Author: Rachel Davis
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New School Counselors: “I’ve got a job, now what!?”
Yay! You’ve landed your first school counseling job! You should be so proud of yourself. Now you’re probably daydreaming about counseling students in your beautiful office. But first take a look at exactly what you’re going to need your first year. What should my office look like? First try to find out what your actual…
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Rocking your School Counseling Interview: A 5 Step Process
You’ve finished your internship, graduated from your master’s program, and now it’s time to start applying for jobs! This is the fun part, right? With the right preparation it definitely can be. Applying and interviewing doesn’t have to be daunting. Follow these 5 steps so you can feel totally prepared to rock the interview process.…
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7 Steps to Make the Most of Your School Counseling Internship Experience
If you’re anything like me you are probably so eager to get out of the classroom and into the field. I was so excited to start my internship. It was a lot given that I had another full-time job and classes, but I gave it my best effort and the end result was totally worth…
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The Complete Guide to Teaching Class SEL Lessons: Tier 1 Interventions
Teaching class lessons was one of my biggest struggles when I first started counseling, but now it’s one of my favorite things to do! It’s a great way to reach the maximum number of students with preventative social-emotional lessons. 4 Classroom Management Strategies for Counselors As counselors we usually don’t have a class in grad…
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Grief Counseling: A Guide for School Counselors
It is important that you are prepared with grief counseling strategies you can use at each tier, but if your experience was anything like mine, you probably didn’t get a “here’s how to grief counsel” handbook in grad school. It’s the hardest topic to discuss with students. But with trial and error and experiences over…
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3 Strategies for Stress Free School Counseling
School counseling doesn’t have to be stressful! With the right systems in place you can lead a program that has a huge positive impact and allows you to get the recognition you deserve…all while not pulling your hair out! Focusing on these 3 key areas will help you go from hot mess to no stress…
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4 Systems for Implementing an Intentional Counseling Program
Definition of intentional: done by intention or design (Merriam-Webster) Is your counseling program intentional? Do you have a clear vision and mission? Is each day designed to impact as many students as possible, or are you flying by the seat of you pants? I’m sure many of you are the latter, and I totally get it.…
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5 Strategies for Stress Free Data Collection
I am passionate about collecting data. Data collection affirms that you are actually helping students and showcases program results. This makes it an integral part of your counseling program. Read this blog post if you need some more convincing on why you should start collecting data! I’m in! But How Do I Collect Data? Before…
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Mastering Data Collection to get the Recognition You Deserve!
Putting data collection systems in place can transform your counseling program! It sounds a little boring, I know, but tracking data can be really gratifying. Data Collection Can Be a Struggle Data collection is a struggle for many school counselors, whether you are brand new or have been counseling for decades. It’s not really taught…
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5 Strategies for Stress Free Organization
Organizing your work life can lower your stress, increase your impact, and help you get the recognition you deserve. In this blog post I shared why getting organized can be a gamechanger for your counseling program, now I want to share with you some easy how-to strategies! 1. Create a Caseload Spreadsheet Create a spreadsheet…