by Jeff Ream | Jul 25, 2025 | Featured
…planning, social-emotional learning, crisis intervention, family systems, learning differences, and mental health support. The research landscape in each area evolves continuously, with new studies, policy changes, and intervention strategies emerging at an unprecedented pace. One such example was our school leadership team was investigating how to balance our current practice of multiple opportunities for success with one of providing rigor whil…
by Jeff Ream | Apr 30, 2020 | automation, Counseling Tech, counseling technology series, Featured, learning, professional development, school counselor, technology, tips, tools, video blog
…g, if not more. Sometimes that is not the kind of time I have to devote to learning. So I decided to go live and keep it under 15 minutes. 15 minutes seemed like a reasonable amount of time to devote to learning something new. I also did it live to show you that it really did only take 15 minutes (no post-production magic here and some ums included to keep it spicy). If you also keep scrolling – I have linked to some additional blog posts rela…
by Jeff Ream | Jul 13, 2017 | Featured, counseling, look back, Networking, thecounselinggeek
…rned from the 2017 ASCA National Conference in Denver, CO – I had a lot of learning, reflection, and networking on my mind. I got to meet and reconnect with both uber experienced veteran school counselors and school counselors just starting their journey into the profession. I still feel like a baby-faced newbie, but finishing year five – I feel like I have learned a LOT in that time. I decided I wanted to write a letter to myself that I wish I co…
by Jeff Ream | Nov 13, 2016 | Featured, Bits & Bytes, thanks, thecounselinggeek
…ter #scchat PLN I cannot say how thankful I am for my digital Professional Learning Networks! I appreciate the fact that I can ask a question, look for resources, find support and also be guided when lost or learning. Whether we connect on Twitter or Facebook – know that I appreciate you all and your expertise has made a difference for me as a professional and my students that I work with daily. Thank you. CASC Board The state of school counseling…
by Jeff Ream | Jan 2, 2016 | #scchat, Counseling Tech, counseling technology series, Featured, free, Marketing, social networking, technology, tips, tools
…ly and a new habit (good one) is born. For example, if you wanted to start learning about Twitter – first step is signing up (or maybe a little research about picking a Twitter handle). But after that – just “lurk”, Twitter-speak for just watching others Tweet . Spend 10 minutes each day lurking, determining who the influential people are in the circles you want to follow and learn the lingo. Just like a newborn – you learn a LOT by watching other…
by Jeff Ream | Jul 17, 2015 | Featured, Presentation, tips
…is the only way.” Speaking Skills Tip #3 – Learn from the greats Proximity learning, observation and emulation. These are all opportunities to not re-create the wheel. Not every approach, every idea, and every speech topic is unique and brand new. I learn new things and get fresh ideas at almost every speech I attend. From ASCA conferences to church sermons – each one provides learning opportunities for those who keep a keen eye. Activity Time Pur…
by Jeff Ream | Jun 6, 2015 | box.com, Counseling Tech, dropbox, Featured, google docs, technology, tips, warnings
…sitive files. [Tweet “Protect your documents with TrueCrypt or BitLocker – learning about it with @CounselingGeek #scchat”] The first problem with the cloud and, specifically, sharing collaborative documents is our main concern. I will share a first hand experience that happened recently that caused lots of extra work, but could have been much worse. That same community service document mentioned above (and several others) were breached by a stude…
by Jeff Ream | Mar 29, 2015 | Counseling Tech, Featured, Naviance, school counselor, technology, tools
…grade level and I would now classify our position as established. [Tweet “Learning about @Counselinggeek and his @Naviance journey – check it out! #scchat”] Below you can see a few behind the scenes screenshots of Naviance: This slideshow requires JavaScript. A major activity that has helped establish this awareness and engagement is the use of Naviance’s Course Planner feature in all of my Individual Learning Plans (ILPs). Using your Student Inf…
by Jeff Ream | Sep 1, 2014 | Featured, school counselor, technology
…ou may have some other similarities to me like trying to keep up with your learning efficiently. Luckily for both of us – there are ways to help streamline our information feeds and I am going to show you some of my favorite and most popular tools. When reading blogs – you have a few different options to help you keep up with the most current posts. The most rudimentary is by occasionally (or obsessively) visiting the site to see if anything new h…
by Jeff Ream | Jul 1, 2014 | #scchat, ASCA14, Branding, Featured, Marketing
…and I had a whole lot of fun preparing and presenting while sharing in the learning with you. You can find the entire slide show embedded below (it also has been available on the ASCA conference app throughout the conference). I also just wanted to give you some of the links that we discussed in the presentation. We mentioned tools like: www.hootsuite.com – www.remind.com – www.scheduleonce.com – www.twitter.com – www.mailchimp.com – www.constantc…
