…st. “Interactive courseware allows students to actively participate in the learning process and retain the knowledge learned through the use of simple and easy modes.” The article also touches on a topic that I feel strongly about – that technology is not only another “rendition of a lecture”. While technology is a valuable tool, it has its own place; it is not just for regurgitating the info in another format. When we use technology, we do so to…
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…to strike out, start over, and struggle through something – that is called learning and that is what we ask students to do each and every day. I plan to work to offer even more scholarships next year so keep those tech juices flowing and never stop exploring. I will be posting the resulting submitted projects and tools in an upcoming post after I have final confirmation of that being okay with each participant and get it all sorted out so please s…
…eandering around and talking to college reps – they get to spend some time learning about their future courses, asking potential teacher questions about the classes, understanding more about the expectations, and making an initial connection with that adult they may spend the next year with. After I was able to find a day towards the end of January that would work for our school and got the okay to extend our advisory period by 15 minutes (30 minu…
…r may see this certificate as more a refresher and refocusing process than learning, but for the newer school counselors or graduate students – this program will offer you Holy Grail type insight into the world of College Admissions. Seasoned School Counselors: 8 out of 10 New School Counselors: 10 out of 10 The Readings A little bit different than the readings for the College Admissions Specialist program – the School Counselor Leadership Certifi…
…ee the one above on this very page for example) and track where people are learning about this event by using tracking links. This would be a little more advanced for most – but give it a shot. It can be very enlightening as to where people are finding out about your events. Step 3: The third and final step is on event day (or just before). Once people have registered – you are able to create and print name badges based on the registration informa…
…eates stress, disorganization and hurts your ability to find success. I am learning to be the general practitioner – not emergency room #scchat Share on X Build a system One way that I immediately created boundaries at my site was to require appointments for all (students and parents) unless it was an emergency. I use ScheduleOnce to manage my appointments and love it – but there are a number of high and low tech tools out there to manage appointm…
…e at it. I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work. Learning and innovation go hand in hand. The arrogance of success is to think that what you did yesterday will be sufficient for tomorrow. Don’t let it get to you! Making the call. For you – the interviewee – after you leave, the process halts until you get that lucky call one day. However, that is not the end of the interview. Typically after all the candidates have been i…
…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 job of ensuring safety, learning and future prospects for students of all ages. We end up getting highly personally invested in our work and when someone or something breaks your rules or expectations – man…
…life (and even in school counseling) are “fake it ’till you make it”-able. Learning new systems, skills, processes, students, etc. all seem to be able to fit that – however changing who you are is something that doesn’t seem to fit. I think the better approach is to think about your own personality and what your strengths are and how you can compensate for things you may not be naturally inclined to. It is okay to not be able to be the best at eve…
