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ASCA Podcast


    • Feb 27, 2023 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 26m AVG DURATION
    • 79 EPISODES

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    The ASCA Podcast is an excellent resource for anyone involved in education or parenting. With a wide range of topics that are specifically geared towards school counselors, this podcast offers valuable insights and resources to its listeners. Whether you're a seasoned professional or just starting out, the ASCA Podcast provides useful information and engaging interviews that will keep you coming back for more.

    One of the best aspects of this podcast is its topic choices. The episodes cover a variety of subjects that are relevant and helpful for school counselors. From navigating through challenging situations in schools to implementing effective strategies, each episode offers valuable takeaways that can be applied in real-life scenarios. Additionally, the podcast often features interviews with experts in the field, providing listeners with the opportunity to learn from experienced professionals and gain new perspectives.

    Another great aspect of this podcast is its accessibility and relevance to a wide range of audiences. While it primarily caters to school counselors, the topics discussed also resonate with educators, parents, and anyone involved in the field of education. This makes it a valuable resource for individuals from different backgrounds who are looking to expand their knowledge and understanding of various aspects of school counseling.

    However, there are a few areas where improvements could be made. One issue raised by some listeners is the audio quality. Some episodes have low sound levels, which can make it difficult to hear at times. This could be frustrating for listeners who want to fully engage with the content but struggle due to poor audio quality. It would be beneficial if measures were taken to improve the audio levels and ensure a consistent listening experience across all episodes.

    In conclusion, The ASCA Podcast is a highly recommended resource for anyone involved in education or parenting. Its diverse range of topics, engaging interviews, and relevance to various audiences make it an invaluable source for learning and professional development. While improvements could be made in terms of audio quality, overall this podcast offers valuable insights and practical advice that will benefit its listeners. Whether you're a school counselor or simply interested in education, The ASCA Podcast is definitely worth subscribing to.



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    Latest episodes from ASCA Podcast

    Episode 35: Keisha J. Larry Burns, 2023 School Counselor of the Year Finalist

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 27, 2023


    Episode 34: Joshua Nelson, 2023 School Counselor of the Year Finalist

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 26, 2023


    Episode 33: Beth Ruff, 2023 School Counselor of the Year Finalist

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 25, 2023


    Episode 32: Matthew K. Shervington, 2023 School Counselor of the Year Finalist

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 24, 2023


    Episode 31: Meredith Draughn, 2023 School Counselor of the Year

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 23, 2023


    Episode 34: Joshua Nelson, 2023 School Counselor of the Year Finalist

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 9, 2023


    Episode 33: Beth Ruff, 2023 School Counselor of the Year Finalist

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 8, 2023


    Episode 32: Matthew K. Shervington, 2023 School Counselor of the Year Finalist

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 7, 2023


    Episode 31: Meredith Draughn, 2023 School Counselor of the Year

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 6, 2023


    Ep. 30: Aly Murray

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 3, 2022


    Hear from Aly Murray, founder and executive director of Upchieve and one of the keynotes for the eXperiencED general session at the 2022 ASCA Annual Conference. Download the transcript here.

    Ep. 30: Aly Murray

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 3, 2022


    Hear from Aly Murray, founder and executive director of Upchieve and one of the keynotes for the eXperiencED general session at the 2022 ASCA Annual Conference. Download the transcript here.

    Episode 30: Aly Murray

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 3, 2022


    Hear from Aly Murray, founder and executive director of Upchieve and one of the keynotes for the eXperiencED general session at the 2022 ASCA Annual Conference. Download the transcript here.

    Episode 29: Gavin Grimm

    Play Episode Listen Later May 17, 2022


    Hear from Gavin Grimm, internationally recognized transgender rights activist, writer, and speaker. and one of the keynotes for the eXperiencED general session at the 2022 ASCA Annual Conference. Download the transcript here.  

