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…

Building Safe School Communities: Our Circle of Care

Building Safe School Communities: Our Circle of Care

…hold bi-weekly meetings to discuss our at-promise students and how to best support them holistically at school while doing our best to hook them up with support for when they are at home. Our team meets every other Tuesday morning for about an hour and has a standing meeting scheduled during that time. Starting in 2019-2020, the team decided to meet every week instead of bi-weekly as we found the time very valuable. At times our meetings are short…

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…

Support School Counselors: The Great SC|CS Coffee Challenge

Support School Counselors: The Great SC|CS Coffee Challenge

…cipients as of 2017. This scholarship is possible due to the outpouring of support from the community of school counselors and like-minded businesses. The American School Counselor Association National Scholarship happening in Denver on July 8-11, 2017 will have over 3,000 excited and energized school counselors in attendance. If just 1 out of 3 school counselors skipped just 1 Starbucks order and donated that cost (about $5) to SC|CS – that would…

Dear David 2.0: Unmasking the College Board’s Profiteering at Educators’ Expense

Dear David 2.0: Unmasking the College Board’s Profiteering at Educators’ Expense

…just a minor inconvenience but a significant oversight in how we value and support those at the front lines of education. While the College Board benefits from substantial revenues, it is imperative to revisit their nonprofit status and the accountability associated with such a designation. We must advocate for a model where the profits generated are redistributed to better support the educators and reduce the financial burdens on students and fam…

Etsy Digital File and SVG License Agreement

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National School Counseling Week Gift Ideas for School Counselor Super Heroes

National School Counseling Week Gift Ideas for School Counselor Super Heroes

…There are also nice things that you can buy that not only help us know you support us but also allow us to support our profession! Check out some great shopping ideas for your school counselors below to help celebrate National School Counseling Week. For other great shopping ideas – check out my post series titled School Counselor Shopping Lists! And if none of these things seems like a good fit – it’s hard to go wrong with an Amazon Gift Card! AS…

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

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

…et a hiccup stop us. We will search Google, help forums, ask friends, call support, and create solutions if we cannot find one. A true growth mindset. However, those with a fixed tech mindset will freeze as soon as something happens. Their email stops working, printer gets disconnected or internet crashes. When you are infusing technology in your school counseling program – ensure you have a growth mindset and commit to not giving up when you come…

Mission Scholarship – Support Me Sending School Counselors to ASCA 2014

Mission Scholarship – Support Me Sending School Counselors to ASCA 2014

Last year you helped me raise enough money to help send Megan Kelly to ASCA 2013 in Philadelphia, PA by helping her with the registration consts and you can read about her experience here. This year, I am upping the ante – I want to raise enough funds to send two counselors to ASCA 2014 in Orlando, FL. That means my goal is to reach at least $700 by January 31 ($349 per registration for ASCA members). I know that many of you pay for for your trip…