About the Speaker
Sarah Kirk
Owner of Yoga 4 Classrooms
Dr. Sarah Kirk is a National Board Certified Counselor, an ASCA-Certified Trainer, an adjunct professor, and the Owner of Yoga 4 Classrooms. Sarah provides training and consultation on a variety of topics, including comprehensive school counseling, trauma-informed practices, yoga and mindfulness in schools, tiered supports for students, and positive behavioral supports. She has presented at local and national conferences across the United States. Prior to these roles, she was the School Counselor Specialist at the Oklahoma State Department of Education for three years, where she supported school counselors, school-based mental health professionals, and other educators across the state. Additionally, in this role, she created and implemented a state-wide, comprehensive school counseling framework. Before this, she was a School Counselor for nearly a decade.
Sarah served on the Board of Directors for the American School Counselor Association (ASCA) from 2019-2022. In 2019, her School Counseling Program became a Recognized ASCA Model Program (RAMP). Sarah was Oklahoma's 2018 School Counselor of the Year and a 2019 National School Counselor of the Year Finalist. In 2023 she received her PhD in Counselor Education and Supervision. Sarah is an advocate for the school counseling profession and is passionate about equity and access to whole-child support for all students.