Ona Ebsen

Email address: oebsen@esu8.org or ona@westboyd.com

Family: Husband-Mark, Daughter-Kirsten, Sons-Shane & Erik (Harmony & Isaac)

Job Description: Guidance activities for K-12, school counselor, maintaining student records, student council advisor, Postive Behavior Intervention school team member, HAL Coordinator, Carl Perkins, Students Working Against Alcohol & Tobacco Group, Statewide Assessment Coordinator, Standarized Testing Coordinator

Professional Organizations: American & Nebraska School Counselors Association, NAM, National Associationfor Mental Illness

High School: Veblen, SD

Colleges & Degrees: B.S. @ SDSU; Psychology Major, Child Development Minor, Pre-School Educator, MED in Guidance Counseling, and Personnel @ SDSU

Favorite part about your job: learning and helping

Hardest part about your job: keeping up with the kids and info they need and trying to be organized

Why did you want to become a teacher? Career advisors always tell you to do what you enjoy. I spent a lot of time listening to people so I thought I should get paid for it.

What advice do you have for someone considering teaching? develop an open mind to new ideas and try to look at people non-judgmentally

If you weren't working at school, what would you be doing? milking cows

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Community Involvement: Trinity Lutheran Church, Boyd County Underage Drinking Coalition