As someone who cares a great deal about issues of equity and inclusion, I created The High School Counselor Challenge to find a way to include underserved public high school counselors in the yearly national gathering of college admissions professionals: The NACAC Conference.
NACAC is the premiere development opportunity for our profession, but the reality of public school budgets has created impossible barriers for many high school counselors.
The end result is the worst of all worlds: Underserved students are seeking assistance from counselors who, themselves, have no access to the kinds of professional development opportunities their own students would most benefit from. It is a vicious cycle, indeed.
The High School Counselor Challenge seeks to change that by leveraging college and university partners – and a bit of healthy competition – to bring an entire cohort of public high school counselors to the annual NACAC conference. This year - when NACAC heads to Louisville - we intend to bring the largest group of Title 1 high school counselors NACAC has ever seen to the conference, with a special focus on identifying counselor of color who wish to take on leadership roles in their profession.
This common tweet links the challenge between colleges, universities, and those groups who have a real interest in making sure that high school counselors find a path to attend NACAC 2019:
We accept The High School Counselor Challenge and will send a public high school counselor to #NACAC19 @HSCC2019
So…who’s in?
You’ll have to follow the tweets to find out!
Want to join the movement?
Click here to accept the challenge: https://goo.gl/forms/9rO3qtD2CEGqD3fy2
Margaret Mead’s quote about “a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens” changing the world might seem a bit heavy-handed, but the reality of the matter is this: If we don’t find a way to bring more public high school counselors to the table, then their students will be the ones who really suffer. I hope that, by bringing more public high school counselors to the national conference, these amazing, dedicated people can go home and become even greater "college bound" leaders in their schools and regions.
The High School Counselor Challenge is our way of showing that it really isn’t that challenging at all to find people who care about equity and inclusion – and who are willing to make a small investment…and a big difference in the lives of our peers.
David Quinn
Founder, The High School Counselor Challenge
Twitter: @HSCC2019
NACAC is the premiere development opportunity for our profession, but the reality of public school budgets has created impossible barriers for many high school counselors.
The end result is the worst of all worlds: Underserved students are seeking assistance from counselors who, themselves, have no access to the kinds of professional development opportunities their own students would most benefit from. It is a vicious cycle, indeed.
The High School Counselor Challenge seeks to change that by leveraging college and university partners – and a bit of healthy competition – to bring an entire cohort of public high school counselors to the annual NACAC conference. This year - when NACAC heads to Louisville - we intend to bring the largest group of Title 1 high school counselors NACAC has ever seen to the conference, with a special focus on identifying counselor of color who wish to take on leadership roles in their profession.
This common tweet links the challenge between colleges, universities, and those groups who have a real interest in making sure that high school counselors find a path to attend NACAC 2019:
We accept The High School Counselor Challenge and will send a public high school counselor to #NACAC19 @HSCC2019
So…who’s in?
You’ll have to follow the tweets to find out!
Want to join the movement?
Click here to accept the challenge: https://goo.gl/forms/9rO3qtD2CEGqD3fy2
Margaret Mead’s quote about “a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens” changing the world might seem a bit heavy-handed, but the reality of the matter is this: If we don’t find a way to bring more public high school counselors to the table, then their students will be the ones who really suffer. I hope that, by bringing more public high school counselors to the national conference, these amazing, dedicated people can go home and become even greater "college bound" leaders in their schools and regions.
The High School Counselor Challenge is our way of showing that it really isn’t that challenging at all to find people who care about equity and inclusion – and who are willing to make a small investment…and a big difference in the lives of our peers.
David Quinn
Founder, The High School Counselor Challenge
Twitter: @HSCC2019