There are no words to describe how exciting today has been. There are no words to describe how thrilled I am that my hallways are covered with over twenty-five recruiters. I can't believe in less than two weeks I was able to put this together. I can't believe how quickly these recruiters came out to assist the new girl. The juniors were in heaven and the administration was beyond impressed.
It's kind of hard to not walk out in the hallway and be like, I did this. I put this together. Every year I've tried to grow as a counselor, to add to what I was doing, to make each year something I could be proud of. I think the first eighteen weeks, combined with everything I've done since I've been here, truly makes everything worth it. I'm so proud of everything I've accomplished, I know that's a little conceited, but boy, I've worked really really hard, and I'm so proud of myself.
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So, when you host a free event, apparently people really want to come. I have twenty recruiters and I've been mapping out where they are all going to be today. Britney has been trying to help with as much organization as possible since the rest of the end of the year push she doesn't really know how to do yet. We've hit our last lull, so I've tried to cram as much into the last few weeks as possible.
Because on top of getting twenty recruiters, we've also been working on course selection and request. We started that this morning, and I may have taken on a bit too much. . . . let's just see how it goes. I am really excited about Friday though. It's something I've always wanted to do, host a college fair, and now I know the process of inviting everyone, so I already have day marked off in the calendar for next April to have the junior fair. I'm aiming for thirty recruiters next year. Wow, I got my tenth email confirmation this morning for the junior college fair. We've set it so they will have about half an hour to roam through if they are interested in speaking to the recruiters. Thank goodness the library is so large, because if everyone had responded, I'm not sure where all I would have put them.
I've sent thirty-five emails to the recruiters and a couple of local businesses. We are going to have a college fair on April 12th. I mean, it's not much of a fair, it's only five people, but it's a start. It gives me a plan for next year that's for sure. So, let's see what happens.
So I had an email from my favorite office aide. I know we shouldn't have favorites, but he really is something. He sent an email wanting to know why the juniors didn't have the option to attend the college fair that is put on by the district, or why there is not one in the spring for the juniors. I don't know dear boy, but you asked so let's see what we can find out.
So what I know is that April is a quiet month for the recruiters, so I've sent out some emails to see what we can do. If I'm lucky I can get four or five of the recruiters out and that will at least peak some interest for the juniors. I'm pretty excited about it that's for sure. So far I have four confirmed, and I'm emailing the military recruiters tonight. |
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