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The topic of the April #SCCHAT was  Evidenced Based School Counseling (EBSC) Conference Re-Cap.    The chat was moderated by: - Dr. Erin Mason , Counselor Educator extraordinaire and founder of  SCOPE , a website dedicated to providing school counselors with quality information about using technology in their practice - Dylan Hackbarth , high school counselor in Northern Virginia - Chelsea Rose , high school counselor in Cincinnati, Ohio - Franciene Sabens , high school counselor in Souther Illinois - Jeannie Maddox , elementary school counselor in Florida School counselors shared highlights of the EBSC Conference and benefits of attending. You can view the transcript below or   read the full transcript here . For more information about #SCCHAT and transcripts from previous chats visit:  http://bit.ly/scchat-info . #SCCHAT occurs on the first Tuesday of the month unless otherwise specified.  To add the #SCCHAT schedule to your calendar...

The topic of the the February #SCCHAT was School Counselors Matter.    The chat was moderated by Danielle Schultz (me!) ( @sch_counselor ) Middle School Counselor, Counselor Education doctoral student, and blogger School Counselor Blog. School counselors shared ways that they show stakeholders that their school counseling programs matter, how they show students that they matter, and how they show colleagues that they matter. You can view the transcript below or   read the full transcript here . For more information about #SCCHAT and transcripts from previous chats visit:  http://bit.ly/scchat-info . #SCCHAT occurs on the first Tuesday of the month unless otherwise specified.  To add the #SCCHAT schedule to your calendar  click here . [ View the story "February #SCCHAT: School Counselors Matter!" on Storify ] Join us for our March #SCCHAT on March 3, 2014 at 8pmEST.  The topic is TBA. Check  #SCCHAT schedule  for details. ...

The topic of the the September #SCCHAT was SMART Goals: Teaching Them, Writing Them, and Reaching Them.    The chat was moderated by Dylan Hackbarth (@dylanhackbarth) , a high school counselor from Washington D.C.. School counselors shared lesson ideas, tips for writing and reaching SMART Goals, and resources about SMART Goals.  You can view the transcript below or   read the full transcript here . For more information about #SCCHAT and transcripts from previous chats visit:  http://bit.ly/scchat-info . #SCCHAT occurs on the first Tuesday of the month unless otherwise specified. To add the #SCCHAT schedule to your calendar  click here . Join us for our September #SCCHAT on October 7, 2014 at 8pmEST.  The topic is Q&A with School Counseling Graduate Students  and will be moderated by Julia V. Taylor @juliavtaylor , author of The Girls in Real Life Situations (G.I.R.L.S.) group curriculum  (and many others!), speaker, doct...

School Counselor Professional Online Exchange (SCOPE) has a new look! SCOPE provides school counselors with information and tutorials for utilizing various technology tools. Dr. Erin Mason, founder of SCOPE, is dedicated to connecting school counselors and helping them use technology in their programs.  I recently wrote a post for SCOPE about one of my all time favorite technology tools, TWITTER ! My post gives an overview of Twitter and how I use it to connect with other school counselors. Twitter is an excellent professional development tool and professional learning network where school counselors and counselor educators can share resources and ideas! Check out my Twitter post on SCOPE . How do you use Twitter as a professional development tool? Comment below,  tweet ,  contact Danielle , or share on the  School Counselor Blog Facebook Page ! Danielle is a K-12 Certified School Counselor, Nationally Certified Counselor, and blogger at  ...

The topic of the the January #SCCHAT was  Promoting Your School Counseling Program. The chat was moderated by Franciene Sabens ( @FSabens ), a high school counselor from Illinois, and Chris Wood ( @ChrisWood415 ), high school counselor from Iowa. This was a fast-paced chat where school counselors shared TONS excellent ideas and resources to promote your school counseling program!We will chatted about ideas and resources for promoting your school counseling program to students, parents, and other stakeholders! You can view the transcript below or   read the full transcript here . For more information about #SCCHAT and transcripts from previous chats visit:  http://bit.ly/scchat-info . [ View the story "January #SCCHAT: Promoting Your School Counseling Program " on Storify ] #SCCHAT occurs on the first Tuesday of the month unless otherwise specified. To add the #SCCHAT schedule to your calendar  click here . We are in the process of planning a special Sc...

