Welcome to The Counseling Geek
Your place for all things school counseling, 21st Century tech and more! Donate to SC|CS 2020Shop at The School Counselor ShopDon't miss out on School Counselor Swag!
Check out The School Counselor Shop to browse many different catchy and cute designs for shirts, mugs, office pillows, hats, beanies and more! Each sale also helps support The School Counselor Community Scholarship program.
Dear David: An Open Letter to The Collegeboard
Dear David Coleman of The Collegeboard – this letter is for you.
read more
Efficient Educators: Using autoCrat to take the tedium out of school counseling and teaching
I like to spend time teaching you new tech tools but also help you, school counselors and educators, use your time, expertise and energy efficiently. This video will help you learn how to use 100% free tools in Google Drive with Forms, Sheets, Docs and an Add-In called AutoCrat to create self-filling forms that can automatically share PDF copies with a set group of people to make for easy print outs, filing and more.
read more
The Other Side of the Submit Button: Holding a HS College Admissions Case Study
2018 was the third year that my school hosted our annual College Admissions Case Study event and it was a huge hit for the third year running. Not familiar with a Case Study? Don’t worry – I am going to walk you through what it is and how to run your first one over the next few minutes.
read more
ASCA 2018 Presentation – Make Your School Counseling Program POP with PR and Marketing
I am all for open source and when possible – I make my resources free. I had the opportunity to present with Franciene Sabens at the 2018 American School Counselor Association conference in July 2018 at the Los Angeles Convention Center. We presented on using marketing tools and techniques in the school counseling profession. While the slide deck doesn’t capture everything we covered – it does have some great links and you can get a feel for the presentation.
read more
Shared Resources: #ASCA18 Shared Session Notes Folder
I’d like to collect notes from the conference to put onto one big shared file. If you are interested and able to – please share your notes with me via email at thegeek@thecounselinggeek.com – Super bonus points if you do so on Google Drive but I’ll take anything and make it work. Send as you make them or at the end.
read more
6 Things School Counselors Should Tell Students About College Apps (Guest Post)
Аs а nеw сlаss оf studеnts stаrts рlаnnіng thеіr futurеs, hеrе аrе sіх vаluаblе ріесеs оf аdvісе sсhооl соunsеlоrs саn оffеr studеnts.
read more
Get your Geek on with weekly updates straight to your inbox!
Enter your email below and jump on this bandwagon! Never miss a post. Please note that by subscribing - you are agreeing to our privacy policies and GDPR requirements.
Roll on little doggie - the next post will land smack dab in your inbox.
(Be sure to check your email to confirm your subscription)