The Importance of the School Counselor in Today's Schools - Katherine Pastor

Katherine is the American School Counselor's Association 2016 National School Counselor of the Year. Katherine began serving as the Flagstaff High School (FHS) Counseling Department Chair in the 2008 and Student Government Advisor in 2012. Through a data-driven, comprehensive school counseling program, Katherine and her team have received both state and national recognition. Katherine joined the American School Counselors Association (ASCA) board of directors in 2017 and is an adjunct faculty member at Northern Arizona University's College of Education where she teaches the next generation of school counselors. We talk with Katherine about the important role that school counselors have in our schools, and she shares some ways school counselors can be used more effectively.