by Jeff Ream | May 16, 2024 | Featured
…ditions of educators and the organization’s financial decisions. This blog post aims to uncover the hidden burdens placed on educators who often manage the entirety of the College Board’s AP programs without appropriate (or realistically any) compensation, and how the financial practices of the College Board raise questions about its operation as a nonprofit entity. The Burden on Educators Educators are at the frontline of the College Board’s Adva…
by Jeff Ream | Jul 25, 2025 | Featured
…d use it more than I do any other search tools. I will discuss why in this post. This isn’t just another AI tool promising to revolutionize education. Perplexity represents something fundamentally different: a research partner that provides real-time, sourced information when our professional credibility depends on accuracy, not approximation. Goodbye hallucinations – hello citations. Share on X If you missed my last post about using ChatGPT in sc…
by Jeff Ream | Feb 26, 2020 | Featured, scheduling, tips
…limits are, and how to live life with margins. To make sense of this blog post, a book, or just about anything – having empty white space is essential. Otherwise it is a jumbled mess. So we discussed how they ensure margins exsist in their lives to account for those unexpected projects, bad days, getting sick, etc. that can fill all their available time. This all related to our course fair because a part of the fair that they were tasked with was…
by Jeff Ream | Mar 11, 2018 | Featured, counseling, Counseling Tech, free, school counselor, technology, tips
…– each image was created with canva. At school – I’ve used canva to create posters, images for our digital signage, student and parent handouts ,branding for our department and more. Companies and organizations spend a TON of money on marketing and we do not use the ideas very often in schools. While we do not have budgets to put a super bowl ad up (you can produce high quality graphics for about a hundred dollars a year). There is some great news…
by Jeff Ream | Dec 25, 2017 | Featured, school counselor, School Counselor Shopping List, shopping, thanks
…onal School Counseling Week. For other great shopping ideas – check out my post series titled School Counselor Shopping Lists! And if none of these things seems like a good fit – it’s hard to go wrong with an Amazon Gift Card! ASCA also has great gifts and resources to celebrate your school counselors. (Note: some items contain affiliate links which provide a small percentage back to this blog at no cost to you for the referral) Books Shirts, hats…
by Jeff Ream | Nov 1, 2017 | Featured, job hunt, Networking, portfolio, Presentation, pro-d, professional development, resume, school counselor, State Associations, tips, tools
…a social locker on these and I hope you consider sharing or following this post to help more people find it – but you can always x out of the box. I do not limit your access if you do not wish to share or follow. Thank you for considering it though! Keep scrolling for an additional special CASC 2017 experience for me. [sociallocker id=1387] Making the Cut: Tips and Tricks for the (school counseling) Job Hunter Click the button below to make a copy…
by Jeff Ream | Feb 26, 2017
…Hometown: Coalinga, CA Favorite Sports Team: Everton F.C. After beginning post-secondary education at Cal Poly SLO and studying Aerospace Engineering – I returned to the family pursuit of educating. I am the son of two teachers and the grandson of two more teachers. I felt called into education but didn’t feel led to teach. I want to help students pursue their potential, develop young people into their future selves, and create opportunities for…
by Jeff Ream | Dec 27, 2016 | Featured, look back, year in review
…al shows you how to use it to help get information out to your stakeholders. #3: 10 Insanely Easy Ways to Infuse Technology in Your School Counseling Program This was a user favorite – one of my most visited posts of the year. Everyone comes with a different proficiency in technology and I hope to be able to help those at all levels. With 10 tools – there is something in this post for everyone….
by Jeff Ream | Aug 12, 2016 | Featured, Collaboration, counseling, school counselor, tips
Collaborating for the Common Good Recently, a post on a Facebook group I belong to asked about how school counselors collaborate with others in their department or cross-departmentally to support students. I realized that I have yet to share something that we do at my school site that has been such an awesome experience and has helped a vast number of students. Whether you are siloed as a single counselor at your site or have a team of ten – this…
by Jeff Ream | Apr 6, 2016 | Featured, Bits & Bytes, school counselor
…it – I wondered how I became a school counselor. More on this in a future post, but needless to say – I love my policies and guidelines. When these were skirted – I felt personally slighted for a bit. It effected my mood and my ability to counsel students. It took me stepping back and literally telling myself out-loud “It’s not about me…it’s not about me.” Only then could I re-focus and move forward with my day. In education – we have a unique jo…