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    Episode 29: Gavin Grimm

    Play Episode Listen Later May 17, 2022


    Hear from Gavin Grimm, internationally recognized transgender rights activist, writer, and speaker. and one of the keynotes for the eXperiencED general session at the 2022 ASCA Annual Conference. Download the transcript here.

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    Episode 28: Rodney Robinson

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 28, 2022


    Hear from Rodney Robinson, 2019 Teacher of the Year and one of the keynotes at at the 2022 ASCA Annual Conference. Download the transcript here.

    Episode 28: Rodney Robinson

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 28, 2022


    Hear from Rodney Robinson, 2019 Teacher of the Year and one of the keynotes at at the 2022 ASCA Annual Conference. Download the transcript here.

    Episode. 27: SaulPaul- A Musician with a Message

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 18, 2022


    Hear from SaulPaul, Grammy-Nominated Musician with a Message and one of the keynotes for the eXperiencED general session at the 2022 ASCA Annual Conference. Download the transcript here.  

    Episode. 27: SaulPaul- A Musician with a Message

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 18, 2022


    Hear from SaulPaul, Grammy-Nominated Musician with a Message and one of the keynotes for the eXperiencED general session at the 2022 ASCA Annual Conference. Download the transcript here.

    Episode 26: Ashley Wright, School Counselor of the Year Finalist

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 11, 2022


    Hear from one of the 2022 School Counselor of the Year Finalists, Ashley Wright, school counselor at Lucille J. Bradley Elementary School in Spring, Texas. Download the transcript

    Episode 26: Ashley Wright, School Counselor of the Year Finalist

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 11, 2022


    Hear from one of the 2022 School Counselor of the Year Finalists, Ashley Wright, school counselor at Lucille J. Bradley Elementary School in Spring, Texas. Download the transcript

    Episode 25: Marianne Matt, School Counselor of the Year Finalist

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 10, 2022


    Hear from one of the 2022 School Counselor of the Year Finalists, Marianne Matt, school counselor at Capital High School in Madison, Wisconsin. Download the transcript

    Episode 25: Marianne Matt, School Counselor of the Year Finalist

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 10, 2022


    Hear from one of the 2022 School Counselor of the Year Finalists, Marianne Matt, school counselor at Capital High School in Madison, Wisconsin. Download the transcript

    Episode 24: Teshia Stovall Dula, School Counselor of the Year Finalist

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 9, 2022


    Hear from one of the 2022 School Counselor of the Year Finalists, Teshia Stovall Dula, school counselor at Hull Middle School in Duluth, Georgia. Download the transcript

    Episode 24: Teshia Stovall Dula, School Counselor of the Year Finalist

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 9, 2022


    Hear from one of the 2022 School Counselor of the Year Finalists, Teshia Stovall Dula, school counselor at Hull Middle School in Duluth, Georgia. Download the transcript

    Episode 23: Matthew Berry, School Counselor of the Year Finalist

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 8, 2022


    Hear from one of the 2022 School Counselor of the Year Finalists, Matthew Berry, lead and district school counselor for Ritenour Husky Academy in Overland, Missouri. Download the transcript.  

    Episode 23: Matthew Berry, School Counselor of the Year Finalist

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 8, 2022


    Hear from one of the 2022 School Counselor of the Year Finalists, Matthew Berry, lead and district school counselor for Ritenour Husky Academy in Overland, Missouri. Download the transcript.

    Episode 22: Alma Lopez, 2022 School Counselor of the Year

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 7, 2022


    Hear from the 2022 School Counselor of the Year, Alma Lopez, the lead school counselor at Livingston Middle School in Livingston, Calif. and Livingston Unified School District's school counseling coordinator. Watch Harvard Dean James Ryan's "5 Essential Questions in Life" video. Download the transcript.  

