Patrick O’Connor, a high school counselor, is one of the most vocal advocates for adding more admissions advising courses to existing counselor training programs, so much so that he started offering his own course. And he’s recently penned a book, College Counseling for School Counselors: Delivering Quality, Personalized College Advice to Every Student on Your (Sometimes Huge) Caseload.
His most recent blog post shares 20 questions high school counselors can use to reflect on your school’s current offering and services. As O’Connor himself points out, “There’s nothing scientific about these questions; they just address some of the key pieces of a college counseling program students need to know about in order to make the transition as personalized as possible.” But it’s a good place to start for any counselor wondering what good college advising looks like and who might be looking for potential areas of improvement within their own school.