Training Wheels For Student Leaders

Publisher: The Fine Print Press, Ltd.

Many students are burdened with problems that, for them, become nearly insurmountable and intrude in achieving even basic educational goals . . . much less, academic excellence.

A "junior counselor" program is a major step toward a solution.

Junior counselors not only participate in . . . they LEAD in peer mentoring and peer mediation, as well as becoming an integral part of how a school functions.  Through careful training and leadership, they assume roles of responsibility to assist the school counselor, teachers, and even principal in many day-to-day and special-event tasks.  

The author has more than two decades' experience in elementary education:  She was an elementary-school teacher for nine years, and an elementary-school counselor for two decades.  She has worked in a variety of schools, from private suburban to inner-city.

Messinger holds three master's degrees: a Master of Arts in Geography and Regional Planning; A Master of Education in Geography and Human Related Studies; and a Master of Education in Counseling and Guidance. 

Walsh is an artist, musician, and computer programmer.

Walsh is a special-education teacher in Austin, Texas.