Susan Sutton is a North Carolina Licensed Professional Counselor, National Certified Counselor and a North Carolina Licensed School Counselor. She currently contracts part time at St. Raphael and St. Mary Magdalene Catholic Schools. She has been the school counselor there for the past ten years and implemented many successful programs including a how to be successful student in middle school titled “The Lost Curriculum that was featured in the Apex Herald years ago. Susan is currently writing a book about the class.
On top of being an educator, Susan enjoys presenting and speaking all over the country on topics including cyberbullying, school discipline and skills that help students be successful in school. In 2009 she was published in Principal Leadership Magazine on an article of how schools can handle cyberbullying and is an expert consultant for The Parent Institute Publishing Company on the same topic, which in 2011 released a bullying, cyberbullying kit for schools.
A parent of a high school and a middle school student herself, Susan understands the life and perspective of adolescents and the difficult family and school issues that arise at this age. She is committed to helping adolescents and families get though the stresses of life by improving communications between all members of the family by helping all parties understand each other.
Noted Speaking Engagements
NASSP Conference, March 2012. Tampa Fl
NC Middle School Conference, March 2012, Greensboro NC
Greenhope High School Parent Presentation, February 2012, Cary NC
Cuthbertson Middle School, February 2012, Cuthbertson NC
NC School Counselor Conference, Oct 2012, Greensboro NC
North Lincoln Middle School Presentation, April 2011, Denver NC
National Elementary School Principals Conference, April 2011, Tampa Fl
North Carolina Middle School Conference, March 2011, Greensboro NC
Diocese of Jefferson City Annual Conference, October 2010, Jefferson City MO
National Elementary School Principals Conference, April 2009, New Orleans LA
National Secondary School Principals Conference, February 2009 San Diego CA
National Middle School Conference, October 2008 Denver CO
National Catholic Educators Association 2007 Baltimore MD
Diocese of Jefferson City MO, 2007
National Secondary School Principals Conference, February 2010, Phoenix AZ
Laurel Lutheran School, October 2010, Hollywood CA