15 Minute Tech Tools for School Counselors: The Amazing 6 Part Video Miniseries
A FREE 15 Minute Tech Tools, six-part video tutorial miniseries for school counselors, teachers, and other educators.
High School Tips: Running Your First Course Fair
Learn how to run a successful course fair at your high school to help students plan their schedules for upcoming years that take into account balance, rigor and requirements.
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.
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.
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.
How to Manage Your School Counseling Appointments 2.0
How to Manage Your School Counseling Appointments 2.0 Without going completely crazy in the process. Checkout the 1.0 Version I’ve made some changes. I have long been a proponent and avid user of online scheduling tools in my school counseling practice. For...
Using Canva in your School Counseling Program
Why do I need to worry about graphic design?
School counselors have a lot to offer. Our core curriculum, sharing of data with stake holders, promoting opportunities to students and parents and so much more. We offer so much that it keeps is up to our necks in busy. It’s hard to justify spending time learning and creating interesting graphics to support our efforts and that is understandable. Stick with me today and I hope to show you that spending a little time on your public image and outreach is actually something that is essential to your full success and professionalism.
Writing Letters Home to Continue Your Counseling Connections
I bet you have 10 minutes a day….
That’s right. You do have 10 minutes a day. Likely more if you really looked hard, but we will go with 10 minutes. What would you say if I told you that 10 minutes was all it could take to make a huge difference (or even just a little) in a few kids lives each day you are in your office? You’d probably jump right on that bandwagon.
Making The Cut: School Counselor Application Tips and Tricks
The job hunting world can be cruel, frustrating and difficult to navigate. The ebb and flow of the economy, legislation, and focus on school counseling will create or decimate jobs. That is why the preparation, the paper screen, and presentation are so important in the process. I spoke in October 2017 at the California Association of School Counselors conference on key tips and tricks for the school counseling job hunter. I combined my experience and knowledge in the are
8 Blogs Every School Counselor Needs to Follow
I went ahead and did a little heavy lifting for you and listed 15 of my favorite school counseling blogs below (in no particular order). If you have a favorite blog that is not on the list – please add it to the comments at the end to help myself and the readers find all the good stuff. Enjoy!
Awards and Honors
