The Sounding Board
Welcome to 'The Sounding Board Podcast,' your essential platform for school counseling insights and strategies, proudly presented by the Utah School Counselors Association (USCA). Our podcast is your trusted resource for expert advice, best practices, and inspiring stories in the field of school counseling.
Join us as we explore critical topics in education, such as academic achievement, student mental health, college readiness, and career exploration. 'The Sounding Board Podcast' is your go-to source for actionable ideas and practical solutions.
Our mission is to empower school counselors and educators to create brighter educational pathways, enhance student well-being, and foster personal growth. Whether you're a seasoned counselor or passionate about education, our podcast equips you with the tools and knowledge to make a positive impact on the lives of students.
Tune in and be part of our commitment to elevate the importance of school counseling in education. Discover innovative strategies, connect with fellow educators, and stay updated on the latest trends in the school counseling field.
'The Sounding Board Podcast': Where School Counselors Share Ideas.
- Update frequency
- every 8 days
- Average duration
- 19 minutes
- Episodes
- 129
- Years Active
- 2021 - 2025
S4E3 Making college and career planning EASY with SchooLinks
Today Nate speaks with the founder of SchooLinks, and together they discuss how the platform is a game changer for counselors in the modern era.
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S4E2: How to start your year WITHOUT getting overwhelmed
Today Nate and Jeana talk about the start of the school year and how we can avoid getting overwhelmed. Jeana gives us lots of golden nuggets as she enters into her 16th year as an elementary school …
S4 E1 How to help girls with the ROX team
Today on the podcast, I have the founder of Ruling Our Experience (ROX) Lisa C. Lisa and I talk about ROX's mission and how they are a huge resource to counselors all over the country and especially…
S3 E40: Season 3 finale! Lets look back on the school year
We made it! The end of the school year. Such a wonderful time to talk about how far we've come. Have a great summer!
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S3 E39 Engaging the home school community
In this episode, Nate talks about how we as counselors can do better at engaging the home school community and how we can still serve those students
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S3 E38: Starting Little Ending Big, finish strong!
In our last segment of SLEB , we talk about how we can end the school year strong and look forward to the summer.
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S3 E37: Making financial cents in college
So I recorded this back on May 4th, but forgot to post it until now! silly me. But on todays episode I talk about how need to help the next step of education make financial sense, and I walk throug…
S3 E36: What it means to be data driven
Today nate talks about what it means to be data driven and we can use our data to make improvements to our schools year after year
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S3 E35 Dealing with the stress of testing season
on todays episode, Nate talks about the sresses of standardized testing season and how we can help students and teachers alike.
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S3 E34: The cost of college, is it worth it?
Today we talk about college, how much it costs, and if it is worth it for our up and coming students.
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S3 E33: Starting Little Ending Big! Talking Parent Involvement
This week we bring back our favorite Elementary School Counselors, Elise Hansen and Jeanna James for Startling Llittle Ending Big, and today we talk about how to get parents involved and working WITH…
S3 E32: Advocating for fair share responsibilities
On this weeks episode, we talk about how we as counselors can advocate for counselor appropriate activites when asked to do duties that may not align with our role as counselor.
S3 E31: Spring Break...and beyond
Today Nate talks about what we've done so far this school year, what is still to come, spring break, graduation, and more!
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S3 E30: Starting Little Ending Big! Crisis Response
When a crisis hits a school, the district assembles a crisis response team. We talk about what that looks like at an elementary school level, and the role we as counselors play within that team.
S3 E29: How to approach changing harmful school policies
As school counselors, we see many policies that we may or may not agree with. And there is a right way to go about trying to make chnage within our systems, so we are going to talk about that today …
S3 E28: Changing the utah school cousneling model. USCA statement
Recently the school board made a change for the utah school cousnelign model. USCA has released it's statement on that change and that si what we go over today!
S3 E27: 4 Year University is NOT for everyone
today Nate dives into a passionate rabbit hole about how traditional college educcation has been put on a high pedistal, and we've been neglecting to tell kids about AAALLL the other viable forms of …
S3 E26: USCA Board Spotlight: Samantha McMorrow
Today we highlight another one of our board members and talk about how they got into counseling and why they are still here after 18 years and a Phd.
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S3 E25: Post secondary planning ethics
Today Nate disects an article talking about post secondary planning and the ethics that school cousnelors face while helping students plan for their futures
S3 E24: Starting Little Ending Big! Kindness Week!
Today we have a wonderful conversation with our wonderful elementary school counselor experts! Have a happy valentines day!
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