Jenny Patrick
High School Counselor
Bangs ISD
Bangs, Texas USA
“The grass isn't always greener. Do what you love!”
Milestones
My road in life took a while to figure out.
High school job as a gift shop clerk: Taught me about communication and customer relations.
High school job as a bank teller: Taught me about working with different age groups and responsibility / time management.
College job as a holiday employee at a major brand then worked my way up to management. This job taught me so much about customer service, managing a team, teamwork, and hard conversations.
I had to go before the Dean of the Education College at A&M to defend a grade I had made ( a C). You had to maintain at least a B to stay in the program. This taught me courage!
I LOVED my first counseling job. But my mind told me that I wanted more money. So I jumped to a WAY larger school and hated it. The grass isn't always greener. Do what you love!
Education
High School
Goldthwaite High School
Goldthwaite High School
Bachelor
Communication
Texas A&M University
Communication
Texas A&M University
Certification/License
4-8 Generalist Teaching Certification
ITeach Texas
4-8 Generalist Teaching Certification
ITeach Texas
Vocational
Principal Certification
ITeach Texas
Principal Certification
ITeach Texas
Career
High School Counselor
I help students prepare for their future with the right grades, the right tests, and the right attitude.
Career Roadmap
My work combines:
My work combines:
Education
Numbers
Helping People
Day to Day
Everyday is truly different: classroom presentations, credit checks for every student, organizing state testing, administering the Pre-ACT, PSAT, SAT School Day, or TSI, helping students in a lab with applying to college or filling out their FAFSA with them, building student schedules and the teacher's class schedules (master scheduling), holding meetings for Section 504 students (students who have a physical or mental disability that hinders their living), and coordinating school events.
Advice for Getting Started
Here's the first step for college students
The professors were really great about answering my questions that I had about obtaining a job. I felt confident in how to search for a school position and the program prepared me to interview well.
Recommended Education
My career is related to what I studied. I'd recommend the path I took:
Bachelor
Communication
Communication
Certification/License
4-8 Generalist Teaching Certification
4-8 Generalist Teaching Certification
Vocational
Principal Certification
Principal Certification
Hurdles
The Noise I Shed
From Society in General:
""Don't ever major in something related to psychology!" This is something that I warn my students about as well. I think the key is "specializing" in a certain area. "
Challenges I Overcame
Financial
