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Opportunities Abound
National School Counseling Week is a time to
celebrate our profession, but it also presents some outstanding opportunities to
create a greater awareness of school counseling among the general public. For the
past few years, ASCA has conducted a "tour" of radio stations and networks across the
country. Last year, interviews with former
ASCA president Brenda Melton were broadcast
to almost 48 million listeners.
Today, ASCA School Counselor of the Year
Tammi Mackeben will participate in live and
taped interviews about school counseling in
the 21st century and the challenges confronting school counselors and their
students. Tammi knows a little about
overcoming challenges. More than 95 percent
of the students at her school are English
language learners and receive free and
reduced meals, yet her school has received
the Counselors Reinforcing Excellence for Students in Texas (CREST) recognition from
the Texas School Counselor Association as
well as ASCA's Recognized ASCA Model Program
(RAMP) designation.
Tammi will do interviews on the American
Urban Radio Network, Texas State Radio
Network and USA Radio Network, which
collectively represent almost 1,000 affiliate
radio stations. Like last year, the radio
tour is expected to reach millions of
listeners. In addition, Tammi is preparing a
podcast for Naviance, one the School
Counselor of the Year sponsors. Her podcast
will be posted on Monday at www.Naviance.com
as the "Counselor's Podcast" in the "Community" section of the Web site. The
podcast is open to the general public, and to
listen, all you need is a computer with a
speaker. These are great opportunities to
spread the word about the many ways school
counselors help students overcome barriers to
learning so they can achieve success in
school and beyond.
As another National School Counseling Week
draws to an end, we also want to hear from
you. Did you celebrate this week in a way
that was unique, successful or just plain
fun? Tell us about it in 200 words or less,
and we'll share it with other school
counseling professionals. Send your
submissions to ASCA director of
communications Kathleen
Rakestraw (mailto:krakestraw@schoolcounselor.org). We look forward to hearing
from you. We'd also like to read your
comments on our blog, ASCA
Attitudes.
By the way, we are already accepting nominations
for the 2009 School Counselor of the Year.
(http://www.schoolcounselor.org/content2.asp?contentid=544)
If
you know an exemplary school counselor, I
encourage you to submit a nomination. Better
yet, encourage his or her principal or other
administrator to submit a nomination to show
off how great the school's counselor is.
Until next time, life is a journey, and
although National School Counseling Week may
be a momentary stop, I hope its spirit will
come alive every day of the trip.
Richard Wong, Executive Director
email: ascaaspects@schoolcounselor.org
web: http://www.schoolcounselor.org
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