    Episode 22: Alma Lopez, 2022 School Counselor of the Year

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 7, 2022


    Hear from the 2022 School Counselor of the Year, Alma Lopez, the lead school counselor at Livingston Middle School in Livingston, Calif. and Livingston Unified School District's school counseling coordinator. Watch Harvard Dean James Ryan's "5 Essential Questions in Life" video. Download the transcript.

    Episode 21: Use Career Development as a Catalyst for SEL & Academic Achievement

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 8, 2021


    Hear from Tessa Barbazon, director of school counseling and social/emotional learning at the Clarke County School District in Athens, Ga., to learn how to use career development as a catalyst for social/emotional learning and academic achievement. Thanks to our sponsors of today's episode, Xello.

    Episode 21: Use Career Development as a Catalyst for SEL & Academic Achievement

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 8, 2021


    Hear from Tessa Barbazon, director of school counseling and social/emotional learning at the Clarke County School District in Athens, Ga., to learn how to use career development as a catalyst for social/emotional learning and academic achievement. Thanks to our sponsors of today's episode, Xello.

    Episode 20: Expand the College & Career Readiness Ecosystem

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 9, 2021


    Hear from Brian Mathieson, Assistant Director of Career/College Readiness with Vancouver Public Schools in Vancouver, Wash., about how his school counseling and CTE departments work together to support their students' journey to future readiness. Learn about how to start a similar collaboration program, continue to improve it and foster an environment for collaboration. Thanks to our sponsors of today's episode, Xello.

    Episode 20: Expand the College & Career Readiness Ecosystem

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 9, 2021


    Hear from Brian Mathieson, Assistant Director of Career/College Readiness with Vancouver Public Schools in Vancouver, Wash., about how his school counseling and CTE departments work together to support their students' journey to future readiness. Learn about how to start a similar collaboration program, continue to improve it and foster an environment for collaboration. Thanks to our sponsors of today's episode, Xello.

    Episode 19: Expanding the Careers Scope Beyond College

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 19, 2021


    With Career Development Month right around the corner, hear from Melissa Ostrowski, K-12 Counseling Coordinator and school counselor in the Penn Manor School District in Millersville, Pennsylvania, who focuses on expanding students' future options beyond college. Learn what you can do to prepare students academically, socially and financially for all future pathways. Thanks to our sponsors of today's episode, Xello.

    Episode 19: Expanding the Careers Scope Beyond College

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 19, 2021


    With Career Development Month right around the corner, hear from Melissa Ostrowski, K-12 Counseling Coordinator and school counselor in the Penn Manor School District in Millersville, Pennsylvania, who focuses on expanding students' future options beyond college. Learn what you can do to prepare students academically, socially and financially for all future pathways. Thanks to our sponsors of today's episode, Xello.

    Episode 18: Richard Tench

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 1, 2021


    Get to know Richard Tench, 2021-2022 ASCA Board of Directors chair. View the transcript.

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    Episode 18: Richard Tench

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 1, 2021


    Get to know Richard Tench, 2021–2022 ASCA Board of Directors chair. View the transcript.

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    Episode 17: Educator-Counselor

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 24, 2021


    Hear from Ian Levy, Ed.D., assistant professor of school counseling at Manhattan College, and Mathew Lemberger-Trulove, Ph.D., professor of counselor education at the University of North Texas, as they discuss how school counselors' work as both an educator and a school counselor can affect roles and responsibilities associated with school counseling. View the transcript 

    Episode 17: Educator-Counselor

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 24, 2021


    Hear from Ian Levy, Ed.D., assistant professor of school counseling at Manhattan College, and Mathew Lemberger-Trulove, Ph.D., professor of counselor education at the University of North Texas, as they discuss how school counselors' work as both an educator and a school counselor can affect roles and responsibilities associated with school counseling. View the transcript 

