Category: Advise: Volume 50 (2021-2022)

Advise: Spring 2022

Features Never Stop Learning: Beth Sondel Silver-Linings Playbook: Jim Paterson Losing Control: Amy Krueger Leading the Way: Dan Gursky Columns & Departments From the Director Morning Announcements The Middle Ground NatStuCo Update Honor Society Update A Conversation With… Active Voices Collaboration Space Take 10

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March 9, 2022

Take 10: Spring 2022

Never Stop Learning Although they may be stretched thin between teaching and mentoring, advisers still find the time to enhance their professional learning. In this article, three veteran advisers share three important lessons: Allow the students to lead.Rely on a network of NHS advisers through online forums, conferences, and by building relationships with advisers in...

— Advise, Advise: Volume 50 (2021-2022)

March 9, 2022

Professional development Student engagement Student leadership

Collaboration Space: Spring 2022

We Are All in This Together After a year and a half of virtual learning, students at Rockdale Magnet School for Science and Technology in Conyers, GA, were eager to return to in-person learning. In honor of their first 30 days back in the building, NatStuCo members created a video of 30-second interviews showcasing the...

— Advise, Advise: Volume 50 (2021-2022)

March 9, 2022

Book drive Community service Student Project Database

Leading the Way

Jeremhy Cesar credits his experience as a student leader with helping him gain admission to Georgia Tech. Listing National Honor Society chapter president on your resume is not a bad thing when you’re looking to get into a highly competitive college. In fact, Jeremhy Cesar credits his experience as a student leader with helping him...

— Advise, Advise: Volume 50 (2021-2022)

March 9, 2022

Community service NHS Pillars NHS scholarship

Losing Control

As an educator, fully giving over the reins to students to accomplish a goal was somewhat daunting. I found myself asking: How will it reflect on my leadership and expertise? Will they focus? Will they be organized and mature and punctual in their planning and execution? Is saying “yes” to their ideas—which are sometimes lofty,...

— Advise, Advise: Volume 50 (2021-2022)

March 9, 2022

Best Practices Leadership development Student leadership

Active Voices: Spring 2022

Mahatma Gandhi said, “The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.” As Asian American kids born to immigrant parents, we have seen poverty in the streets of India from a very young age during our trips to visit relatives. After the Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami hit in...

— Advise, Advise: Volume 50 (2021-2022)

March 9, 2022

Community service Nonprofit Student leadership

Silver-Linings Playbook

It was March of 2020, and Melissa Van Wingerden was starting to hear worrisome talk in the news and among her colleagues at Parsippany High School in Parsippany, NJ, about a perplexing virus from China. There were rumors about the district’s response, then came word her school would close early before spring break. “I think...

— Advise, Advise: Volume 50 (2021-2022)

March 9, 2022

Best Practices new normal pandemic

Never Stop Learning

Just as they encourage students to focus on their leadership growth and educational development, advisers too never stop learning. Between teaching and advising, educators are no doubt stretched thin, but many still find time to enhance their professional learning. Here, three veteran teachers and experienced NHS advisers share what they have learned on the job,...

— Advise, Advise: Volume 50 (2021-2022)

March 9, 2022

LEAD conferences Professional development Student leadership

A Conversation With David L. Collier-King: Spring 2022

David L. Collier-King loves Walt Disney. In fact, he carries this quote from the famous animator with him wherever he goes: “Around here, however, we don’t look backwards for very long. We keep moving forward, opening new doors, and doing new things because we’re curious and our curiosity keeps leading us down new paths.” Collier-King’s...

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March 9, 2022

Diversity IASC National Student Council

Honor Society: Spring 2022

Digital badges—online credentials that reflect achievement and skills—are as authentic and legitimate as high school diplomas, certificates, and in some cases, licenses. NHS and NJHS students receive automatic digital member badges once they are registered with a student account at the national office and are verified by their adviser. Digital badges are hosted by Credly,...

— Advise, Advise: Volume 50 (2021-2022)

March 9, 2022

Credly Digital badges Student credentials