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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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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!