Many school counselors wear many, many hats throughout the course of even one hour. If you are like me – you have links and resources for internal documents on special education, 504s, external links to counseling resources, workshop handouts, after-school event presentations, whole grade presentations, and that might be just one day!
I call my sheet “Home for Everything” because it is literally a home for everything I use and look up. Many links have been removed for obvious reasons (internal documents, confidential information, etc.), however, you can still use this!
Use this spreadsheet to organize YOUR links so they are displayed in one place. Put it in the order that makes sense to you. I had to split College/Career from Academic counseling duties because it was taking up more than one screen. I want everything in one spot that takes less time and less thinking. I don’t want to spend time finding things when I can spend them planning exciting opportunities for my students! So, the first tab is for our Academic Counseling duties. The second tab is for College/Career duties (I expect this to grow bigger this year). The remaining tabs are the monthly activities. Each of these activities had links. Again….they were removed because they were internal.
- First, enter the links that you use all of the time under broad headers.
- Second, each day or week write down your big items that need to be done. Link those to resources already in your drive. This is a HUGE time saver!
- Third, share it with your team when finished.
***The calendar is NOT finished*** The calendar is nowhere near what we do every day. But it gives me a general idea of the big things coming up that need to be planned months in advance, like a district-wide financial aid night or registering students for the PSAT with accommodations.
Link to HOME FOR EVERYTHING