Kick off & celebrate National School Counselor Week! In a time when school counselors are likened to the “junk drawer” of the school, and social-emotional learning is politicized to be divisive, and youth mental health concerns are on the rise, writer Melissa Cook Rarick dreams of the school counseling profession being better understood and celebrated for what it can do.
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Samantha Vidal continues her series helping K-6 counselors use data. It’s there! You just need to know where to look!
PLCs and data are staples in K-12 education. How about in early childhood learning? Kristin Parisi walks through the process her school used to implement this approach.
As much as we long for a smooth path, change typically comes with bumps, roadblocks, and detours. Join Trudi Wolfe as she explores how her school handled these obstacles as they work to become a trauma-informed school.
Data can feel overwhelming to school counselors with hundreds of students on their roster. How can it be broken down to be approachable to collect and easy to use? Samantha Vidal provides tips in part 1 of her series.