The Counselor's Podcast™, a service of the Naviance Network™, features leading voices from the counseling community speaking on topics of professional interest. These podcasts are available free-of-charge. Click the title of a podcast to play it in your browser or use iTunes or your favorite RSS reader to subscribe to The Counselor's Podcast so you'll never forget to download the latest episode.
Planning for College; Three Easy Steps
November 10, 2009
Download Podcast Now! Barbara O’Brien of Sallie Mae will shares her formula to help you enhance the financial aid-advising program at your school. The focus is be on ways for families to save, plan and pay for post-secondary education through scholarships, public and private loan programs and various tools and resources.
Next Episode of The Counselor's Podcast
Barbara O’Brien and Ryan Draude of CollegeAnswer.com, will share their advice to help create an effective financial aid-advising program at your school. The focus will be on ways for families to save, plan and pay for post-secondary education through scholarships, public and private loan programs and various tools and resources. Barbara and Ryan will also present some suggestions on ways to share this information with students and families.
Previous Podcasts
Planning, Preparing and Providing; Bringing a Student’s Academic Plan to Life.
October 12, 2009
Download Podcast Now! Dave Ellefson is not only a school counselor and football coach at Hutchinson High School in Hutchinson, MN but the 2009 recipient of The Naviance Excellence in Leadership Award. In this episode, Dave shares his beliefs and practices to best help students develop a meaningful career and academic plan.
Creating a College Going Culture; Focus on First Generation Students
September 16, 2009
Download Podcast Now! Donald Kamentz shares some of his ideas and strategies, which can help to address the unique needs of first generation college-bound students. Donald is the Director of College Initiatives at YES Prep Public Schools, a public charter school system dedicated to increasing the number of low-income, first-generation college-bound students across the Houston area. He works with the YES Prep Public Schools’ college counseling team to continue their growth and build upon their successful college counseling and alumni support programs. YES Prep's students, 90% of whom are first-generation, have been accepted to over 260 colleges and universities across the country and have received more than $26.5 million dollars in financial aid. Prior to being the Director of College Initiatives, he served as the Director of College Counseling and Alumni Programs for YES Prep Public Schools-Southeast, the first YES campus, where he was responsible for overseeing the planning, implementation, and evaluation of a comprehensive college matriculation program.
Using Data to Improve Your School Counseling Program
June 8, 2009
Download Podcast Now! Dr. Trish Hatch discusses the evolving role of the professional school counselor and the different types of data a counselor can easily collect to develop a meaningful guidance program improvement plan. This overview focuses on "Where to Start!" Dr. Hatch is the co-author of The ASCA National Model: A Framework for School Counseling Programs (2003, 2005), co-author of Evidence-Based School Counseling: Making a Difference with Data Driven Practices (2007), and author of multiple book chapters, journal and magazine articles. Dr. Hatch is a nationally known keynote speaker, trainer and program evaluator. She is also the current director of the school counseling graduate program at San Diego State University and teaches courses in prevention and intervention, educational research methods, and program evaluation.
Interview with Julie Hartline, 2009 School Counselor of the Year
May 11, 2009
Download Podcast Now! Richard Wong, Executive Director of the American School Counselor Association (ASCA), conducts an insightful and inspiring interview with Julie Hartline, this year's winner of the School Counselor of the Year Award. As the department chair for Campbell High School in Symrna, GA, Julie shares how her unique background has influenced her approach to school counseling. In addition, she discusses how her team implemented the ASCA National Model and the impact that it has had on their school's program. Special thanks goes to Jill Cook, Assistant Director of ASCA for sharing this interview with us.
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