230. Start the New Year Off Organized!

School Counseling Simplified Podcast

In today’s episode, we’re diving into organization and productivity tips for school counselors—straight from Module 2 of the Stress-Free Counseling course! These strategies are designed to help you establish new systems, maximize your productivity, and increase your impact with students. Whether it’s tracking your caseload, color-coding your calendar, or keeping your notes organized, these practical tips will help streamline your work as a school counselor.

Some topics covered in this episode are:

• How to use Google Sheets to organize your caseload with customizable features like color coding and asterisk indicators.
• Tips for color-coding your calendar to match your caseload and service types (and bonus ideas for color-coding Google Drive folders too).
• The pros and cons of handwritten notes versus digital notes for student tracking.
• Creative ways to log your sessions, including voice memos, voice-to-text tools, and Google Form sign-ins.
• Tools for task management and organization, including Trello, To-Do List apps, and Apple Notes.

These tips will help you stay on top of your workload, maintain confidentiality, and work more efficiently. Tune in to learn how to implement these strategies and create your own stress-free counseling systems!

Resources mentioned:

• Join my school counselor membership IMPACT here!

• Grab the counselor curriculum map freebie here!

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• Stress Free School Counseling Course

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More About School Counseling Simplified:

School Counseling Simplified is a podcast offering easy to implement strategies for busy school counselors. The host, Rachel Davis from Bright Futures Counseling, shares tips and tricks she has learned from her years of experience as a school counselor both in the US and at an international school in Costa Rica.

You can listen to School Counseling Simplified on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, and more!