The 2014 Geeklie Awards

The 2014 Geeklie Awards

…use of this and her dedication in the Twitter community that I am happy to award Franceine the 2014 Geeklie Award. Congratulations! And the 2014 Geek of the Year Award Goes To… Dr. Erin Mason is a tenured professor at DePaul University in Chicago. Before that she worked as a school counselor in Georgia. She is the co-founder of the #SCCHAT twitter community, has presented on all things tech at many ASCA conferences, and has been a personal inspira…

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…

The 2013 Geeklie Awards

The 2013 Geeklie Awards

…ng for inspiration and material for their own student/parent portals. I am awarding the Geek of the Year Award to Jeremy because his work to build our digital PLC through many great tips, training in Excel, and constant professional development through social media. The dedication to our profession is apparent through Jeremy’s work and I thank him for that. Who will get next year’s Geeklie Awards? Perhaps you? If you don’t blog already – I could n…

School Counselor Community Scholarship Award Post – ASCA 2014 Recipients

School Counselor Community Scholarship Award Post – ASCA 2014 Recipients

…Brandman University in San Diego, CA A partial scholarship ($175) is being awarded to: Karon Parrish of Star City Middle School in Star City, AR I want to thank all the counselors, supervisors, and grad students who took the time to create a submission for this scholarship – the results were pretty great and made my job difficult. I really wish I could have given it to all of you, but I had to narrow it down and did my best to do so. The most impo…

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…

Guest Post: February is Financial Aid Awareness Month = FAFSA

Guest Post: February is Financial Aid Awareness Month = FAFSA

…es and programs use the College Board’s CSS/ Financial Aid PROFILE to help award these monies. CSS/Financial Aid PROFILE is an online application that collects information used by almost 400 colleges and scholarship programs to award financial aid outside sources from the federal government. Families must complete the application and the College Board sends it to the colleges and scholarship programs they have chosen. Here’s a list of colleges tha…

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…

Etsy Digital File and SVG License Agreement

…be one (1). The language of the arbitration shall be English. The arbitral award shall be final and binding upon both parties. You further acknowledge and agree that any breach of any covenant, representations and warranties contained in this License Agreement would cause irreparable injury to Us such that damages and remedies under Hong Kong Law for any breach of any such covenant would be inadequate. You further acknowledge and agree that the ar…

Donation Confirmation

…half of all school counselors, the past and upcoming recipients of a SC|CS award and the young people around the country – thank you for your donation! Please see your receipt below. This will also be emailed to you for your records. As another thank you – feel free to use this 20% off coupon code to shop at The School Counselor Shop. Visit www.schoolcounselorshop.com/ and add coupon code: GIVE2SCCS at checkout to take 20% off your order as a than…

SC|CS 2015 Winners Announced – School Counselors heading to ASCA 2015 in Phoenix

SC|CS 2015 Winners Announced – School Counselors heading to ASCA 2015 in Phoenix

…our goal – it is the largest year yet for SCCS. We are lucky to be able to award 4 full scholarships this year. To learn more about the yearly scholarship or to find out how to donate – please click this link. Winners of ASCA Registration ($350): Carey Hughes – Lange Middle School – Columbia, MO Cheryl Kreikemeir – Wisner-Pilger High School – Wisner, NE Piper Showen – Bridle Ridge Intermediate School – Raymore, MO Victoria Rainey – Grove City High…