Counseling

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Counseling Communication in the Electronic Age

• Marie Vivas - Director College Counseling
• Ray Marx - College Counselor
• Colegio Americano de Quito
• AASSA Conference
• March 26-28, 2007

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Who Do We Communicate With?

• Students
• Parents
• Administration
• Faculty
• Admissions Personnel

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More Communication Less Communication ???

• School Bulletin Boards
• Emails
• Phone Calls
• Letters Home
• Schools website
• Text Messaging
• IM
• Face to Face Counseling
• Face-booking
• College Counseling workshop
• Naviance (or similar program)
• Informal Communications

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Paper Communications

• School Bulletin Boards
• Letters sent Home

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Using Technology to Communicate

• Emails
• School Website
• Text Messaging
• IM
• Facebook, Hi5, etc
• Naviance

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Personal Communication

• Phone calls
• Face to face communication
• Informal Communication
• Hallways
• Cafeteria
• Classroom Visits
• Use Testing as a draw for students/parents
• Presentations
• Student
• Parent
• College Counseling Workshop

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College Counseling Workshop

• Spring Semester open to all Juniors
• Meets 1x p/wk for 12 weeks
• Introduce Naviance, school webpage, essays,
  financial aid, college lists, proper conduct for
  visits, fairs, Testing, Summer

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School Website

• Tons of information
• College Visits - http//www.fcaq.k12.ec/english/co
  llege_c/fairs_fall_2007.htm
• Marie Vivas says. http//www.fcaq.k12.ec/english/
  college_c/college_coffice.htm
• Rec Letter Form http//www.fcaq.k12.ec/english/col
  lege_c/mvivas_doc/Teacher rec form-1.pdf
• Acceptances http//www.fcaq.k12.ec/english/college
  _c/acceptances.htm

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Naviance

• http//workspacek12.naviance.com/main.php

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The Good, the Bad the Ugly

• Teaching Students to communicate
• Appropriate email addresses
• Would you really send that email to a college?
• Facebook Beware!

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So What Works Best?

• Paper ??
• Technology ??
• Personal ??
• Depends on school, culture, kids, parents
• Ask the Students!
• A combination of communication methods

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Accountability

• Hold Students, Parents, Staff responsible for
  accessing acting on information
• Nothing is 100 assured be vigilant

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..In the News

• NEXT WEEK IN THE BROWN BAG Admissions officers
  want to be where the students are. In the realm
  of technology, that means wading through a mess
  of IM, text messaging, and Facebook. But is that
  an effective way of recruiting prospective
  students to the college? Scott Leamon, an expert
  on admissions and technology, will be available
  to take your questions about how your college can
  best use new technology appropriately to impress
  students. Join us to share stories about
  approaches your institution has tried and to get
  feedback on those ideas from an experienced
  technology professional.Link http//chronicle.com
  /live/

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What Are Students Saying?

• Hello! Wow! How interesting for you to come on
  this site! It's great and you are correct when
  saying that students are more likely to check out
  their facebook, myspace, and hi5 then they are
  their emails.Colegio Americano Senior

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Questions Comments
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Contact Us

• marisol_vivas_at_yahoo.com
• raymondmarx_at_yahoo.com