The Road to Naviance – Part 1: Where to start

The Road to Naviance – Part 1: Where to start

…te some of my reasons for desiring Naviance. He was able to provide strong support and recent articles showcasing schools’ success stories. Next week, I meet with my principal and submit my grant proposal for funding. I will let you know how it goes and I am hoping to get Naviance up and running within the next two months. The blog author, Jeffrey Ream M.S, PPS, writes for The Counseling Geek. Connect with Jeff via email, Twitter, Google+, and Fac…

Guest Post: February is Financial Aid Awareness Month = FAFSA

Guest Post: February is Financial Aid Awareness Month = FAFSA

…t Educators can’t be with every student as they fill out FAFSA. To provide support BigFuture created a free FAFSA webinar that walks students, section by section, through an actual FAFSA application. Families can access the free FAFSA webinar 24/7 on their terms. FAFSA can change a student’s life forever. Following this map can help extend your activities with students and guide them to a better future. The blog author, Jeffrey Ream M.S, PPS, writ…

Counseling Advisory Team: My Experience in the First Year

Counseling Advisory Team: My Experience in the First Year

…counseling advisory team, what am I looking to get from them, how they can support the counseling department, brief overview of RAMP/ASCA/National Model, overview of previous accomplishments, and review of my time analysis from EZAnalyze TimeTracker. I created a sweet, easily decyphered infograpic via infogr.am – a free, easily customizable, infogram maker. It won’t let you go too nuts, but is great for presenting data in a new way. The Good: By e…

Ask The Geek: Tool Resources from the 2013 CASC Conference Table

Ask The Geek: Tool Resources from the 2013 CASC Conference Table

…ors board as the Technology Chair. I will be hosting a technology learning support desk at the conference coming up this Friday and Saturday at Chapman University. If you are here – you either are a reader of my blog (yay!) or you came and talked with me at the table (awesome!). Below I am linking to some resources with some Getting Started With… guides. Please look through these links to short one page guides to get you up and running with some g…

Tell One: A Campaign to Promote School Counseling Association Awareness

Tell One: A Campaign to Promote School Counseling Association Awareness

…icipate in awesome Professional Development, network, share resources, and support state/national advocacy for our profession because they are not members of their state School Counseling Association (SCA) or the American School Counselor Association (ASCA). It is a shame that so many are not involved, or even are aware, of the State associations that exist to help the hardworking Professional School Counselors. I went from being a non-member of a…

School Counselor Community Scholarship Award Post – ASCA 2014 Recipients

School Counselor Community Scholarship Award Post – ASCA 2014 Recipients

…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 stay tuned. Once again, an extra big thank you to our sponsors and generous donors – none of this can happen without you. Please consider supporting this project again next year. Special Thanks to our key sponsors: Trish Hatch, PhD from Hatching Results, LLC. Please thank the sponsors at ASCA…

Increasing Productivity: How Dual Monitors Changed My Life

Increasing Productivity: How Dual Monitors Changed My Life

…e the system is to buy two of the same monitors (or at least monitors that support the same screen dimensions). This will let the transition between the two monitors be more natural. This is mostly an aesthetic suggestion, but you may find it helpful if you are getting into this setup from scratch. If you have not experienced this yet – do yourself a favor and get an early Christmas gift this year and purchase a second monitor at work or at home….