The next School Counselor Tweet Chat is on  Tuesday, January 7, 2014  at 8pm EST. The topic of the chat this month is  Promoting Your School Counseling Program   and will be moderated by Franciene Sabens ( @FSabens ), a high school counselor from Illinois, and Chris Wood ( @ChrisWood415 ), high school counselor from Iowa. We will be chatting about ideas and resources for promoting your school counseling program to students, parents, and other stakeholders! Franciene created an awesome Smore flyer to promote this month's chat. I strongly encourage those new to twitter to come and join us and participate! You can view a free tutorial of how to use Twitter by Dr. Erin Mason as part of the SCOPE "One Tool-At-A-Time" Series . Even if you just watch and read the tweets you will learn so much! I archive each chat so that even if you aren't available to participate live you can read the chat later. We look forward to tweeting with you! We are in the process of pl...

Our September #SCCHAT was held on Tuesday, September 3, 2013 at 8pm EST. The topic of the chat this month was  Making the Most of Your School Counseling Internship   moderated by Carli Segal ( @carlicounsels ) author of  Carli Counsels blog . We had great conversations about school counseling internships. Current school counselors and graduate students shared tips and ideas about how to make the most of your school counseling internship. You can view the transcript below or to read the  full transcript in a separate browser . [ View the story "September #SCCHAT - Making the Most of Your School Counseling Internship" on Storify ] The October #SCCHAT will be held on October 1, 2013 at 8pmEST. The topic is  Bully Prevention Month Ideas: K-12  and will be moderated by Dr. Susan Fuller ( @EElementarySC‎ ), elementary school counselor and author of the  Entirely Elementary School Counseling  blog. We will be chatting about ideas ...

If you are new to Twitter and looking to create meaningful connections with others and gain more followers, this post is for you! Below I will share some tips to take your Twitter profile to the next level! 1. Come Out of Your Shell One of the first things you may notice when creating a Twitter account is that your profile picture is the image of an egg. If you are a new user you may not understand the importance of changing your profile picture. Missing this very important step will limit your ability to connect and communicate with others on Twitter. Your profile is your first impression to other Twitter users. If you are an egg, people do not know who you are - and they may even think that you are a spammer. On Twitter, there's no such thing as a " good egg ." Let's try to put it in real life terms...being an egg on Twitter is like walking around with a brown paper grocery bag over your head. No one can see your face or who you are. People really d...

There is a new tweet chat in town geared toward Elementary School Counselors! Carli Segal ( @carlicounsels ) author of Carli Counsels Blog  started a weekly Twitter chat for Elementary School Counselors called  #ESCCHAT   Anyone is welcome to attend the weekly chats on Thursdays at 8pm EST. I am super excited to be moderating the Elementary School Counselor Chat ( #ESCCHAT ) this week on Tech Savvy School Counseling ! So if you want to share ways you are tech savvy and learn more ideas, come #ESCCHAT with us on Thursday, May 23 at 8pm EST. For more information on participating in a Twitter Chat, check out this post Dr. Erin Mason and I wrote about #SCCHAT . Have you participated in a Twitter Chat? What is your favorite part about participating in a Twitter Chat? Comment below,  tweet ,  contact Danielle , or share on the  School Counselor Blog Facebook Page ! Danielle is a K-12 Certified School Counselor, Nationally Certified Counselor, ...

As I mentioned in my previous post  I am working on School Counselor Twitter research with Dr. Erin Mason , founder of School Counselor Online Professional Exchange (SCOPE) .   If you are a school counselor, school counseling graduate student, or counselor educator that uses Twitter, please take this survey to share how you use twitter:  buff.ly/YsqLhf . I was charged with the task of determining how many school counselors there are on Twitter. At first I had no idea how I was going to do it... I mean Twitter is a pretty big place. I also wasn't sure what I would do with the information once I found it.   Then I had an idea that would not only help me catalog school counselors, but would beneficial to school counselors on Twitter.  I decided to create lists of school counselors on Twitter.  The Twitter lists I created will help school counselors, school counseling graduate students, and counselor educators on Twitter easily find and connect with...

School counselor bloggers Danielle from School Counselor Blog and Andrea from JYJoyner Counselor Blog will be presenting "Get Your Blog On" a session about creating and using blogs in your school counseling program at the ASCA conference July 3, 2013 in Philadelphia, PA. Since we're talking about the wonders of school counselor blogs we want to host a School Counselor Blogger meet and greet (it will be open to everyone). To plan and get a feel for our event we want to know which school counselor bloggers will be in Philly to join us. School Counselor Bloggers click here to answer a brief survey to let us know if you'll be at the ASCA conference. Details will follow with an invite to both bloggers and blog readers. We are both very excited about the opportunity to meet and connect with other school counselors! Comment below,  tweet ,  contact Danielle , or share on the  School Counselor Blog Facebook Page ! Danielle is a K-12 Certified School Coun...

