by Jeff Ream | Jul 25, 2025 | Featured
…leges with Nordic ski programs Environmental science program rankings with research emphasis Specific undergraduate research opportunities and faculty involvement Recent program developments and facility investments Geographic considerations for training and competition access Dashboard or tables to share with families for easy information digestion. Professional Impact for Specialized Counseling Rather than spending hours cross-referencing athlet…
by Jeff Ream | May 24, 2019 | Featured
…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…
by Jeff Ream | Jul 12, 2012 | counseling, follow up, interview, portfolio, pro-d, professional development, support
…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…
by Jeff Ream | May 17, 2014 | Featured
…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…
by Jeff Ream | Jul 28, 2014 | ASCA14, Branding, Featured, tips, tutorial
…15/month depending on the features, company, and plan. When I was doing my research – I went with BlueHost. BlueHost had good reviews and also a good integration with WordPress installs. It also was at the right price. This plan comes with a free domain name. Another hosting provider is HostGator and I have heard decent things about them as well. You have many options out there – these are just two to begin your research with. I would venture to s…
by Jeff Ream | Jun 19, 2014 | ASCA14, Featured, tips
…n my time off. Here are a few key questions to ask yourself as you do your research and prepare for your journey: What are you hoping to get out of the journey primarily? Do you have a specific topic or theme you are going to try hit with your conference sessions? Perhaps you are really going to try and network because you need some connections for a future job? Where is the conference at this year and how should I pack? Are you a melting popsicle…
by Jeff Ream | Jun 8, 2013 | ASCA, ASCA 13, counseling, geek, jeffrey ream, RAMP, school counselor, support, teachers, thecounselinggeek, tips
…f the first things I needed to do when thinking of starting the CAT was to research successful and unsuccessful advisory teams. What did an advisory team do? Who sat on the team? What are some key goals and purposes that we should work towards? Some resources that I utilized when gathering my research on Advisory Councils (all credit to original authors): School Counselor Program Handbook for Advisory Councils (.pdf) ASAI Redesigning School Counse…
by Jeff Ream | Jul 12, 2017 | Featured, 21st century skills, counseling, Counseling Tech, free, school counselor, teachers, technology, tips, tools
…ips reign king (or queen) in our line of work. A number of indicators with research backing show that students who feel connected with at least one caring adult at school tend to fare much better. We wanted to capitalize on this fact, but need to know who is or is not connected and with what adults. We started this school year with a teacher based activity where photos of all of our students (we used old yearbook pages from the year prior or photo…
by Jeff Ream | Mar 29, 2015 | Counseling Tech, Featured, Naviance, school counselor, technology, tools
…show parents the powerful tools within Naviance for the college and career research. The image on the right is usually the look that parents get when I show them the different career and college research tools within Naviance. My particular favorites are the SuperMatch College Search, the Career Interest Profiler, and the very detailed information within each college page. My students have gotten better with the integration of the Common App this…
by Jeff Ream | Sep 13, 2012 | 21st century skills, Counseling Tech, Naviance, research, technology, thecounselinggeek, tips
…package that allows school officials, counselors, students, and parents to research, plan, and proceed to apply to colleges around the globe. I knew when I started that I wanted to try to get Naviance into my new school. I needed to know where to get started in making that happen. I used the contact option on Naviance’s website and was contacted by a rep. We had about an hour long call while he explained some of the features, rough costs estimates…
