You may be scratching your head – executive function skills?  Taken literally, the term seems to refer to something beyond a child’s immediate realm, and hardly something that needs improvement now.  Wouldn’t ‘executive’ function skills be better suited to briefcase-carrying corporate professionals? Actually, everyone would benefit from improved Executive Function Skills – especially children.  By Read More

College is a huge transition for high school seniors. All of a sudden, students go from having a highly structured day to being responsible for managing their own time. There are also new responsibilities, especially if they will be living away from home and working while attending school. Getting a job is a great way Read More

Character Video provides video lessons that address bullying, cyberbullying, racism, teen suicide prevention, and other tough topics. Their recent video addressed the topic of the high cost for students of dropping out of high school. Have any students this could apply to? Keith Deltano uses comedy to get his points across to students in a Read More

Do you use office assistants in your office? If yes, here is a template that can be crafted/adapted for your school to use to let the assistants know what is expected of them. This is provided courtesy of Brittanie Davis, a Counselor in Indiana. Thank you for your willingness to serve as an assistant in Read More

As a school counselor, you have to juggle the needs of so many students at once. The role of a school counselor is to help students achieve academic and personal success so that they can continue on to their next step and pursue their dreams. While that might be as simple as coaching younger students Read More

For students who are getting ready to head to college or enter the workforce, the thought of creating a resume, building their professional network, or finding a job can be a bit intimidating. To help them solidify where they want to go and how they feel they can add value to their industry, a personal Read More

Part of your role as a counselor sometimes includes motivating your students to push through the slog of study towards achievement. This often needs to happen in very practical ways. Students that don’t maintain standards in a few key areas can be severely hampered from entering college or accomplishing the goals they have for themselves. Read More

Here is a brag sheet template your students can use to keep track of their accomplishments all year long in one document. Completing this will keep their pertinent information for their college applications in one place. This was posted to the HS Counselors Group on FB by Allison Gibbons Tokar, a Counselor in Georgia who Read More

The conference will be held in Houston, Texas – September 22-24, 2022 Here are quick links: Frequently Asked Questions Schedule at a Glance Preconference Education More than 100 education sessions Any questions? You can e-mail them at membership@nacacnet.org.

The Fall issue of LINK for Counselors will be published in October 2022. Here is the list of content scheduled for the issue: The Common Data Set: A comprehensive admission and financial aid tool – By Carolyn Kost The Digital SAT is About More than Mere Technology – By Evan Wessler The Agreement of Creating Read More