This site is a class blog space for new Career and Technical Specializations and Heathcare Science teachers enrolled in the New Teacher Institute (NTI) at Georgia State University in Atlanta, Georgia.
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
"Changed Impressions"
Okaay, a person's job sure looks easy when your not the one doing it. It's easy to judge when you don't know what a person has gone through to get to where they are. The grass always looks greener on the other side, dont it? I was thinking about going back to school, and becoming a guidance counselor. I'm not saying that I'm not going to go back, but I can say that I will really have to weigh my options now, and it is good to know and see some of the hurdles that I will have to climb. Changed Impressions, yes I must say. I have so much more respect for our guidance counselors now. I also see why they seem to get alone so well with the students, and how they can seem to defuse a situation between parents and children. Teachers and teachers, and teachers and students. I have seen it done in more than one association at my school. It's like the counselors are flowing on air, like they never have any problems. I guess with all that training, you just learn how to handle the things of life. I have a new found respect for my counselors. I am so happy that I had a chance to read over this information, before my interview. Thank you NTI.
I agree with you. I too, have a new found respect for Guidance Counselors. I will do more to inform the students that the counselors are not their enemy, and are committed to helping them succeed like every other person in the school. I will also encourage students to visit their counselor even when things are going good. They are definitely working just as hard or even harder than us teachers to rally for the students by collaborating with the community and parents in order to ensure student sucess. All the while, they remain the voice of reason for the students, parents, and teachers. They are excellent listeners, non-judgemental, highly trained and highly skilled professionals.
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