My name is Catherine Cooker, and this is my sixth year at A.J. Whittenberg and my sixth year as a school counselor--one of the best jobs on the planet. I tell the kids it took me 42 years to figure out what I wanted to be when I grew up, but it was worth the wait. I became a school counselor because I wanted to love on kids, and I get to do that every single day.
In this job I wear many hats: teacher, listener, mentor, guide, accountability partner, career coach, donation director, and community coordinator. Through it all my goal is that our students demonstrate perseverance and respect for others and themselves as they focus on achieving their goals in career and life.
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Freelance copyediting--I proofread books before they were published.
I got my Bachelor's Degree from Truman State University in 1999 and my Master's Degree and Educational Specialist Degree in School Counseling from Clemson University in 2020.
Three--two girls in college and a boy who is a senior in high school.
Become a pilot. (I do not ever expect to climb Mt. Everest or jump out of an airplane.)
There are actually two of them! I lived in Saudi Arabia when I was five to seven years old, and I spent three years in Germany in the early 2010s.