by Jeff Ream | Dec 5, 2018 | counseling, Featured, free, school counselor, teachers, technology, tips
…during the admission committee review. You can think of it similar to the series I posted on the other side of the job application process – letting people see past the mysterious veil that hides the behind the scenes steps. Often there are many assumptions and false beliefs that exist about college admissions, so this event helps families see how difficult the process actually is and that (spoiler alert) it is not always the candidate that has t…
by Jeff Ream | Feb 12, 2017 | Featured, ASCA, coursera, deals, learning, learning software, pro-d, professional development, school counselor
…ing of readings with several quizzes of 15-30 questions after each book or series of readings (the total number of quizzes vary by program and you do get to try again if you do not pass for some reason) and I have had luck getting these to count for about 3 units on my salary schedule. After 2/28/17 the price goes up to $99 (which is still cheap!). You CAN register for several by that date and complete them throughout the year or longer. Just no…
by Jeff Ream | Feb 4, 2017 | Featured, free, school counselor, tools
Lots of tools – little writing I am starting a new series I will re-visit throughout upcoming years called Beg, Borrow and Steal. This will be resource rich posts with limited reading required. I hate having to recreate the wheel so here are some forms that I have created for my school counseling program that you can…Beg, Borrow and Steal from. Get it? No attribution needed. The folder is my live Google Drive folder where additional forms as I cr…
by Jeff Ream | Sep 17, 2016 | Featured, video blog
…ve. We have used Google’s Hangouts on Air for our School Counseling On Air series a few years back, which I think is due for a return in this coming school year. This tool allows us to collaborate, and in my instance, share information live with anyone that has internet connectivity. In the video below (recorded WITH YouTube Live and the Hangouts feature), I will show you the basic requirements and how easy it is to set up. There are a few require…
by Jeff Ream | Jul 23, 2016 | Featured, school counselor, School Counselor Shopping List, shopping
…e the last School Counselor Shopping List of the 15-16 year with you. This series about products that I have purchased myself and love. I want to share the personal experience and pass on the goodies to you too! (Please note – most of the item links below are affiliate links. These provide a small % back to the referring party (me) for sending business but cost the customer (you) nothing and you get the same price! This is what I use to pay the co…
by Jeff Ream | Jul 22, 2015 | Featured
…I am following Biff’s advice and getting out of town. I will be out of touch, social media, blogging, and email contact for the next month as my wife and I get over to Europe for a much needed vacation. I come back and jump right into work, but my next post will be the second chapter to the Public Speaking for School Counselors Series. I hope you have a good end of your summer breaks and we will see you all in August….
by Jeff Ream | Jul 17, 2015 | Featured, Presentation, tips
…ars. This first chapter of the Public Speaking: Tips for School Counselors series of posts will focus on how YOU can take easy steps to feel more comfortable on stage and in front of others. The second chapter will transition into tools and techniques for making your presentation more engaging, remember-able, and awesome. Let’s dive in to Chapter 1. Speaking Skills Tip #1 – Find your strength(s) Each person on planet earth is good at something,…
by Jeff Ream | Sep 11, 2014 | counseling, Featured, Networking, school counselor
…back that covers a little you can read here and I have some plans to do a series of posts regarding LinkedIn and it’s benefits to School Counselors. But what I really want out of this post is for those school counselors and employees that do use LinkedIn to connect with other professionals – do you or would you connect via LinkedIn with parents of your students? Please sound off in the comments below and also answer the quick poll below. I want a…
by Jeff Ream | Jun 19, 2014 | ASCA14, Featured, tips
…me and energy. I find that I retain more knowledge by really buying into a series of topics that I may want to focus on in the coming year and diving in. By hitting tons of different topics, we get a lot of pretty surface level ideas – but by targeting a topic, we can take it back to our site and put it into action. That said, there is something nice about the spice of change and branching out to something new. Take a risk on a topic you may not k…
by Jeff Ream | Oct 2, 2012 | 21st century skills, Counseling Tech, geek, learning software, Naviance, school counselor, technology, thecounselinggeek
…aviance) into my counseling curriculum. You can find the first post of the series here. Since my last post, I have had a few new things come up while building my case for bringing Naviance to my school. I met with my principal and registrar a few weeks ago and had a good discussion with them laying out the great features that Naviance offers. They were both supportive and provided some excellent questions that I had not thought to pose to the sale…
