5 Interesting School Counselor Blogs

5 Interesting School Counselor Blogs

School counselors help students in ways that are not always immediately visible.  They guide students at all academic levels towards college and career readiness while encouraging them to achieve school success and plan for the future.  Sometimes, they are called upon to act as mediators for conflict resolution involving students, parents and even teachers.

To recognize their positive impact, National School Counseling Week, sponsored by the American School Counselor Association (ASCA), was celebrated from February 6-10, 2017. ASCA’s aim is to “focus public attention on the unique contributions of professional school counselors within U.S. school systems” and how students benefit from their hard work.  The theme for this year is “Helping Students Realize Their Potential.”  And so, to highlight those who are doing just that – while inspiring others in the field – we bring you some of the best school counselor blogs.

  1. Entirely Elementary…School Counseling
    Created by an urban elementary school counselor with more than 18 years of experience, those in counseling jobs can discover ideas, tips, and enthusiasm (all part of the blog’s header tag). A cheerful design and plenty of useful resources will keep you engaged and inspire you.  The quick tip section offers cool solutions to common situations encountered on the job.  The blog’s section titled “It Stuck With Me” stuck with us, as it is a great resource for articles, social media posts, videos, and more with particular meaning to the author—and likely other counselors.
  2. The Middle School Counselor
    This NY-based counselor with more than 20 years of experience has worked with children in both elementary and middle school. Throughout her career, she has organized School Counseling Conferences for TACA and regularly presents at these conferences on College Admissions, Best School Counseling Programs, and Sharing Counseling Resources. Her blog focuses heavily on goal setting.  There are also two specific programs available here that are definitely worth checking out.  One is called “Building Champions,” which is geared toward helping upper-elementary/middle school boys become better classmates, friends, and citizens.  The other is the “StarBound” program designed to help girls develop healthy relationships, enhance their communication skills, and discover that they can make a positive difference in the world.  Plenty of testimonials provide relevant commentary on both StarBound and Building Champions.
  1. School Counselor Blog
    Danielle Schultz is a Licensed Professional Counselor, K-12 Certified School Counselor, and the founder of the School Counselor Blog. As a school counseling intern and graduate student, she started the blog in 2009 as a destination for lessons, ideas, resources and a way to connect with other school counselors. Danielle has had speaking engagements for multiple meetings and conferences, such as the Level Up Your School Counseling Program, Using Social Media to Promote Your School Counseling Program & Connect with Stakeholders, Three Tech Tools to Enhance Your School Counseling Program, and more. Danielle can also be found on her YouTube channel, where she offers tips and activity ideas for school counselors.
  2. The School Counselor Kind
    Kayla Marston is a Maine-based Elementary School Counselor and the brains behind The School Counselor Kind. This blog is broken down into categories that cover everything from behavior to anxiety to goal-setting to mindfulness to friendship and more! A list of books related to the counseling field can help you select what is relevant to your students.  Marston also has a link to her YouTube channel with videos that cover various discussion topics.
  1. The Confident Counselor
    This blog is written and curated by a group of school counselors, psychologists, and social workers working together to bring resources to our colleagues. Confident Counselors is a monthly round-up of resources, products, best practices, articles, comic relief, blog posts, giveaways and ideas in action.

Do you have a favorite school counseling blog that we didn’t mention this time around?  Share it here along with what your school or organization is doing to celebrate National School Counselor Week!

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