• A Tweet Every update you post to your followers on Twitter is called a tweet. Every tweet has a 140-character limit, and remember: Your tweets are public and searchable by anyone on Twitter, even if they don’t follow you.
  
• A Chat is a group conversation that typically takes place on a set schedule. There is a partial listing of chats below.
  
• #FollowFriday or #FF is a way to recommend other Twitter users to your followers. It happens on Fridays, and you can search Twitter for the hashtag #FF on Fridays to watch and connect with other tweeps.
  
• A Hashtag allows members to follow along a chat or search for topics. Hashtags start with #. There is a listing of hashtags below that are important to #schoolcounselors.
  
• A DM or "direct message," is a private message between two Twitter users. In order to send a DM, the recipient must follow you.
  
• When you reply on Twitter, you’re responding to a particular tweet someone has tagged you in with a @mention.
• @mention When you want to “tag” someone in a tweet or direct message on Twitter, you can do so by mentioning them using their Twitter username (like @tmscounselor). Add this mention in and they’ll get a notification that you’ve done so in the “Mentions” section of their account. Essentially, this is used to have conversations with people on Twitter.

Tweetdeck is an app that will allow you to follow a chat.

Storify is a program that puts together a transcript of a chat.

Tweeting Etiquette:

--Do add a short bio and photo to your account. People want to know who they are talking to.

--Do keep your tweets brief.

--Do remember to post your appreciations of someone's tweet you especially liked or found interesting.

--Do follow those who follow you. This helps to find many interesting tips and articles to read.

--Do use the correct #hashtag when posting an idea, tip, or article others may find helpful.

--Do make a professional account that is separate from your personal account.

--Don't tweet negative comments directed at a specific person.

--Don't confuse your personal and professional accounts.

--Don't tweet about going to the grocery store and seeing Superman. . .unless Superman was holding a sign saying, "All my superpowers are a gift from my School Counselor!"

• College Admission Counselors
  

https://www.facebook.com/groups/212534608791818/?ref=br_rs#!/groups/college.admissions.counselors/

Closed Group

This group is for high school counselors, college admissions professionals, independent counselors, and others of like minds, who deal with helping students plan their futures. This is a closed group - membership requires approval. If there is nothing at all in your visible profile that indicates you have anything to do with college counseling, you will not be approved.

• Caught In The Middle School Counselors
  

https://www.facebook.com/groups/176582632507419/

Closed Group

This is a closed group so we can have open discussions by School Counselors, especially those working with Middle Schoolers

• Elementary School Counselor Exchange
  

https://www.facebook.com/groups/590701787640166/

Closed Group

A closed group for Elementary School Counselors to have open

discussions about their profession.

• High School Counselors’ Network
  

https://www.facebook.com/groups/149658681898931/

Closed Group

A place for high school counselors to network, share ideas, ask questions, etc.

• Counselor Book Club FB Group
  

https://www.facebook.com/groups/1399498776969829/

Closed Group

Counselor Book Club was created as a space for helping professionals to find or share their favorite counseling related books and related activities.

• Play Therapy and Counseling Activities FB Group
  

https://www.facebook.com/groups/671684306215420/

Closed Group

A place to share fun and engaging counseling activities!

• MultiSchool Counselor Club
  

https://www.facebook.com/groups/1469241453311835/

Closed Group

A place where other counselors "get it" when it comes to providing services to multiple buildings.

• School Counselors On The Perimeter (Alt. Ed. Counselors)
  

https://www.facebook.com/groups/altedcounselors/

Closed Group

This is a place for those of us in alternative settings/schools to share ideas, resources, frustrations, etc.

• Iowa School Counselor Association
  

https://www.facebook.com/groups/138331359536393/?ref=br_rs

Open Group

This group was created for professional school counselors to network. All school counselors are invited to join!

• Wisconsin School Counselors Sharing Page
  

https://www.facebook.com/groups/229535407192687/?ref=br_rs

Closed Group

A place for School Counselors to share, support and offer ideas to help others.

• NYSSCA - New York State School Counselor Association
  

https://www.facebook.com/groups/229535407192687/?ref=br_rs#!/groups/33718934183/

Open Group

NYSSCA is the chartered state chapter of the American School Counselor Association, ASCA. The Mission of the New York State School Counselor Association is to promote excellence in the profession of school counseling in order to enhance the development of all students. We are the primary advocate for School Counselors throughout New York.

• SCoT (School Counselors of Tomorrow)
  

https://www.facebook.com/groups/21996257433/?ref=br_rs

Open Group

We are a graduate student organization based out of the Rossier School of Education and part of the Trojan Family. The core of our members are in the process of becoming school counselors; learning from the counselors of today, while preparing to be the counselors of tomorrow.

• CASC, The California Association of School Counselors
  

https://www.facebook.com/groups/370022601375/?ref=br_rs

Open Group

A Division of the American School Counseling Association, The California Association of School Counselors, Inc. is a professional organization, which provides leadership and advocacy for the profession of school counseling in California.

• Montana School Counselor Association
  

https://www.facebook.com/groups/214146695278105/?ref=br_rs

Closed Group

• Texas School Counselor Association (TSCA)
  

https://www.facebook.com/groups/TXSCA/?ref=br_rs

Closed Group

www.txca.org/tca/TSCA_Home.asp This group is designed to bring together School Counselors from across the State of Texas and region to increase resources for working with students inside and outside of schools.

• Kansas School Counselor Association
  

https://www.facebook.com/groups/178314738237/

Open Group

The Kansas School Counselor Association (KSCA) is a division of the Kansas Counseling Association (KCA). The purpose of the KSCA association is to support KCA and the American School Counselor Association (ASCA), and to support and enhance excellence in professional school counseling at ALL educational levels in the state of Kansas. All students deserve a school counselor. In order to help with the endeavor of advocating for students and school counselors, KSCA offers professional networking opportunities with other school counselors, conference information to expand knowledge in helping students, newsletters, and resources to promote the implementation of the Kansas Comprehensive School Counseling Program, advancing and insuring quality academic, career, and personal-social development for all students by Professional School Counselors.

• School Counselors of Northern Michigan
  

https://www.facebook.com/groups/153847871450258/

Open Group

• Southeast Missouri School Counselor Association
  

https://www.facebook.com/groups/255336277834191/?ref=br_rs

Closed Group

The official facebook page for Southeast Missouri School Counselors!

• Bilingual Counselors, Social Workers, Therapist, Psychologist.....
  

https://www.facebook.com/groups/539158152858166/

Closed Group

This a bilingual page for school counselors, counselors, social workers, therapist, psychologists, and any other mental health professional that may be bilingual and interested in joining a group where we can share ideas, tips, comments, bilingual resources, and sometimes even vent!

• Florida School Counselors
  

https://www.facebook.com/groups/112806178884272/?ref=br_rs

Closed Group

School Counseling is a special branch of the helping profession and has its own unique challenges.