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Blog The Ultimate College Search Hack: Why Students (and High School Counselors) Need Loper The college search brings excitement but it can also bring our students apprehension as they can feel stuck with how to even get started. I want to introduce you to…College & Career, Supporting Students
Blog Appealing Financial Aid? Use This Tool! *This post is sponsored by Going Merry. Financial aid is one of the top stressors on our students’ minds when we ask them to start thinking about their post-secondary…College & Career, Supporting Students
Blog Do This 1 Super Simple Activity to Celebrate Senior Students and Make a Major Impact As we prepare to launch our senior students into the next chapter, we have the privilege of making them feel ultra-celebrated and supported. One way we can celebrate…College & Career, Supporting Students
Blog 3 Creative, Fun Career Activities (That High School Students Are Actually Excited About) If you’re looking for some ways to refresh career exploration for your high school students, you’ve come to the right place. Career activities are always a hot topic for…College & Career
Blog 4 Ways Going Merry is Providing Effective FAFSA Help for Your High School Students *This post is sponsored by Going Merry. As a high school counselor, you’ve probably been sending transcripts and running senior meetings since school started. We’re now…College & Career, Supporting Students
Blog 3 Ways Going Merry is Streamlining the Scholarship Search for High School Counselors *This post is sponsored by Going Merry. High school counselors deal with information overload every day! Add scholarship search questions and emails to the mix, and you…College & Career
Blog 3 Compelling Reasons to Use Small Group Counseling to Promote Career Readiness in Your Comprehensive School Counseling Program Small group counseling often gets overlooked especially in the high school setting. Small groups take the most strategic planning of any of our initiatives and involve…Small Groups & Lessons, College & Career
Blog 4 Fun Career Activities to Engage Your High School Students How many times do we skip over the “career development” aspect of our roles as high school counselors because it seems too tedious, or we feel like we don’t have the…College & Career, Supporting Students
Blog 3 Simple Steps to Hosting a Successful Career Fair Hosting a career fair can feel intimidating and scary… so you might be tempted to never host one. Think of all of the amazing careers your students may miss out on…College & Career
Blog 3 Genuine Career Readiness Conversation Starters for High School Students When my high school students walked across the stage to get their diplomas, I always wanted them to have an idea of what was coming next in terms of their career…College & Career, Supporting Students
Blog 4 Benefits of Attending a Counselor Fly-In Are you sick of wondering where all of the fun and unique opportunities are for growing professionally as a high school counselor? Have you considered attending a…College & Career, Counselor Growth
Blog 4 Easy Ideas to Make College Accessible to Your High School Students School counselors hold a very powerful seat in their school building: the power to make college accessible to ALL of their students. No matter the students’ background…College & Career
Blog 3 Fun and Engaging Ways to Celebrate Students’ Post-Secondary Plans By this point, seniors have spent so many years of their life in school, done lots of soul searching, and decided what is next for their post-secondary plans. Whether a…College & Career, Supporting Students
Blog 3 Important Things High School Counselors Can Talk About in Senior Meetings There is some uniqueness between what I talk about as a high school counselor with seniors compared to all other grades. When we get into talking about these three…College & Career, Supporting Students
Blog 3 Reasons Why It’s Okay to Ask for Help During the College Application Process As your student gets closer and closer to graduation, you want them to have a post-secondary plan for their life after high school. You may be in a season of…College & Career, Supporting Students
Blog 3 Ways to Use College Application Day to Increase Student Confidence Around College Applications I am completely aware that college is not the post-secondary path for every high school student. However, hosting an event like a “College Application Day” is shown to…College & Career, Supporting Students
Blog The 5 Comprehensive Phases of College Applications When you start navigating the college application process on your own, you quickly find out how much information is out there. SO MUCH! TOO MUCH! Think of the college…College & Career
Blog 4 Quick Tips for the FAFSA Senior year is full of stressors! Questions I hear from students (and even parents) include, “What should I be doing? When should I be doing it?” When senior year…College & Career
Blog 3 Questions Parents Should Ask Their Students When Beginning the College Search Process Do you feel ineffective as you try to move the needle in communicating with your teenager about college? Are you clueless as to WHAT you should even be asking and WHEN…College & Career
Blog 4 Tips for Parents Heading into the College Application Process When you don’t know where to start in the college application process, the frustration starts to seep in. As a parent, are you feeling this tension yet as you’re…College & Career
Blog 3 Steps to Hosting an Effective Virtual Career Fair When we went to 100% digital/distance learning, I knew the career fair we were planning for this year was going to be a no-go. But if I’ve learned anything, I am certain…College & Career, Programs & Systems
Blog Counselor Fly-Ins: 7 Insider Things You Need to Know About Them Counselor Fly-Ins are the hidden treasures of school counselor professional development! You get to explore and travel, learn about a college, and bring home information…College & Career, Advocacy & Data
- Blog How to Make the “I Applied! Bulletin Board” I am always trying to think ahead at what will go on our school counseling bulletin board right outside of our office. My strategy is, honestly, how can I use what I’m…
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- Blog All the Steps for Hosting a Successful College Application Day After I posted a picture of my College Application Day “exit ticket,” I got numerous comments and direct messages about tips for holding such an event! We’ve done this…
Small Groups & Lessons, College & Career
Blog 5 Best Practices for Hosting a Career Fair Without Losing Your Mind This year, one of our program goals was: Fifty percent of ninth through eleventh grade students will visit a career fair display of their number one identified career…College & Career
- Blog Get the Scoop On Careers: A Bulletin Board For Your Career Fair We have our first career fair (since I’ve been at my school for 6 years) for our high school students! We are giving away free ice cream to participants, thus… this…
Small Groups & Lessons, College & Career
- Blog How to Use Quick Perception Data for Effective Career Programming: A Pre/Post Test I created a pre/post test that could be used for a variety of career lessons: career small groups classroom lessons: regular ed, special ed, freshman success, etc…
College & Career, Advocacy & Data
Blog 54 Questions and a Career Building Blocks Game Your High Schoolers Will Love I am doing some career activities this week in some high school classrooms and I thought I’d share something new I’m adding to the mix. I bought a classic Jenga® set and…College & Career
- Blog How to Inspire Career Culture In Your School: A Quick Career Activity A simple movement through the school to start conversations about careers, colleges, and majors. We gave these out to all teachers and asked them to fill them out and…
College & Career
- Blog 6 Questions for Classroom Teachers on College and Career Day As an easy activity to get teachers, administrators, and staff on board to celebrate November’s National Career Development Month, we had a “College and Career Day.” For…
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- Blog Practical Ways to Incorporate Career Assessments into Your School Counseling Curriculum Did you know November is NATIONAL CAREER DEVELOPMENT MONTH? There’s no way you wouldn’t around our high school. I am a huge advocate of career education and career…
College & Career, Advocacy & Data