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Strategies for Spicing Up Student Services –Making a Difference
Presented by Diana Plummer, M.Ed, LPC
“Variety is the Spice of Life, So Let’s Get Spicy !!”
Variety of Student ServicesGuidance
Providing specialized professional counseling including personal, social, academic, and crisis
Advisement Guidance Program Development Secondary and Post-Secondary
Enrollment Process Career Education/Information Resources Familiarity with Local Agencies College/Cooperative Alliances
There’s So Much More…
Financial Aid Sponsoring workshops, focus
groups, special presentations regarding recruitment, job skills, career transitions
Being current on job salaries, occupational outlook, supply and demand of occupations for training offered
And… Coordinator of services with
guidance and counseling staff, special services staff, and administrators from sending schools
Positive Relationships with secondary and post-secondary schools, community, parents, businesses, and other stakeholders…
Just to name a few!
Making ALL the Difference!
Student Services Makes ALL the Difference…or at least it should.
From the first impression (your demeanor, office area, resourcefulness, willingness to help) to the closure of each encounter—it all depends on YOU!
Student Services/Guidance
Guidance/Counseling Staff Professions…may not be the oldest professions in the world, but they may be among the most valuable!
Why? We can make all the difference in being the LINK that connects students to their future success; we impact people and are able to share help to positively change their lives!
One Area that is Vital…Recruitment!
How to “Spice It Up” for Positive Results that Make a Difference…
Spicing It Up With a
Flyer with Personal Invitation Including… Date (Day Before Students Begin Class) Purpose
Relieve the First-Day Jitters by...
*Meeting Your Instructor * Becoming Familiar with Your Classroom* Getting acquainted with the Campus* Meeting Your Director and Counselor
POST-SECONDARY PREVIEW!
Spicing It Up with… NEWSLETTER/ SENIOR
NEWS FLASH!
Community Clubs and
Organizations Rotary Lions Club Chamber Literacy Board Kiwanis
Positive Rapport with
Sending Schools’ Staff
Personal Contacts Visits to Schools Phone Calls
Personalized Greeting Cards
Valentine’s Day
Thank You Cards
Staff Development Presentations
OKCIS (Oklahoma Career Information System) Counselor and Teacher Training
Handling Stress Before It
Stresses You Out
Tips for Getting Controland Decreasing Stress in Your Life
Presenter: Diana Plummer, M.Ed, LPC
Avoiding Burnout Before It Burns You Out!
Tips for Getting Control Helping Yourself and Others
Presenter: Diana Plummer, M.Ed, LPC
Spring Principal/Counselor Meetings Send Invitations
Plan Program of Interest Theme CareerTech Updates Make It Special!
EXTREME OFFICE MAKEOVER!
Principal/Counselor Spring Meeting 2006
Is It Time for An extreme
Office Make Over?
Leading the Way
To Success
Principal/Counselor Spring Meeting 2007
Counselor Connection!Relationships, Relationships, Relationships!
Professional counseling topic in a relaxed setting
District counselors sharing best practices
Developing friendships among other
professionals in counseling field
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Counselor Connection Tuesday, March 22, 2011
6 p.m.
Los Cabos Mexican Restaurant 300 Riverwalk Terrance (River Front & Main),
Jenks, Oklahoma
Provided: *Professional Counseling Topic *Relaxed Setting *Sharing of Best Practices *Opportunity to Build Friendships with Other Counselors *Please RSVP to Diana Plummer (918) 224-9300, ext. 108, by March 21, 4:30 p.m.
A Christmas Counselor Connection
Thursday, December 16, 2010 6 p.m.
Olive Garden Restaurant, Utica Square, Tulsa
You are cordially invited to an evening of refreshment, relaxation, and really good company! Come and join a group of school counselors from various school districts to connect on a professional as well as personal level in a relaxed setting.
What Will Be Provided: Time to Share Best Practices and Counseling Issues A Relaxed Setting Opportunity to Connect Professionally and Personally with Other Certified Secondary School Counselors I hope you can join this supportive group of certified secondary school counselors. Plan to have an evening of fun and positive connections. I look forward to seeing you there! Di a n a Plummer, M.Ed , LPC Counselor Central Tech *Please RSVP by Tuesday, December 14, to Diana Plummer at 224-9300, ext. 108.
Graduation Practices
AREA GRADUATION PRACTICESIncludes
Short Overview of Choices Scholarship Benefits
Distribution of Choices Scholarship Applications
Give Class Opportunities Focus on Classes with Openings Distribute Brochures of Each Class
with Openings Door Prizes With Logo
Water Bottles with Central Tech Logo
Frisbees with Logo
Senior Class Presentations
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Parent Universi
ty•Postcard•Booklet•Parent Topics•Booklet•Materials•Certificate of Completion
Senior Pizza Party
It’s a jungle out there!Unless you have a plan!
Come and find out how you can enroll in a plan that leads to a
successful future after you graduate. Come and hear about Free Tuition, Free
College Credit, and a Future for Career Success Through
Central Tech!
When: Monday, March 15
Time: 11:45-12:15
Who: SENIORS ONLY!!
It’s a jungle out there!
Unless you have a plan! Come and find out how you
can enroll in a plan that leads to a successful future after you graduate. Come
and hear about Free Tuition, Free College
Credit, and a Future for Career Success Through
Central Tech!
When: Monday, March 15
Time: 11:45-12:15
It’s a JUNGLE out there!Unless you have a plan!
Come and find out how you can enroll in a plan that leads to a
successful future after you graduate. Come and hear
about Free Tuition, College Credit, and a Future for Career Success Through
Central Tech!
When: Monday, March 15
Time: 11:45-12:15
Who: SENIORS ONLY!!
FREE PIZZA!!
Senior Scholar Focus Group
Meet with current Senior Scholars Small Group Receive Feedback Gather Ideas Student Recruiters in each High
School Contests for Recruiting Friends
Mailings Timing is Everything! Example: Send mailing at time that their friends are going off to school…to those that don’t have a plan YET!
Flyer Sent With Letter in Early
August
Choices Scholarship Letter
Just As Spices Are Used to Add…
Zest and Pizzazz toEnhance Food, So Recruitment and
Relationship Building Strategies with a little
SPICE can Enhance Recruitment on Your
Campus, too!