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Encouraging Words for School Counselors

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Inspire Success hosts this weekly podcast of encouraging short stories from school counselors about school counseling. The free 5-10 minute podcasts airs weekly with heartening short stories and practical tips from school counselors to make your workweek a bit lighter.

Inspire Success hosts this weekly podcast of encouraging short stories from school counselors about school counseling. The free 5-10 minute podcasts airs weekly with heartening short stories and practical tips from school counselors to make your workweek a bit lighter.

Location:

United States

Description:

Inspire Success hosts this weekly podcast of encouraging short stories from school counselors about school counseling. The free 5-10 minute podcasts airs weekly with heartening short stories and practical tips from school counselors to make your workweek a bit lighter.

Language:

English

Contact:

3172104650

Episodes

Summer Break (#96)

6/13/2022
Join us for a brief message as we take a summer break after a long school year and share a few upcoming changes to the podcast, including how YOU can be a part of the new Inspire School Counselors podcast coming this fall.

Duration:00:02:02

A Graduation Story You Can Dance To (#95)

5/30/2022
More than a decade ago, in an effort to help a struggling student stay engaged with and eventually graduate from high school, counselor Aimee Portteus and her student Hannah developed a friendship and a fundraising effort that dramatically shows the power of what school counseling can do for students and communities.

Duration:00:10:17

Moving Ahead by Challenging Our Fears (#94)

5/23/2022
Though she has been a school counselor for only 8 years, Missy Smith is already the President of the Oklahoma School Counselor Association and a former state School Counselor of the Year. But her rise to leadership, though swift, required Missy to overcome some tough personal challenges.

Duration:00:06:40

Showing Your True Self Opens Doors (#93)

5/16/2022
Students are sometimes surprised to see us at the grocery store or in a public place not tied to a school event. Betsy Kanagawa has found that these moments, and other times when we help students see us as our true selves, can actually be a way of strengthening connections with students.

Duration:00:07:27

Supporting Kids as They Ride the Rollercoaster (#92)

5/9/2022
To get a comprehensive picture of what a school counselor does, take a listen to Virginia School Counselor of the Year Kathleen Otal. She has been a counselor from first grade to high school graduation and has learned a few lessons along the way.

Duration:00:06:36

Purposeful Play Therapy Yields Results (#91)

5/2/2022
Almost every school counselor would like to have more time with students. That’s because we know, as our guest Donna Brooks reminds us this week, that the purposeful use of time and evidenced-based practices with students can truly yield positive results.

Duration:00:08:23

A Counselor Advocacy Reminder from Alaska (#90)

4/25/2022
Have you ever thought about transferring to another school or school district? Maybe one with fewer challenges?! If you’re thinking of Alaska, think again. Alaska’s School Counselor of the Year Elizabeth Congdon-McGee shares time with us this week with a reminder that school counseling is hard work no matter where you are.

Duration:00:06:09

Fearlessly & Intentionally Working Toward Anti-Racism (#89)

4/18/2022
Promoting anti-racism and anti-bias in schools can be tricky. But in our continued conversation with Ricky Almeida and Rebecca Cohen from Portland, Oregon, the results of empowering student voices benefit not only students but the entire school culture.

Duration:00:05:52

Creativity, Caring, and the Ukulele Group (#88)

4/11/2022
What’s better than an incredible, enthusiastic, and effective school counselor? The answer: two school counselors who share those attributes. Listen in on this first of a two-parter with middle school counselors Ricky Almeida and Rebecca Cohen from Portland, Oregon as they share stories AND resources that you’ll want to know about.

Duration:00:08:44

A Kee to Success (#87)

4/4/2022
In this week’s series highlighting school counselors of the year, we talk with TaRael Kee who’s work as a school counselor and school counseling advocate reaches across the country.

Duration:00:05:38

Mindfulness that Makes Us Resilient (#86)

3/28/2022
The work Kara Schmidt does with schools and students goes beyond yoga and mindfulness practices. She helps build students’ resilience so they can get back to learning.

Duration:00:06:23

College Capable with Lots of Options (#85)

3/21/2022
Are school counselors too realistic or overly optimistic? This week we hear from Arizona School Counselor of the Year Kristina Guy who answers that question by believing ALL of her students are college capable but in need of guidance to ensure they consider multiple pathways to reach their end goals.

Duration:00:08:09

When ‘Nothing Happened’ Is a Sign of Success (#84)

3/14/2022
For Jillian Fackenthal, recognition as Florida’s School Counselor of the Year means thinking differently, collaborating with others, and involving students in finding solutions – even when success is measured in nontraditional ways.

Duration:00:08:54

Doing A Lot for the Littles (#83)

3/6/2022
Transitioning from being a teacher to a school counselor is not uncommon. But for School Counselor of the Year Belinda Tutor, it was a calling that has opened new doors of opportunity for her and her students.

Duration:00:06:10

An SRO Providing TLC is A-OK (#82)

2/27/2022
Todd Schimmell is not your typical School Resource Officer (SRO). Not only can he handle tough situations he is also an author, an illustrator, and a great benefit to the school district’s school counseling program.

Duration:00:06:16

Trust Your Journey (#81)

2/20/2022
Listen as Indra Owens, school counselor at Chelsea Heights School in Atlantic City and the 2020 New Jersey School Counselor of the Year, shares her personal passion to educate, engage, empower, and equip families with the tools they need to take advantage of social-emotional and mental health supports.

Duration:00:08:01

Changing the Focus of SEL Challenges (#80)

2/13/2022
Political discourse around social-emotional learning has risen to a fever pitch in some communities around the country. One way to lower the temperature is to do what Stephanie Stewart Bridges does, keep the focus on students.

Duration:00:06:00

Celebrating National School Counseling Week with Kimberly & Steve (#79)

2/6/2022
We begin a series of podcasts focused on school counselor of the year candidates including some, like Kimberly Raymond, who share their success with real and not-so-real helpers.

Duration:00:04:01

Big Changes from a Small Intervention (#78)

1/30/2022
Helping students become aware of when things are working right, or the way they want them to work, is a principle concept of brief counseling. This week’s guest Carey Hughes shares the perfect example of putting this principle into practice with students.

Duration:00:05:02

Be Mindful of the Benefits of Mindfulness (#77)

1/23/2022
If you’ve ever thought, ‘I wonder how well mindfulness techniques actually work in the classroom,’ listen in this week as Oklahoma School Counselor Specialist Sarah Kirk shares two stories of the ways in which mindfulness has benefited students AND teachers.

Duration:00:06:42

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