Here’s What to Expect In This Episode: The end of another school year is quickly approaching and I know that the deadline for diplomas can be so stressful as a high school counselor. However, there are some really fun parts to graduation season too. I always loved hyping up my
Here’s What to Expect In This Episode: As a high school counselor, you know that graduation is a major milestone for your seniors, and you’re feeling the pressure to help them successfully cross that finish line. It’s a time filled with energy and excitement, and you want to do everything
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 event for a handful of years now and figured a lot out along the way of what works for us and
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 read a little about us (we’re humans, too!) and see who is who with which caseload while they wait in our lobby.
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 bulletin board was born! Keep reading for more details on the fonts! Need a printable conversation card for your
This was one of my very first bulletin boards in our school counseling lobby when I first started at my school. Seeing how it went pretty viral on Pinterest was the reason I wanted to start this blog. I wanted to link back to somewhere where people could find, use,
I made these “college pennants” for our College Application Day! This is a school wide celebration to promote a college-going culture. Our seniors can sign up for 45 minute time slots throughout the day to come fill out applications, have fees waived to colleges, and get help from school counselors
Two years ago, we created a white board master calendar, so we could see two months out what our days as a department would look like. (See the old blog post on it here.) Flash forward: the washi tape was getting gross, our walls got repainted, and I needed to
Some feedback from our end-of-the-year Advisory Council meeting came in the form of “I didn’t know all of the great things you were doing!” especially from parents and teachers. I realized we needed to start doing a better job of collecting, compiling, and sharing data that showed all of the
We kicked off our National School Counseling Week with a new, very visible bulletin board! It’s fun how creative you can get when your whole department sits down and brainstorms together. We used some behaviors and mindsets from ASCA to focus on how counselors can empower students to be the
I’m your high school counseling hype girl serving other high school counselors who are burnt out, spread thin, or creatively stumped so that they can breathe new life into their school counseling program and remember why they loved this job in the first place.
