Summer Vacation

Wow!  The year has gone by really fast.  I intended to update my blog regularly, but I failed :-(  I WILL do better next year (2014-2015 school year).  I say that knowing I will be the senior counselor (deep breath). I've had this group of students since their sophomore year, so I feel somewhat prepared....but can you ever really be prepared to have seniors??!  I want to update my blog every week or every two weeks.  We shall see :-)
Today was my last contract day.  I don't have to report back to work until August 1.  I am going to enjoy my summer, but I have a summer work to-do list.  Our department is working on aligning with the ASCA model and not just the state (Texas) model...and I will have seniors (did I mention that already. LOL!)

Here is my to-do list:

• Complete credit checks
• Complete senior year spreadsheet (this will take the longest because it will be very detailed)
• Check schedules for accuracy 
• Lesson Plans: 
• soft skills
• life skills
• college application bootcamp
• returning students/college student panel
• HBCU/HSI panel
• admissions panel
• OCI lesson plans (for my rotations)
• Finalize senior conference checklist
• Update counseling forms and handouts
• A few other things I'm leaving out

I want to get most of this done before July 4.  **Fingers crossed**