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Blog: Programs & Systems
Back to school, technology, and the systems that keep your program running.
25 posts, newest first. Each one opens on counselorclique.com.
Blog 3 Ways to Complete Your School Counselor Office Like a Rockstar When it comes to being a rockstar counselor, your school counselor office space is simply a resource in your tool belt. You already have the training and skill set to do…Programs & Systems
Blog 4 Helpful Tech Tools to Sync Your School Counseling Systems Have you ever stopped to think about the tech tools (or lack thereof) that you use every day as a school counselor? Your time as a school counselor should be spent doing…Programs & Systems
Blog 4 Ways to Find New Inspiration in Your High School Counseling Role Maybe you’re thinking, “What I’m doing is already working… why change anything up?” Of course, you could keep working like this… tired, exhausted, unnoticed, invisible…Programs & Systems, Counselor Growth
Blog 4 Practical Ways to Incorporate Digital Activities and Check-Ins into Your School Counseling Setting School counselors often ask me how to best utilize check-ins or digital activities with their students. Digital resources are a helpful way to connect with students and…Supporting Students, Programs & Systems
Blog School Counseling Caseloads: 5 Important Questions to Consider When Dividing Them Up Here’s the thing: there’s no RIGHT or WRONG way to divide your school counseling caseload. You just have to figure out what works best for you, your students, and your…Programs & Systems
Blog 3 Simple Ways to Decide Who Does What in Your School Counseling Program Are you hoping I’m just going to tell you to play “Rock, Paper, Scissors” to decide who gets what responsibilities for the year in your school counseling program?…Advocacy & Data, Programs & Systems
Blog 7 Helpful Questions For and Answers From a High School Counselor: Part 1 I recently opened up a Q&A on my Instagram stories where followers asked questions about a “day in the life of a high school counselor.” I figured I’d do a round up of…Advocacy & Data, Programs & Systems
Blog 6 Questions For and Answers From a High School Counselor: Part 2 Here is round 2 of my Questions and Answers for a High School Counselor Round-Up! Here is a compilation of questions and answers to/from a high school counselor from…Advocacy & Data, Programs & Systems
Blog A Day in the Life of an Adaptable High School Counselor People are always asking… what does a day in the life of a high school counselor look like? Here are some things to expect for new counselors, interns, people thinking…Programs & Systems, Counselor Growth
Blog 6 Keys to Holding a Productive School Counseling Department Planning Day During our prep week, our school counseling department gets off campus together to hold a “School Counseling Department Planning Day.” Our principal has always seen the…Programs & Systems
Blog 5 Helpful Categories of Back to School Essentials for High School Counselors This blog post is a curated list of high school counselor back to school essentials or high school counselor office must haves. Of course, you can do your job without…Programs & Systems, Counselor Growth
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 How I Hold Productive Senior Meetings as High School Counselor I want to tell you about my first week of “Senior Meetings” as we start out the school year. My senior meetings are timed at 30 minutes each, and I try to do about six…Supporting Students, Programs & Systems
Blog Dear New School Counselor Dear New School Counselor, Do you have a job yet? (The question everyone is asking you.) Don’t worry if you don’t. You might be going from interview to interview…Programs & Systems, Counselor Growth
- Blog Office Wall Quotes If I don’t update my office at the beginning of the year, I will never do it. I REPEAT: I will never do it. Like… last year I had a big open spot on the wall where I…
Programs & Systems
- Blog Counselors on Point Bulletin Board Our lobby bulletin board needed an update, and I’m really loving Astrobrights cardstock… hence my new creation! We liked the idea of the students and parents getting to…
Small Groups & Lessons, Programs & Systems
- Blog How to Add a Calendly Widget to Your Website in 8 Steps Has your school counseling website transitioned to the new Google Sites yet? Seems like there’s always a “new” Google Site to learn, but, once I got the hang out it…
Programs & Systems
- Blog How to Add a Remind Widget in 5 Easy Steps I have a “widget” on my website to scroll through my Remind text messages. Remind has been one of the most useful daily tech tools I use. Since we loop with our caseload…
Programs & Systems
- Blog How To Start Your Semester Off Smoothly: A Schedule Change Flowchart As the beginning of the year approaches, we all know what takes up so much of our time as high school counselors… SCHEDULE CHANGES.How many different ways can you say…
Programs & Systems
- Blog 16 Podcast Recs School Counselors Should Not Miss School is winding down, maybe you have a bit of free time? (I know– how DARE I say that!) Between fine tuning your students’ schedules, take some time to dive into a…
Programs & Systems
- Blog How To Flip Your Parent and Student Meetings Each year, we sit down with all of the students on our caseload and have 15 minute meetings with each individual student and parent where we discuss…
Programs & Systems
- Blog 4 Tactics for Collecting Classroom Data I really dove into the importance of collecting meaningful data in new, creative ways as our department endeavored applying for RAMP this past year. This semester, I’ve…
Advocacy & Data, Programs & Systems
- Blog What No One Tells You About Digitalizing Your Sign In System We were kickin’ it old school with a paper notebook sign in to our school counseling office until October of this past school year. We thought… what an easy opportunity…
Advocacy & Data, Programs & Systems
- Blog Jumpstart Your PR with Piktochart: A Tech Tool As school counselors, part of our competencies include career planning and development for every student. We not only use career assessments, but also we help students…
Programs & Systems
- Blog PSSCA 2015 The Palmetto School Counselors Association Annual Conference is underway in Myrtle Beach, SC. This year’s theme is “Find Your Oasis,” and there are a variety of breakout…
Programs & Systems