    Episode 16: School Counseling and Males of Color

    Play Episode Listen Later May 25, 2021


    On the one-year anniversary of the murder of George Floyd, hear from the co-editors of a special issue of Professional School Counseling journal, "School Counseling and Males of Color," as they discuss the issue releasing this summer and what they learned. Co-editors are: Erik Hines, Ph.D., associate professor at Florida State University; James Moore, Ph.D., vice provost for diversity and inclusion and chief diversity officer, executive director for Todd A. Bell National Resource Center on the African American Male and EHE Distinguished Professor of Urban Education, The Ohio State University; and Paul Harris, Ph.D., associate professor, The Pennsylvania State University. Read the transcript 

    Episode 16: School Counseling and Males of Color

    Play Episode Listen Later May 25, 2021


    On the one-year anniversary of the murder of George Floyd, hear from the co-editors of a special issue of Professional School Counseling journal, “School Counseling and Males of Color,” as they discuss the issue releasing this summer and what they learned. Co-editors are: Erik Hines, Ph.D., associate professor at Florida State University; James Moore, Ph.D., vice provost for diversity and inclusion and chief diversity officer, executive director for Todd A. Bell National Resource Center on the African American Male and EHE Distinguished Professor of Urban Education, The Ohio State University; and Paul Harris, Ph.D., associate professor, The Pennsylvania State University. Read the transcript 

    Episode 15: Celebrate Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month

    Play Episode Listen Later May 12, 2021


    Hear from Joy Erzinger, a school counselor in Des Moines Public Schools in Des Moines, Iowa, as she discusses her experience as an Asian American and how this has shaped her identity and her work as a school counselor. Read the transcript.

    Episode 15: Celebrate Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month

    Play Episode Listen Later May 11, 2021


    Hear from Joy Erzinger, a school counselor in Des Moines Public Schools in Des Moines, Iowa, as she discusses her experience as an Asian American and how this has shaped her identity and her work as a school counselor. Read the transcript.

    Episode 14: Barbara Truluck

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 5, 2021


    Get to know Barbara Truluck, 2021 School Counselor of the Year finalist and a school counselor at Palmer Middle School, Kennesaw, Ga. Read the transcript..

    Episode 14: Barbara Truluck

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 5, 2021


    Get to know Barbara Truluck, 2021 School Counselor of the Year finalist and a school counselor at Palmer Middle School, Kennesaw, Ga. Read the transcript..

    Episode 13: Sarah Flier

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 4, 2021


    Get to know Sarah Flier, 2021 School Counselor of the Year finalist and a school counselor at Willow River Elementary School, Hudson, Wis. Read the transcript.

    Episode 13: Sarah Flier

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 4, 2021


    Get to know Sarah Flier, 2021 School Counselor of the Year finalist and a school counselor at Willow River Elementary School, Hudson, Wis. Read the transcript.

    Episode 12: Megan Bledsoe

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 3, 2021


    Get to know Megan Bledsoe 2021 School Counselor of the Year finalist and a school counselor at Discovery Middle School in Vancouver, Wash. Read the transcript.

    Episode 12: Megan Bledsoe

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 3, 2021


    Get to know Megan Bledsoe 2021 School Counselor of the Year finalist and a school counselor at Discovery Middle School in Vancouver, Wash. Read the transcript.

    Episode 11: Vanessa Goodman Barnes

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 2, 2021


    Get to know Vanessa Goodman Barnes, 2021 School Counselor of the Year finalist and the dean of students, counseling and student services at Millbrook Magnet High School in Raleigh, N.C. Read a transcript.

    Episode 11: Vanessa Goodman Barnes

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 2, 2021


    Get to know Vanessa Goodman Barnes, 2021 School Counselor of the Year finalist and the dean of students, counseling and student services at Millbrook Magnet High School in Raleigh, N.C. Read a transcript.

    Episode 10: Olivia Carter

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 1, 2021


    Get to know Oliva Carter, 2021 School Counselor of the Year and a school counselor at Jefferson Elementary School in Cape Girardeau, Mo. Read the transcript.

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