…ctice receiving thanks. Thank You! Carol Miller Carol of The Middle School Counselor has been a SUPER partner and driving force behind the School Counselor Community Scholarship. Thank you for stepping in and helping drive it to where it is now and where it will be in the future. It would not be nearly as successful without you. I appreciate your help and partnership! Joanna Mitchell Joanna is my principal and I am very thankful for her guidance a…
…omize the information you collect (because we are all data-inspired school counselors right?). I usually limit the information to things like Name, email, phone, and gender in the default options. However – there are some powerful data-crunching tools that let you create your OWN questions. In addition – you can create conditional sub-questions. If you look at the example event – try changing which school you attend and you will get a different su…
…ne leading most of the searches to find students support they need. School counselors are called to consult frequently and I needed a platform to do that with. Consultation is the collaboration of professional school counselors with parents, students, teachers, administrators and other helping professionals, both within and outside the school setting. The goal of consultation is to empower those involved to assist students in the areas of personal…
…20 things didn’t go away, but were triaged to lower priority. Many school counselors will stay super late and try to get all 20 things done before calling it a day. I say that is likely a mistake. Rest does not equal laziness. There is ample research and psychological studies that point to the fact that Americans are overworked and under-rested. There is also an idea that rest/relaxation is simply idleness or laziness. That is not so. This rest i…
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…do still keep notes vague and use abbreviations as typically suggested to counselors. Free I love the F-Word…Free! The only requirements to use TT is that you have MS Office Excel installed on your computer (easiest on a Windows PC) and that you have the ability to use Macro Enabled files. Some districts lock this second requirement down and this is when those coffees and cookies to the IT department pay off. Ask, beg and advocate to be able to u…
…rogram. Highly suggested! https://www.thecounselinggeek.com/2015/11/school-counselor-appointment-management.html Public Speaking: Tips for School Counselors, Chapter 1 Public speaking (and classroom guidance) is scary for a LOT of people. I view it as a spectrum of fear rather than you are afraid or you are not. In this post – I share a few tips I have found really helpful to me when I get up in front of 30 high school students, 75 parents, or 500…
…hese tips – you can have a great #ASCA15 I hope these five tips for school counselors attending the American School Counselor Association’s 2015 National Conference is helpful whether it is your first or twentieth conference. Do you have any more tips or want to show some support for ones that stand out? Leave a comment below to add to this resource. Be sure to share with your friends and colleagues to make sure they have a great ASCA experience….
The latest internet technology helps create School Counselor self-care from a distance. That is right – starting today – I am going to be offering free – digital back rubs through the magic of technology. All school counselors need to practice solid self-care and I know that about 8 hours into a day full of ILP meetings, a 504 review, and endless schedule change requests, I sure could use a solid back rub. All you need to do is hit the button b…
…ports on all requests, communications, or actions that need to be taken by counselors. We can see when there are new transcript requests, know when a student’s app status changes, or a teacher submits a Common App document. I find myself having to dig through student electronic folders or check the transcripts daily so I don’t miss something. Of course – this should be something that can be disabled for schools or counselors who don’t want this fe…
