What’s in a name? Why the title of school counselor matters.

What’s in a name? Why the title of school counselor matters.

…will pay more for it. The winery will then sell the excess off as another label or to another company to bottle it under their label (as TJ’s does). You may say that you actually LIKE the cheaper wine (if you’ve ever been to a blind wine tasting – you know how that usually goes), but from a marketing and branding perspective – if there are a few TJ’s selling a $50 label for $15 – it diminishes not only the demand, but makes you question why we ar…

Follow-Up: My Interview Kit

Follow-Up: My Interview Kit

…abel developer to integrate the background from my portfolio onto the disc label. I printed address labels with the title of the disc and my contact info to put on the jacket. I am pretty happy with the turn out. 3. Letters of Recommendation: I included the standard three letters in all of the packets so they could reference them if needed or see further evidence that supports my candidacy. 4. My Notepad: I always bring my schnazzy note pad to tak…

10 Insanely Easy Ways to Infuse Technology in Your School Counseling Program

10 Insanely Easy Ways to Infuse Technology in Your School Counseling Program

…is not just for pinning your favorite brownie recipe. Educators and other tech folks are active pinning new tools and tips. Check out my boards for some tech focused Pins. Use the search tool to your advantage and start following some of the same bloggers or people you find interesting on Twitter. Many also use Pinterest. YouTube: If you are a step by step person – YouTube is a wonderful resource . Make sure you search for what you need help with…

School Counselor Tech Tools: Learnerator and minutes.io

School Counselor Tech Tools: Learnerator and minutes.io

…the tool is how action oriented it is. You can create categories and then label them as “decision” “action” “info” etc. This lets people reviewing minutes later have a much more streamlined approach to find out what needs to happen. From that, you can also assign specific people to tasks and give them a deadline all within the same line. At the end of the meeting, if you have added all members names and email addresses to the meeting, all you nee…

NVSCA 2015 – How to NOT be a leader & Time Saving Tech Tools for School Counselor Sanity Presentations

NVSCA 2015 – How to NOT be a leader & Time Saving Tech Tools for School Counselor Sanity Presentations

…session focused on school counselor technology, we took a look at about 8 tech tools that help school counselors save time and be more efficient. Below are the slides from each presentation. How to NOT Be A Leader – Jeff Ream NVSCA 2015 Time Saving Tech Tools for School Counselor Sanity – Jeff Ream NVSCA 2015 I love getting to speak at different events. Please see my professional portfolio or my speaking page for info on past topics and events. I…

15 Minute Tech Tools for School Counselors: The Amazing 6 Part Video Miniseries

15 Minute Tech Tools for School Counselors: The Amazing 6 Part Video Miniseries

…hool counselor. I want to share the complete box set of the FREE 15 Minute Tech Tools, six part video tutorial miniseries for school counselors, teachers and other educators. I know that most of us are usually busy, be it with work or life. I noticed a plethora (50 cent word right there) of professional development resource available (check out CASC/WSCA’s resource page if you haven’t yet: https://covid19k12counseling.org/), but many of them were…

The Counseling Geek Speaks

…a Association of School Counselors 2016 Annual Conference – Breakout – “10 Tech Tools for School Counselor Sanity” San Joaquin County Counselor Summit – Breakout – “10 Tech Tools for School Counselor Sanity” Missouri School Counselor Association Saturday Institute – Extended Keynote – “Banging Our Drum: The Vital Role of Advocacy in School Counseling” & “10 Tech Tools For School Counselor Sanity” Nevada School Counselor Association 2015 Annual Con…

The Counseling Geek Tech Highlight: Any.Do

The Counseling Geek Tech Highlight: Any.Do

…but finally old faithful died. So I made the plunge into the smart phone (Tech: Great – Wallet: Eeek). Long story short – I got the Android Samsung Galaxy SIII (and have since tweaked it to run Cyanogenmod…but email me if you want to geek out together). All that to say – Any.Do is a great To-Do list manager! I was a fan before my smartphone days using the browser extension and web interface features (which I still use), but now I am able to  make…

Using Eventbrite in Your School – The Easy Event Management App

Using Eventbrite in Your School – The Easy Event Management App

…irements held by your district or other policies in place regarding use of technology. Disclaimer – as with all tech tools, I always suggest consulting with your admin and/or IT folks at your department to ensure Eventbrite or any other tech tool is not breaking any privacy requirements held by your district or other policies in place regarding use of technology. Step 1: Click “Create Event” in the far upper right of your browser once you are logg…