More Than a Calling: Smart Side Hustles for School Counselors

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Being a school counselor is more than a job—it’s a calling. But let’s be real: calling doesn’t always pay the bills. With rising living costs, student loan debt, and often limited school budgets, many counselors are finding that a little extra income can go a long way. The good news? Your skills are highly marketable.…

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6 Steps to Take Charge of Test Anxiety

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Conquering Test Anxiety is Possible As the school year winds down, anxiety ramps up. There is anxiety over passing to the next grade and completing projects. But most of all there is anxiety over testing. The best way to eliminate test anxiety, is to put testing in it’s proper perspective.  In an education world where…

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DISCover Your Temperament

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Good counselors and educators do things well. Great counselors not only do things well but also teach and inspire others to do things well. One of the advantages of training counselors in DISC temperament assessment is that it opens up a whole new way to communicate with kids, parents and other educators. In addition, it…

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A Positive Mindset and Starting Kindergarten

Tackling those Back to School Blues It’s back to school and there is excitement in the air! As the school counselor in an elementary school, the beginning of school was always a mixed bag of smiles and tears.  I frequently spent lots of time comforting crying children who missed mom, dad, brother, sister or their…

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