The Value of Career Counseling in K-12 Education

Our guests for this episode are Dr. Sharon Pepukayi, Superintendent of Talbot County Public Schools (TCPS) in Maryland, and Robin Werner, Director of Teaching and Learning in TCPS.

Robin tells us about a career counseling initiative in Maryland and Talbot’s unique response.

The Talbot plan for career counseling is innovative and inspiring; listeners who are interested in implementing a career counseling model in 6-12 schools will enjoy this conversation.

Sharon provides a big picture vision of student achievement as it relates to their career counseling initiative.

Pay close attention to the other aspect of counseling in general that Robin shares.

Listen to their approach to professional learning for the people implementing the initiative.

Robin is taking a team to ACTE Vision this year to learn from other leaders regarding this work and other CCR initiatives. You’ll also hear T.J. plug NCAN, the National College Attainment Network.

Robin describes a problem with tracking students after graduation and some of the solutions that they are using for that.

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Book a time to discuss college and career readiness with the host, Dr. T.J. Vari.