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Posted on 25/03/2020 by beth kelly

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Resources for Providing Virtual Service: College Access Professionals 

Scroll down for resources related to the following areas: 

  • Access to Technology
  • Campus Visits, Preview Days, & Summer Activities
  • College Admissions       
  • Counseling/Advising     
  • Equity  
  • Exam Updates  
  • Examples from GEAR UP Programs Offering Virtual Services      
  • Financial Aid and Literacy: Virtual Games and Lessons    
  • Higher Education Updates         
  • Mental Health and Coping        
  • Online Instruction          
    • Creating Online Content
    • Meeting Platforms        
    • Planning Tools  
    • Resources to Make Your Own Game     
    • Scheduling Platforms    
    • Tech Tools and Distance Learning          
  • Professional Development         
  • School Planning
  • Student and Family Communication        
  • Student and Family Engagement
  • Transitions        
  • Tutoring and Mentoring
  • WA State College & University COVID-19 Updates       

 

ACCESS TO TECHNOLOGY

CAMPUS VISITS, PREVIEW DAYS, & SUMMER ACTIVITIES

COLLEGE ADMISSIONS

COUNSELING/ADVISING

EQUITY

EXAM UPDATES

EXAMPLES FROM GEAR UP PROGRAMS OFFERING VIRTUAL SERVICES

FINANCIAL AID AND LITERACY: VIRTUAL GAMES AND LESSONS

HIGHER EDUCATION UPDATES

MENTAL HEALTH AND COPING

ONLINE INSTRUCTION

Creating Online Content

Meeting Platforms

Planning Tools

Resources to Make Your Own Game

Scheduling Platforms

  • Calendly includes questionnaire during registration and syncs with calendar systems.
  • Doodle scheduling platform that is useful across time zones.
  • RepVisits allows high schools to set up their visit schedules and college fairs easily and quickly, and college admissions personnel can search and sign up for visits and fairs with the click of a button.
  • Sign Up Genius provides online sign up sheets and forms for schools.
  • Slate.org is a free platform for school counselors, independent counselors, and community-based organizations with a commitment to supporting and promoting access to education. Slate.org is designed to foster stronger relationships between school counselors and admissions offices by keeping everyone on the same page with your students' best interests at heart. 
  • You Can Book Me Connect with your calendar and only share the times you want with your customers - they book straight into your calendar. Customers get their own notifications, reminders, calendar invites and more.

Tech Tools and Distance Learning

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

SCHOOL PLANNING

STUDENT AND FAMILY COMMUNICATION

STUDENT AND FAMILY ENGAGEMENT

TRANSITIONS

TUTORING AND MENTORING

WA STATE COLLEGE & UNIVERSITY COVID-19 UPDATES: COP | ICW | SBCTC

Each of these institutions has created a dedicated webpage for COVID-19 related updates. These links have the most up-to-date details about class and campus operations, housing, and other logistics.

COVID-19 Resources