by Jeff Ream | Mar 29, 2015 | Counseling Tech, Featured, Naviance, school counselor, technology, tools
…college app lists up to date. With my younger kids, any time I have a ILP meeting, I make sure to get at least one or two prospective schools and add it to the student’s account. I do this so that it triggers me to ask them about these schools each time I see the student in the future. My district is a Google District and we use the Google Apps suite of tools (Gmail, drive, etc). It still amazes me that we, in year two of this integration, still…
by Jeff Ream | Sep 9, 2014
…nistrators, and other stakeholders. I enjoy public speaking and getting to meet a lot of new contacts through the experience, while sharing some of my knowledge. If you would like to learn more or discuss a speaking engagement – please email me and we can get started! Feel free to check out some general areas I can hit strongly (I am open to other ideas – these are areas that I have more expertise in), a list of prior and upcoming speaking engagem…
by Jeff Ream | Jun 21, 2012 | 21st century skills, ANFSCD, counseling, donate, free, fundraising, geek, jeffrey ream, learning, pro-d, professional development, school counselor, support, technology, thecounselinggeek
…so lucky. If we are not able to reach these goals, I will use the funds to meet goal #1 and then put the rest into scholarships towards ASCA 2013. Help me make it happen! What can you do? First, if you are able – donate. Any amount is welcome and will go towards these goals. If you are not able or interested in donating, please share this with your contacts, Twitter followers, Facebook friends, and colleagues — they may want to help! Through the p…
by Jeff Ream | Sep 13, 2012 | 21st century skills, Counseling Tech, Naviance, research, technology, thecounselinggeek, tips
…and how to go about making the next steps. I took careful notes and set a meeting date to talk with my principal. During the time between, I also worked on applying for a grant that would help fund Naviance. I know all schools are tight with their budgets and figured it would be easier going if I could provide my own funding — at least for the first year. After the first year, I anticipate success and the desire to go back to “the old way” will g…
by Jeff Ream | Dec 19, 2012 | ASCA, ASCA 13, contest, counseling, free, pro-d, school counselor
…are unable to attend, please pass the funds to someone who can. I hope to meet you both there this summer! Note: I reserve the right to validate your position as a school counselor, intern, or graduate student in school counseling before sending you the prize. Any winner not found to be a school counselor, intern, or graduate student of school counseling is forfeit the prize and it will be awarded to the next drawn entrant. Arrangement of transfe…
by Jeff Ream | Feb 18, 2013 | 21st century skills, ANFSCD, automation, calendar, classroom tools, Counseling Tech, free, jeffrey ream, scheduling, technology, tips, tools
…ment requests, seamless integration with different calendar types, propose meeting times that helps pick the best time/date for all participants, and many more! I always have hated the “old fashioned” way of making appointments, which goes something like: Parent calls and leaves a message saying they want to meet Finally get around to my voicemails and call them hoping to get a date/time, but get their voicemail Repeat steps 1-2 several times. Fin…
by Jeff Ream | Mar 12, 2013 | 21st century skills, Counseling Tech, guest post, Review, school counselor, technology, tips
…pe, majors, size, cost, or admission factors to get a list of schools that meet your specifications. Once you have a few colleges selected that you’d like to explore, you can get the information you need to make your choice. College Confidential(https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/college-confidential/id416874838?mt=8) Admissions stats and degree program information only tells you a little of what you need to know about potential colleges. You can get…
by Jeff Ream | Jun 27, 2013 | ASCA 13, school counselor, thecounselinggeek, update
…og/twitter events as I can in between all of the great sessions. I love to meet new people and learn, so if you are interested in meeting up to share ideas, talk shop, or just grab a beverage – shoot me an email or DM on Twitter! I will try to be pretty lively on Twitter/Facebook during ASCA and share the interesting stuff I am getting. I leave the night of the 4th, so if you are sticking around and have nothing to do – contact me. The Vacation Su…
by Jeff Ream | Aug 12, 2013 | Collaboration, interview, Interview Series, jeffrey ream, school counselor, thecounselinggeek
…your personal and professional growth. The price tag is worth it. Between meeting people and exploring a new city, there isn’t a lot of free time. Before you arrive, look over the sessions and plan out which workshops you would like to attend. Know your professional development limits and balance shorter workshops with longer ones if necessary. If you aren’t completely sold on the session you are attending, don’t be afraid to session-hop to one t…
by Jeff Ream | Sep 15, 2013 | ASCA, ASCA 2014, Back to School, Collaboration, donation, fundraising, pro-d, professional development, sponsor
…e each day. If all of my twitter friends donated only $1 – we could easily meet this goal and help two or more deserving counselors attend the conference. By skipping two Starbucks Pumpkin Spice Lattes, you could donate $10 (plus save the calories) and we could blow past the goal of sending just two counselors, but send three or more! This year, I am using the GoFundMe platform to collect donations and will be holding a sign-up in early February…
