by Jeff Ream | Jul 12, 2017 | Featured, 21st century skills, counseling, Counseling Tech, free, school counselor, teachers, technology, tips, tools
…nt connections survey is actually VERY simple, but powerful. To set up the survey – we use Google Forms (but you could use SurveyMonkey or TypeForm too). It is 2 questions. Start with whatever you wish to title it. Next, add a multiple choice question (make it required). We used the following question: “Do you have a high caring adult on campus? (A high caring adult is someone on campus who you can go to for support, help and/or guidance.)”. After…
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 | Nov 1, 2017 | Featured, job hunt, Networking, portfolio, Presentation, pro-d, professional development, resume, school counselor, State Associations, tips, tools
…school counseling) Job Hunter Click the button below to make a copy of the Survey Data on Google Sheets. Access the Survey Data [/sociallocker] Bonus Prize: Let me share a little bit of my story with you. I am humbled and honored to have been selected for the 2017/2018 California School Counselor of the Year. I got to get up at the CASC Conference and share a little with the 1,300+ attendees. Figuring out what to share was difficult. I settled on…
by Jeff Ream | Apr 5, 2013 | 21st century skills, Counseling Tech, counseling technology series, free, google docs, school counselor, survey, teachers, technology, tips, tools
…r drive). I have been providing students two methods of reporting: a paper survey to complete and a QR code linking them to the online version of the survey. As I keep providing these to students, more are utilizing the online QR route than paper. This cuts down on manual data entry (by me or student aides) and printing/paper costs. I have also used them with parents and teachers when sending out information about signing up for my MailChimp newsl…
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 | Jan 15, 2015 | #scchat, Branding, counseling, Featured, Marketing, school counselor, self-care
…heir feedback to help me – help them. I also created a short, two question survey on TypeForm (my new go-to survey platform). One question asked what they needed from me to complete the FAFSA. Questions included things like “FAFSA? What’s That”, “I have a few questions but they are quick”, “We have it under control”, “It’s already submitted!”, and “I need some serious help.” The second question asked, if I were to schedule another drop in time in…
by Jeff Ream | Jul 5, 2012 | 21st century skills, counseling technology series, free, geek, google docs, school counselor, support, survey, teachers, technology, thecounselinggeek, tutorial, video blog
…up of people that can be tabulated and compared or contrasted. Typically, surveys appear in a paper format, which can be difficult to monitor and collect data from. Students lose the paper, forget it at home, or are simply bored with the format. Counselors also have to manually input the collected data, which is a pain. This is when it is time to use the gift that technology has given – Google Docs Forms. Forms is a in depth, yet simple and user-…
by Jeff Ream | Mar 26, 2018 | Featured, school counselor, technology, tips
…e advanced scheduling tools (for example, I use Zapier to send a follow up survey to rate their visit. This is WAY more advanced than the average user, but it is available to set up). You can create many different appointment types that you may need based on topic or time and set different availability for all. You can create private event types to share with others who may be gatekeepers to book appointments with you (i.e. your registrar for new…
by Jeff Ream | Dec 5, 2018 | counseling, Featured, free, school counselor, teachers, technology, tips
…t case study groups. This event cannot happen without them. We use a short survey (using Google Forms or TypeForm) to garner interest from both the NACAC Engage and the College Admissions Counselors Facebook Group (closed – must request access) – both are excellent resources. In our first year we had about 6 reps attend (which we thought was pretty good for our first go) and since we have had 8. Almost half have been return guests each year and th…