The next School Counselor Tweet Chat is Tuesday, November 13, 2012 at 8pmEST! (#SCCHAT is the first Tuesday of each month, but we moved #SCCHAT due to the election!)  The topic of School Counselor Tweet Chat this month is the  Principal and School Counselor Relationship .   Marcy Newman,  @ARHSCounselor , and her principal  @ARHSswampfox . This should be a very engaging discussion about the principal and counselor relationship. We HIGHLY encourage you to invite your administrators to participate! We look forward to tweeting with you! For directions on how to participate in a  School Counselor Tweet Chat ,  click here . Join  School Counselor Blog  and  SCOPE  for  #scchat  the first Tuesday of the month @ 8pmEST!  View the  School Counselor Tweet Chat schedule  for dates and topics! Click here  for a list of past School Counselor Tweet Chats and full transcripts. If you are int...

I am working on posting transcripts for past School Counselor Tweet Chats.  A complete schedule and transcripts can be found at bit.ly/scchat_2012 . October's #SCCHAT was held on October 2, 2012 at 8pmEST. The topic was  Vertical Collaboration .   Jeremy Goldman, @MrJGoldman , and Kelly Johnson,  @kelly_counselor , moderated the #scchat. Check out the full chat transcript!  Note: In the tweet chat we used PD to stand for Professional Development and PSC to stand for Professional School Counselor (this helped us save valuable characters!) To access all of the tweets with the hashtag #scchat,  click here . The next School Counselor Tweet Chat is on Tuesday, November 13th, 2012 at 8pmEST. Marci Newman,  @ARHSCounselor and her principal will be hosting the chat Principal and School Counselor Relationship .  View the 2012 School Counselor Tweet Chat schedule and transcripts here . For information on how to participate in a f...

I am working on posting transcripts for past School Counselor Tweet Chats.  A complete schedule and transcripts can be found at bit.ly/scchat_2012 . September's #SCCHAT was held on September 4, 2012 at 8pmEST. The topic was  Support for First Year School Counselors .   Darrell Sampson, @CnslrDarrell , was the moderator. Check out the full chat transcript!  Note: In the tweet chat we used PD to stand for Professional Development and PSC to stand for Professional School Counselor (this helped us save valuable characters!) To access all of the tweets with the hashtag #scchat,  click here . The next School Counselor Tweet Chat is on Tuesday, November 13th, 2012 at 8pmEST. Marci Newman,  @ARHSCounselor and her principal will be hosting the chat Principal and School Counselor Relationship .  View the 2012 School Counselor Tweet Chat schedule and transcripts here . For information on how to participate in a future School Counselor Tweet C...

I just got back from the American School Counselor Association Conference on Tuesday evening. I had an amazing time connecting and sharing with other school counselors from all over the world!  It was so much fun and I was absolutely exhausted when I got back.  There is so much I want to tell you about my time at ASCA so I will be sharing everything in multiple posts! One of my most favorite things about the 2012 ASCA conference was hosting two School Counselor Tweet Ups with  Dr. Erin Mason , a Counselor Educator at DePaul in Chicago, IL, and creator of  School Counselors' Online Professional Exchange (SCOPE) .  Dr. Mason and I hosted the School Counselor Tweet Ups as a way for school counselors and educators who follow and participate in School Counselor Tweet Chats ( #scchat ) to meet up live!  Both Tweet Ups were well attended and a huge success!  It was so surreal to meet school counselors I interact with all the time on Tw...

WE ARE HOSTING TWO SCHOOL COUNSELOR TWEET UPS at the ASCA National Conference! If you participated in the School Counselor Tweet Chat you probably were witness to the technical difficulties I was having moderating! Even tech savvy school counselors have technology issues sometimes! ;) I wanted to give you details about our upcoming LIVE School Counselor Tweet Ups at the American School Counselor Association Conference in Minneapolis, MN. Our first School Counselor Tweet Up will be held Saturday, June 23 in the Hilton's Grand Ballroom. This Tweet Up will take place during the Dance Social at approximately 8:30pm CDT. Our second School Counselor Tweet Up will take place the same day as the  Web 2.0 Technology Smackdown   presentation! Don't miss it! :) We will be meeting up in the Skywater Restaurant in the Hiton from 5:30pm - 6:30pm CDT. Are you excited to meet up with your Twitter friends live? What are you looking forward to during the ASCA Conference? C...