Empowering school counselors to support struggling students

Dr. Mandy Savitz-Romer of Harvard Graduate School of Education sees counselors as schools’  academic conscience, the hub for providing holistic support to students. To be effective, they need a seat at the leadership table. Respondents in Savitz-Romer’s 1000-counselor survey described obstacles and successes in serving students during the pandemic. Overview 00:00-00:46 Intros00:46-03:30 School counselors’ roles and how they’ve changed over time03:30-05:11 A better model for counseling05:11-08:18 Contracts, guidelines, protections for counselors; caseloads08:18-10:54 Equity issues and time for neediest students10:54-13:48 Counselors as “academic conscience of the school”13:48-17:29 Counselors’ roles, stress, and evaluation17:29-19:20 Support resources for counselors19:20-23:28 Helping students with the “why” of college and career23:28-27:15 1000-counselor pandemic survey results27:15-30:30 Helping students with college and careers in context of family expectations and needs, especially during pandemic30:30-34:59 Lessons learned from experience during pandemic34:59-36:30 Outro Transcript Click here to see the full transcription of this episode.  References Report Expanding support beyond the virtual classroom: Lessons and recommendations from school counselors during the COVID-19 crisis  Book Fulfilling the Prom...

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