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…

School Counseling Techonlogy Series: Using Google Docs Form for Surveys

School Counseling Techonlogy Series: Using Google Docs Form for Surveys

…er the break. Here are a few other links that will be helpful: Google Docs Tutorial (Part 1) – The Counseling Geek Google Docs Tutorial (Part 2) – The Counseling Geek PowerPoint from ASCA Webinar by Christa Mussi and Melissa Beverly (Data 101) ASCA Webinar from Russell Sabella, Ph.D. – Google Docs 101 Link to form from TCG Video The blog author, Jeffrey Ream M.S, PPS, writes for The Counseling Geek. Connect with Jeff via email, Twitter, Google+, a…

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

…hare 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 at least an hour long, if n…

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…

Building A Better School Counseling Blog Series: Making It Happen

Building A Better School Counseling Blog Series: Making It Happen

…lk about some great themes, other free resources, and some more plugins. More links and tutorials Moving from wordpress.com to wordpress.org Blogger to wordpress permalink and SEO Moving form Blogger to WordPress Tutorial Google URL for Blogger tips WordPress Re-Direct to maintain links ($13/yr) WordPress.com to wordpress.org tutorial Do you like this post? Please share it with your friends and comment below….

School Counseling Technology Series – Google Docs Part 1 (Video Blog)

…School Counseling Technology Series will cover part one of the Google Docs tutorial I have planned for you. This is a (most likely) two part video blog covering the different aspects of Google Docs, how we can use these powerful tools as educators, and a quick tutorial on how to use each program within Google Docs. Google recently changed their Google Docs to Google Drive, which has a downloadable program that syncs a folder on your PC with all of…

Put the You in YouTube – A Guide to Getting Started with YouTube

Put the You in YouTube – A Guide to Getting Started with YouTube

Welcome back to another tech tool tutorial on The Counseling Geek. (If you are ready to take your YouTube-ing to the next level – check out the follow-up post here) This blog post will be discussing YouTube and all the power that it provides to school counselors everywhere. From morning school announcements to recording parent nights, the power of YouTube is unquestionable. As one of the most popular websites around the world, YouTube has created…

Streaming Your Counseling Workshops for Awesome Family Engagement

Streaming Your Counseling Workshops for Awesome Family Engagement

…our YouTube Channel and a Facebook Page. I will be linking to some helpful tutorials that are already out there for both of these steps instead of re-creating it here. Setting Up Your Facebook Page and/or YouTube Channel Setting Up Your YouTube Channel for Live Streaming You are going to want to set up a channel to stream your videos to. This will also be where your recordings are stored following your recording. For example – here is my YouTube c…

Beyond ChatGPT: Why School Counselors Should Use Perplexity for Research-Backed Practice

Beyond ChatGPT: Why School Counselors Should Use Perplexity for Research-Backed Practice

…tive buy-in conversations.   https://www.techtarget.com/searchenterpriseai/tutorial/How-to-use-Perplexity-AI-Tutorial-pros-and-cons Excellent for understanding advanced features like Spaces (collaborative workspaces), file uploads, and citation management. The professional development angle makes it perfect for counselors seeking systematic implementation.   https://learnprompting.org/blog/guide-perplexity Straight from the source. Covers Pro Sear…