college counselor agenda

Thursday, November 18th | Zoom

Agenda

9:30 - Welcome

9:40 - Dr. Bethany Meighen, Vice President for Student Affairs, UNC System
Dr. Meighen will share trends and topics currently under discussion with the UNC Board of Governors and the UNC System, answer questions, and facilitate a discussion on issues of importance to independent schools.

10:45 - Break

11:00 - Emmi Harward - Executive Director, Association of College Counselors in Independent Schools (ACCIS)
Taking Our Own Counsel: Preserving Mission and Sanity in a Shifting Landscape
The world of admission and college counseling may have been turned upside down in the last year and a half but at its core, the focus on doing right by our students remains. Even when we were meeting them through a screen, the center of this work was always our students. As we scrambled to find solid ground in order to support them, their caregivers, and our entire school communities, what might we have lost in the process, and what parts do we actually want back? This session will be one part self-care, and a few parts “crowdsourced takedown” of the systems in place that keep us from aligning our college counseling programs with our own school missions.
12:10 - Lunch (UberEats lunch provided by ) and session with Dr. Kerr C. Ramsay III | Senior Vice President for Undergraduate Admissions, High Point University
Life Skills 101 - Among the many responsibilities of a successful college counselor is helping students develop the skills that they need for success in their lives. This session will develop a framework by which school counselors can understand the value of life skills and practical methods they can use to build them in their students. These life skills are shown to have positive correlation to success in college and beyond.

1:20 - Panel Discussion - The Future of Disciplinary Reporting
Scott Anderson - Senior Director for Outreach and Education, CommonApp
Kerr Ramsay - Senior Vice President for Undergraduate Admissions, HPU
Jon Westover - Associate Vice Provost & Director of Admissions, NC State University
Sarbeth J. Fleming - Associate Dean of Admission, Emory University

2:30 - College Counselor Roundtables
Possible options:
1 - College Readiness And Mental Health--Best Practices For Helping Students Minimize Stress In the College Search and Application Process
2 - Almost Two Years of COVID: how does the pandemic continue to affect college admissions and which of these changes (positive or negative) will continue indefinitely.
3 - Open sharing/Q&A