by Jeff Ream | Aug 12, 2013 | Collaboration, interview, Interview Series, jeffrey ream, school counselor, thecounselinggeek
…returning back to one of my favorite features of The Counseling Geek – the interview series. This episode I talk with Megan Kelly, a recent counseling grad turned first year IB counselor extraordinaire, using the trusty Google Drive collaboration tool! I hope you enjoy the read and as always, remember you can leave comments and email me with any questions. You can also tweet or add Megan on Twitter using the @Megan_M_Kelly username. Jeff: Can you…
by Jeff Ream | Mar 15, 2017 | The Way I Work, counseling, Featured, school counselor, thecounselinggeek
…an on bringing to the blog. I am calling it “The Way I Work” and I plan to interview school counselors around the country and feature one every month or so. The focus of the interview is all about how they work, what gets them through their day and actually taking a look at their offices. I thought it would be only appropriate to model it myself – so for this post I will be highlighting how I work and showing you my office. If you are interested i…
by Jeff Ream | Sep 1, 2012 | donate, geek, jeffrey ream, professional development, update
…to the conference this year. Here are a few teasers for what is coming up this month: The Road Trip to Naviance Nirvana, a new Counseling Geek interview (with one of the biggest players in counselor blogging), and some new job interview info (with feedback from my interview team about my previous blog posts). Stay tuned! The blog author, Jeffrey Ream M.S, PPS, writes for The Counseling Geek. Connect with Jeff via email, Twitter, Google+, and Faceb…
by Jeff Ream | Jul 10, 2012 | 21st century skills, activity, counseling, free, geek, interview, job hunt, portfolio, pro-d, professional development, school counselor, teachers, technology, thecounselinggeek, tips, tutorial, video blog
…ild an easy to navigate and professional looking “program” that will allow interviewers, principals, and other stakeholders to view all my qualifications (resume, cover letter, transcripts) and showcase my technological skills at the same time. Yesterday, I made a new portfolio for my counseling career. I have an interview in a few days and will be bringing this with me to give to the panel (on inexpensive zip drives). The video below shows you ho…
by Jeff Ream | May 17, 2014 | Featured
…the tool is how action oriented it is. You can create categories and then label them as “decision” “action” “info” etc. This lets people reviewing minutes later have a much more streamlined approach to find out what needs to happen. From that, you can also assign specific people to tasks and give them a deadline all within the same line. At the end of the meeting, if you have added all members names and email addresses to the meeting, all you nee…
by Jeff Ream | Dec 31, 2014 | counseling, Counseling Tech, Featured, school counselor, video blog, year in review
…Interview & Applicant Essentials I decided that I would revamp some of the Interviewing Interviews from the past. Instead of interviewing one person – I reached out to many of my contacts around the country about five pressing questions for people in the job market and what counselors are looking for when interviewing for new hires. Thank you to all my friends who took the time to answer some of the questions – many from #scchat on Twitter and my…
by Jeff Ream | Jun 24, 2014 | ASCA14, Featured, SCOA
…Several School Counseling Players Coming Together for A Live ASCA 2014 Round Table Interview Below will be an embedded video of the live (and recorded prior to the event for your viewing pleasure) interview in preparation for ASCA 2014. The live video is available via YouTube. We hope you tune in here, via YouTube, or at other blogger’s embeded sites. Cheers! [adrotate group=”1″]…
by Jeff Ream | Apr 4, 2014
…pe/Google Hangout. This is a great option if you are looking to boost your interview skills, interview packet, online professional portfolio, or digital presence. Please send a proposal my way to start the process. I will do my best to work within your budget. Business Consulting Proposal: I do work directly with businesses (profit and non-profits) to help them develop products targeted towards school counselors and high school students. One of my…
by Jeff Ream | May 8, 2017 | Featured, counseling
Another The Way I Work Interview – Erinn Murphy Welcome back to a newer feature on The Counseling Geek – The Way I Work (TWIW). In TWIW posts – you get to take a virtual tour of fellow school counselors’ offices and learn about how they make their world run. You can check out the first post where I kick it off with a post about my own office here. You can check out the first post where I kick it off with a post about my own office here. This mo…
by Jeff Ream | Jun 19, 2014 | ASCA14, Featured, tips
…of colleagues that you could meet too. Remember – this is not a date or an interview so there are no wrong answers and you can always back out… Another tip for networking is carry some business cards. This is a handy way to keep in touch or to help meet up at a later time at the conference. I love to collect business cards at ASCA and usually bring about 100 with me. Several times a year, I find myself reaching out to someone I met to get some wis…
