Alex Johnston, M.Ed. in School CounselingI chose the UNC School of Education because of the school counseling faculty. They were open, honest and willing to help me in the graduate school decision-making process in a way I was not expecting. It immediately felt like home, which was especially meaningful since I am from out of state with no real connections to North Carolina.
Developing Effective, Strengths-Based School Counselors
When you ask Annie Goldberg how it feels to be named the 2024 North Carolina School Counselor of the Year, she quickly deflects the spotlight to her fellow school counselors. “I feel just so humbled and lucky to be named the North Carolina School Counselor of the Year,” she said. “North Carolina has some of…
The UNC School of Education’s School Counseling program has been reaccredited by the Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs (CACREP). After undergoing a full review, the program was found “to meet all standards in a satisfactory manner” and is accredited for an additional eight years. The School Counseling program has been continually…
Jill Cook (’88 B.M.Ed., ’91 M.Ed.), executive director of the American School Counselor Association (ASCA), will deliver the UNC School of Education’s graduation address on Saturday, May 11. The ceremony will be held at noon in Carmichael Arena on the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill campus. Lauded as “a tireless advocate” for school…
Indy Ein, like many of her fellow students enrolled in the UNC School of Education’s School Counseling program, plans to help K-12 students achieve their maximum potential – in school and beyond school – by drawing upon their strengths and by building strong relationships. Through her coursework and as a school counselor-in-training at Ephesus Elementary…
As a school counselor-in-training who understands the importance of being helped by caring adults, I have a heart for advocacy and the development of our students — the leaders of the next generation. I wanted to become a school counselor to help guide my students through their academics as well as college and career decisions,…
