by Jeff Ream | Jul 17, 2015 | Featured, Presentation, tips
…ey re-visited their point to drive it home? Their use of images, sound, or video in their presentation? Take notes on what you felt worked well and build that into your next two or three presentations. Also check out Method Tip #2 to the right for another idea for improving your presentation techniques. “90% of how well the talk will go is determined before the speaker steps on the platform.” That’s a wrap. Practice these three tips and in the nex…
by Jeff Ream | Sep 9, 2014
…g Topics Technology Social media Communication tools (emails, newsletters. video chatting, YouTube, IM, etc) Maximizing the use of technology within your counseling programs Marketing/Branding Leadership Systems level thinking And more… “Thanks to The Counseling Geek I launched my very first parent e-newsletter this afternoon! Thanks for the great talk at ASCA 2014 and the resources and courage to hit “Send Now” on MailChimp!” Prior and Upcoming S…
by Jeff Ream | Feb 4, 2014 | #scchat, counseling, National School Counseling Week 2014, NSCW14, school counseling on air, school counselor, thanks, video blog
by Jeff Ream | Feb 26, 2020 | Featured, scheduling, tips
…A bit of context I am always a bit of a skeptic when reading articles and blogs and wonder if that really can be done at our school. So I want to give you a quick look at North Tahoe High School so you can see how it worked for us. You would likely need to make adjustments based on size, population, climate, etc. Perhaps a whole school thing isn’t feasible – maybe try one of your key grade levels that you find having the hardest time scheduling?…
by Jeff Ream | Dec 25, 2017 | Featured, school counselor, School Counselor Shopping List, shopping, thanks
…gs seems like a good fit – it’s hard to go wrong with an Amazon Gift Card! ASCA also has great gifts and resources to celebrate your school counselors. (Note: some items contain affiliate links which provide a small percentage back to this blog at no cost to you for the referral) Books Shirts, hats, mugs, and stuff! School Counselors Rock! “School Counselor” Hats Data Inspired School Counselor School Counseling Domains Shirt Celebrate School Couns…
by Jeff Ream | Dec 5, 2018 | counseling, Featured, free, school counselor, teachers, technology, tips
…a full walkthrough on Eventbrite – please check out this other post on my blog: I didn’t sign up to be an event coordinator… I am not quite sure about you, but when I got my Masters for school counseling – I didn’t realize how much event (and test) coordination would tag along with the job. I typically dread processing registrations, sign ups and getting info out to attendees for things like parent nights, test prep workshops, and most recently –…
by Jeff Ream | Aug 9, 2017 | Featured, #scchat, Back to School, buy, classroom tools, Counseling Tech, deals, donate, items, learning, pro-d, professional development, school counselor, School Counselor Community Scholarship, School Counselor Shopping List, teachers, technology, tools
…it is important to provide these free resources to you. However, running a blog is expensive. I also have a scholarship I hope to growI also have a scholarship I hope to grow and this TpT store (plus The School Counselor Shop, TeeSpring and RedBubble) provides a means to support both. I appreciate your patronage and ongoing support while I continue trying to innovate with you. Please follow me on TpT, buy something you may like (100% of my profit…
by Jeff Ream | May 8, 2017 | Featured, counseling
…color coding! I love Sharpies and I love Tul pens! This is a tech-centric blog, what are the top 5 apps or digital tools you use on a regular basis (on a laptop or mobile device): Twitter, Excel, Naviance, Tyler & Tyler Pulse (our school data reporting system). I also love my scanner. It allows me to keep so much info that I do not have to file. I really try to minimize paper in my workspace. Describe your workspace: Bright office with purple wal…
by Jeff Ream | Nov 13, 2016 | Featured, Bits & Bytes, thanks, thecounselinggeek
…n it has right now and in the last few years. The energy, enthusiasm and pure passion to see school counseling be seen as essential – not extra – in CA is amazing. Thank you for letter me advocate with you and be a part of the team. You – the reader While I would likely write this blog even if nobody read it – I am honored that you do. The fact is – I learn just as much from writing these posts and interacting with you as I hope you do from readin…
by Jeff Ream | Jul 23, 2016 | Featured, school counselor, School Counselor Shopping List, shopping
…for average users – you should be totally fine. It took me saving lots of blog, CASC, and other items to my Dropbox to finally fill my allotment. Going Pro After wearing down my storage, I decided to pony up the $99/year (or $9.99/mo) for 1TB of digital, always accessible storage. I save almost everything to Dropbox now. You can create school folders and personal folders and have it sync between your home and work computers plus all your mobile…
