A conversation with Taqueena Quintana how much school counselors do to support students and schools—and how short staffing and mission creep impact their ability to do this key job.
The profession of school counseling has evolved over the last forty years to encompass not just academic and career guidance but also social-emotional support for students and the entire school. Yet too often today the core work of school counselors gets pushed to the side, displaced by demands that they fill in as substitute teachers, substitute principals, and even recess monitors. According to Taqueena Quintana, one of the founders of Antioch’s MA in School Counseling, this is foolish and does long-term harm to well-being across the school. In this interview, we talk with Taqueena about this issue as well as her experiences as a school counselor, the demographic imbalance in the profession, the evolving role of school counselors, ways parents can support them, and much more.
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Visit Antioch’s website to learn more about the MA in School Counseling that Taqueena teaches in and helped found.
Learn more about Taqueena’s work on her faculty page.
This episode was recorded April 3, 2024 via Riverside.fm and released September April 17, 2024.