Pathways To College – Free Resources

Pathways To College – Free Resources

…ted. Grabbed some FREE Pathways to College resources off of The Counseling Geek #scchat Share on X Poster Downloads Senior Year Timeline Poster [ddownload id=”3864″] Downloads: [ddownload_count id=”3864″] Teacher Reminders – Getting Your Seniors to College [ddownload id=”3866″] Downloads: [ddownload_count id=”3866″] Teachers & Counselors: 5 Reasons Students Need YOU To Go To College Poster [ddownload id=”3865″] Downloads: [ddownload_count id=”3865…

Using Eventbrite in Your School – The Easy Event Management App

Using Eventbrite in Your School – The Easy Event Management App

…g is step 2. I suppose this is purely optional, but this is The Counseling Geek. We fine tune everything. Once we have the basics set up from Step 1 – we can head over to the Manage tab (see image to the right). On the manage tab – we can do a lot of neat things. The first place I go is the “Order Form” section. This lets you customize the information you collect (because we are all data-inspired school counselors right?). I usually limit the info…

Get something and Give Something: Career Game Supports SC|CS 2016

Get something and Give Something: Career Game Supports SC|CS 2016

…box Thank you for supporting SC|CS 2016. *Note: SC|CS 2016, The Counseling Geek, and/or The Middle School Counselor are not officially endorsing (we do think it is a neat resource), guaranteeing or in a business relationship with Rick Trow, The Career Game or any of their associates. Funds are not in return for a service, but sent as a gift to SC|CS 2016 from proceeds brought in by this post and online outreach. SC|CS 2016 donations are accepted t…

Stand Out From The Crowd: One Simple Tool To Give Your Emails Pizzazz

Stand Out From The Crowd: One Simple Tool To Give Your Emails Pizzazz

…go nuts with what you want to put into your signature. If you are a super geek – you can even HTML code your own custom. Just don’t be this guy with your signature by adding 50 different things that are not useful…. My favorites Some of my favorite features include the ability to add images (pick small ones and be sure to try to add a link if possible – this may be more advanced for some of you). In the below example of my work signature – you ca…

Building a Better Blog Series: Setting Up an RSS-Feed Driven Email List with MailChimp

Building a Better Blog Series: Setting Up an RSS-Feed Driven Email List with MailChimp

…rdPress site. Part of my subscription (see costs of running The Counseling Geek) includes access to a few great plugins including Monarch (a social media tool) and Bloom (an opt-in tool). I use both, but Bloom is helpful for helping visitors connect to your email list. You have many different options to integrate Bloom into your site – from sidebar widgets to pop up or inline content. There are other WordPress plugins that do similar things if you…

Free School Counseling Group Curriculum – Academic Success Groups

Free School Counseling Group Curriculum – Academic Success Groups

…ided to post a curriculum I patched together at work to the The Counseling Geek. At the beginning of the school year, following ASCA 2015, I made a personal goal to run some groups this year. One of our major school wide goals was to decrease the D and F list (and thereby help to improve the number of students meeting the CSU/UC A-G Requirements) so my group is designed to be a short term, academically focused intervention. I chose the time frame…

Public Speaking Tips for School Counselors: Finding Your Strength

Public Speaking Tips for School Counselors: Finding Your Strength

…nd presentations for school counselors. Want to get all the new Counseling Geek posts straight to your inbox? Scroll down and complete the registration below with an email address and anytime a new post is published the week prior – you will get an email digest on the following Monday morning. “If you don’t know what you want to achieve in your presentation your audience never will.” Enlist the help of a trusted colleague or friend. Have them sit…

Please Pardon My Dust! Upgrade in Progress

Please Pardon My Dust! Upgrade in Progress

…Over the next week or two – I will be making some changes to the site. The site will be up and down over that time. When it is public – it will not be in “full display mode”. I will make an announcement and update this post when the site is re-published! Happy summer!…