The Spring 2020 issue of LINK for Counselors will be published in February 2022. We have some great articles lined up for you. Here is a quick summary: How To Create a College Counseling Program at Your School – By Nina Berler – Founder of unCommon Apps ELL and College – The need for Counselors Read More

NACAC has combined the Guiding the Way to Higher Education: Step-by-Step to College Workshops for Students curricula with resources from the Families, Counselors and Communities Together (FCCT) manual to create the Step by Step: College Awareness and Planning for Families, Counselors and Communities. Revised in 2017, the curricula—presented in four sections, for elementary school students Read More

The Texas Education Agency has published a list of questions by grade that students should ask their Counselor. These might be thought provoking for your students and prod them to ask questions of you that they should be asking: For students finishing 9th grade:   • I need to learn more about college and career options. Read More

When students are looking to contact Admissions at multiple College’s where do they go to get the contact information? Searching for the information can be time consuming and frustrating. Tiffany T. Grimes of Alamogordo High School in New Mexico has put together a nice spreadsheet of many College’s that her students have applied to. You Read More

Did you know that many Colleges will provide “swag” for your office and your students if you just ask? This includes pennants, t-shirts, koozies, posters, and many other types of promotional items. It benefits them to get their name out their to prospective students. Oftentimes, all you have to do is to ask for it? Read More

Many of your students will want to visit College’s to check them out and see if they are a good fit. It is a good idea for them to visit during the week when classes are taking place and they can get a feel for the campus during normal school hours. Unfortunately, there are times Read More

The State of Arkansas has put together a very nice curriculum that can be used in other states. It is designed to be used by students in grades 9-12. It includes lesson plans in the following areas: Growth – Guide to Manager Yourself (Includes 10 Lessons) Understanding – Guide to Know Yourself (Includes 11 Lessons) Read More

LINK for Counselors has now been published for 7 years. Looking for a past issue? We have all our prior issues available for download free as PDF’s (and our latest issue in digital format). Here is the page on our website where those can be viewed or downloaded – https://www.linkforcounselors.com/publication/