Professional Resources


Below are links to resources to be shared with professionals with an interest in school counseling:
School Counseling on Air YouTube Channel - videos by school counselors, for school counselors
The Digital Counselor - Presentation to BCPS School Counselors as part of 2013 Summer Academy
#SCCHAT
All In, the College Board's effort to encourage more students to take the leap into AP coursework
School Counseling Online Professional Exchange Blogroll
Get involved with ASCA and state school counseling associations.
Stick to the Model to Avoid Burnout, in MSCA magazine (page 7)
Make Your Mark in ASCA School Counselor Magazine (page 26)

School Counselor Online Professional Exchange

Other resources, not developed by Mr. Goldman:

Critical for a quality letter of recommendation are: 1. Personify the individual whose transcript, resume, and test scores are being evaluated. 2. Tell anecdotes to give the admissions counselor a story to tell in committee. 3. Don't waste time and space rehashing the resume. 4. Explain unusual circumstances that led to aberrations on the transcript, including a top student's inability to take a highly desired class, due to a conflict in the master schedule, or family/personal interference. 5. Whenever possible, paint a picture of context, so that colleges and scholarship organizations know what it means to do what the applicant/student did amid the culture of the school and its community.

A School Counselor's Reading List
My Beloved World by Sonia Sotomayor
The Primal Teen by Barbara Strauch
It Gets Better, edited by Dan Savage
The Gatekeepers by Jacques Steinberg
The Curse of the Good Girl by Rachel Simmons
The Over Achievers by Alexandra Robbins
Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell
Reviving Ophelia by Mary Pipher
Real Boys by William Pollack
Do What You Are by Barbara Barron-Tieger

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