Welcome to our 3rd edition of Unusual Professional Development! Loni and Jake share some recommendations for our listeners regarding some reads and listens that could benefit school counselors during the summer months. We hope everyone is enjoying their summer and we will see you in July with episodes over our upcoming book club: The Anxious Generation.

We see your questions on the email listerv, and are ready to talk class rank! Are you ready to pitch to your local school board, have you read the research behind reporting class rank?

Listen as Loni tells the story of moving Chadron High School from a traditional class rank/valedictorian system to a cum laude system and the benefits.

Why Stop Reporting Class Rank?

1. Reduction in kids avoiding challenging classes in order to maintain a class ranking

2. Force colleges and scholarship providers to consider the student's body of work as opposed to rank

3. Excessive competition with classmates

Listen and learn how you can challenge the status quo in your own district if needed.

Join Jake and Loni as they wrap up the first ever @NSCApod Book Club with the final chapters of Hope Rising. Listen as they go through 15 tips and tricks to incorporate hope and increase hope scores in students and colleagues for educators everywhere.

Don't forget to join us Thursday, May 23rd LIVE Zoom NSCA discussion happy hour! Time TBD