School Counselor Blog

During the last week of school I was trying to come up with a way to catalog all of my school counseling books.  I have TONS of school counseling books!  I wanted to find an easy way to look up what books I have. I also wanted a way to provide others with a list if they wanted to see what books I have.  I was thinking of creating a spreadsheet when I decided to see if there were any iPhone apps that would do it for me. I was looking for something that would allow me to scan the bar code of the books and put them into a database. I discovered that there are lots of different book cataloging iPhone apps available. After reading reviews and looking at screen shots I decided on the  Book Crawler App .  I purchased the  Book Crawler App   from iTunes for $1.99.  The  Book Crawler App  can be used  on the iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad. (Note: You do not have to purchase it for multiple devices... once you buy it it works on all three!...

Career Café is an opportunity for students to learn about careers from individuals in their community.  One of my biggest success as a school counselor  has been s tarting a Career Café at my school. Students absolutely love Career Café, it is a blast to host, and it meets  ASCA Student Standard in the Career Domain .   Career Cafe can also be geared toward any level - elementary, middle, or high school! I have gotten tons of inquiries and questions about hosting a Career Café. I am creating a series of posts to explain Career Café in greater detail and provide you with the tools you need to start a Career Café at your school.    There are a number of ways that you can determine how students are selected to participate in Career Café. Students can be chosen based on results of career interest inventories, select which Career Cafés they would like to attend, or entire classrooms or grade levels...