by Jeff Ream | Mar 29, 2015 | Counseling Tech, Featured, Naviance, school counselor, technology, tools
…e a pretty simple thing to add and would save people like me a lot of time following up and give me peace of mind. Lastly, one major idea that would be great is a Recent Activity Center that reports on all requests, communications, or actions that need to be taken by counselors. We can see when there are new transcript requests, know when a student’s app status changes, or a teacher submits a Common App document. I find myself having to dig throug…
by Jeff Ream | Jan 15, 2015 | #scchat, Branding, counseling, Featured, Marketing, school counselor, self-care
…ey don’t actually need a FAFSA Frenzy to get it done. Several parents also followed up via email sharing a few other pieces of information like “we are concerned about privacy and didn’t feel like coming and having parents look over our shoulder”. That tells me I need to keep an eye out and make effort to comfort parents that it is held in an area where I do my best to make all things confidential with space between stations and such. If you feel…
by Jeff Ream | Aug 25, 2014 | activity, Building A Better Blog Series, Featured, school counselor
…three post series (at least three for the time being) can be found at the following links: #1 – The First Steps #2 – Making It Happen This post will be focusing on how to take your new blog from stock theme and clipart to custom theme and great images. We will also take a look at a few free resources for bloggers and a few more of my favorite WordPress plugins for school counseling blogs. Start with the foundation. Before you can start designing…
by Jeff Ream | Jul 1, 2014 | #scchat, ASCA14, Branding, Featured, Marketing
…com – www.remind.com – www.scheduleonce.com – www.twitter.com – www.mailchimp.com – www.constantcontact.com – www.wisestamp.com and other tips that go along with each. We really are available to you for any follow up questions or things you get stuck on. Jeff’s contact: [email protected] and @CounselingGeek on Twitter Jeremy’s contact: [email protected] and @MrJGoldman on Twitter…
by Jeff Ream | Jun 27, 2014 | #scchat, ASCA 2014, ASCA14, Featured
Want to follow the action at #ASCA14 (if you are #notatASCA14)? This is the place! This embedded tagboard will keep you up to date with all of the latest Tweets, Facebook posts, and other social media mentions regarding #ASCA14 in Orlando, FL. Enjoy! Stay tuned for post #ASCA14 blog updates and reports after the first week in July! In the mean time, feel free to check out an ASCA 2014 Tips for Noobs article and the School Counselor Shopping List…
by Jeff Ream | Apr 4, 2014
The following are blogs that I follow and find the authors to share interesting and applicable posts regarding counseling, education, technology, or higher education. SCOPE: School Counselors’ Online Professional Exchange By Dr. Erin Mason School Counselor Blog By Danielle Schultz From the Counselor’s Office By Darrell Sampson New School Counselor By Connie Ward School Counselor’s Chronicle By Allison This Counselor’s Journey Blogger Bin — Helpfu…
by Jeff Ream | Aug 7, 2012 | counseling, Counseling Tech, interview, Interview Series, pro-d, professional development, school counselor, thecounselinggeek
…kept going, and what types of tips can you pass along to fellow counselors following the same path. So, without further ado – here is installment #1 of The Counseling Geek Interview Series. Many people who are involved in Twitter and #scchat will most likely recognize my interviewee. Professor @Prof_Polzin) graciously allowed me to interview her via email. She has a Master of Arts in Counseling degree from Lindenwood University in Missouri, is a c…
by Jeff Ream | Aug 8, 2012 | 21st century skills, counseling, Counseling Tech, interview, Interview Series, learning, professional development, school counselor, tips
…ool Counseling By Heart and a PSC for 17 years. Please check out her blog, follow her on Twitter, and send her some kudos for reaching out to help school counselors improve their tech skills. This interview was done using Skype and recorded with Camtasia. Please forgive us for a few technical glitches in the video as the connection became unstable a time or two during the video, but overall – the interview and technology was fairly successful. I l…
by Jeff Ream | Oct 22, 2012 | 21st century skills, counseling, Counseling Tech, geek, professional development, school counselor, social networking, technology, tips
…on communicating electronically (via email, social media, etc.) – but the following can be applied to other forms of communication as well. I created a simple acronym of TACT for the four points of electronic communication that I feel are essential for all school counselors to know: Targeted Accurate Clear Timely Lets break them down a bit and then, in a follow-up post, I will share three tools to help us provide TACTful communication. Targeted C…
by Jeff Ream | Jun 8, 2013 | ASCA, ASCA 13, counseling, geek, jeffrey ream, RAMP, school counselor, support, teachers, thecounselinggeek, tips
…dvisory counsel up and running was helpful. I will try to update or post a follow up at a later date with info about how the next year goes. If you have questions or have experience with an advisory council (either running or sitting on), I would love to hear it. Please share in the comments or shoot me an email at [email protected] – thanks for reading! The blog author, Jeffrey Ream M.S, PPS, writes for The Counseling Geek. Connect wi…
