During the past seven years, the Ohio School Counselor Association has offered a Mentoring Program that was available to any school counselor who wished to give or receive professional support. The program has been very successful with over several hundred Ohio counselors participating during the last few years. Mentors are matched with a new counselor who works at the same grade level and is as close geographically as possible.
Most support is given during an initial visit then followed by email or phone contact.
We are interested in hearing from counselors who are retired as well as those presently employed. That I'm a School Counselor that has developed and grown. This is a booklet that consists of over 200 pages of ethical guidelines, counseling policies, activities, tips, and techniques. It can be sent free of charge to any school counselor who sends us the mentoring form and is part of the mentoring program. A tremendous thanks to Darla and Debra for the work they have done in developing mentoring materials for the Association.