-hour live, interactive continuing education program designed for licensed counselors and school-based mental health professionals who work with adolescents. This training provides an applied overview of Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) principles and focuses on the practical implementation of DBT-informed skills Read More
Certain professions—education, healthcare, social work—have aspects of responsibility that book learning alone can’t cover. You might know everything there is to know about the human body and the illnesses that can befall it, but if you can’t withstand the pressure of an emergency room, you’re probably not going to be a good fit for a Read More
You hear a lot of discussion these days about “self-care,” being mindful of our physical, mental and emotional health with healthy eating, exercise, sleep and recreation. It’s not self-indulgence. It’s necessary for our well-being. But sometimes, that concerted effort just isn’t enough to truly achieve the goal of balance. Life happens. How do we achieve Read More
New Ratios Released! New data indicates the student-to-school-counselor ratio continues to narrow – reaching its lowest margin since ASCA began tracking ratios in 1986. The national student-to-school-counselor ratio was 372:1 in 2024–2025. Read more here: https://www.schoolcounselor.org/getmedia/efe644ea-e26c-4531-82e9-ddbab422227a/24-25-Ratios.pdf
An interactive virtual class for parents of high school juniors and seniors is being offered by Andrea Malkin Brenner of Talking College for a nominal fee. This is a three-session virtual class that will help attendees gain a complete list of the critical life skills their college-bound kids should master before leaving home and tools Read More
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