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• Events: You may want to consider the FREE School Mental Health Virtual Learning Series webinars offered by The National Center for School Mental Health. You can get the details and registration links on the Events Tab

• Events: We encourage you to participate in IDOE’s Monthly Graduation Pathway Webinars. We also house any shared updates on the Graduation Pathway page.

• We also remind you that The Indiana Commission for Higher Education recently released its Education Value Movement work. If you would like your school counseling team to be trained in this exciting messaging campaign, please contact Barbie Martin, Director of School and Community Outreach, Indiana CHE, at bmartin@che.in.gov

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Each of us brings a mix of ourselves to the work we do and love, which is why there isn’t one recipe for being a successful school counselor. In this week’s podcast, Illinois School Counselor Bernard Starks shares how baking, photography, breathing exercises, and even McGruff the Crime Dog have all contributed to his experiences as a professional school counselor. Listen in to our conversation on your favorite podcast app or at https://podcast.inspiresuccess.org/.

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