Press release from Red Bank Regional High School
Middletown resident and Red Bank Regional High School guidance counselor Jill Maline was recently recognized as the Monmouth County Counselor of the year by the Monmouth County School Counselors’ Association.
Now in her fifth school year at RBR, the Middletown resident will be honored at a luncheon in June by her peers in the association. She was praised in a statement by the RBR Guidance Director as “a compassionate, empathetic and fearless leader…she is a credit to Red Bank Regional and the Bucs she loves so much!”
Maline received her master’s degree in Educational Counseling from Monmouth University in 2009, where she was admitted to the National Honor Society in Counseling. She also holds a certification as a teacher of students with learning disabilities. Ms. Maline earned her bachelor’s degree in Hispanic Studies from Mount Saint Mary College in 2005. In addition, to her counseling career at RBR, Ms. Maline serves as the co-adviser to the classes of 2014 and 2018, and is the RBR head Dance team coach and assistant cheerleading coach.
“I am humbled by the fact that my colleagues in Monmouth County feel that I possess the characteristics that warrant this honor,” the counselor said of the honor from her peers. “I love my profession because I get to spend every day with different students; planning for their futures and making sure they achieve success while they are at RBR. It makes each day so exciting.”
