The college-search plan you make in August isn't always the one that fits your November. New episode on a junior-year plan you can actually keep.
Made-up example. Copperlark College Advising is a fictional education consulting practice; every detail is invented example content. Source Desk adds no admissions, testing or education advice of its own.
Education consultant / SAMPLE WEEK
Sample week: Copperlark College Advising
A made-up college advising practice's sample week: one podcast episode turned into a newsletter, blog excerpt, social posts and a graphics plan.
The source recording
The consultant's own 26-minute podcast episode, "Ep. 41: A junior-year college-search plan you can actually keep." Nothing else from the consultant.
Most college-search plans don't stall because families aren't trying. They stall because the plan was built for a quiet month, not a school year full of practices, projects and exams.
ILLUSTRATIVE QUOTE CARD / Copperlark College Advising
01 / NEWSLETTER
A junior-year plan you can keep
Subject: A junior-year plan you can keep
Preview text: Plus the three-question check-in from this week's episode, and our new Thursday evening family sessions.
Hi friend,
This week's episode was about the year a lot of families tell us feels the most crowded: junior year.
Dana's main point: most college-search plans don't stall because families aren't trying. They stall because the plan was built for a quiet month, not a school year full of practices, projects and exams.
The three questions Dana suggests asking once a month, at the kitchen table:
- What is the one college-search task we're doing this month, and only that one?
- Who owns it: the student, the parent, or both together?
- What do we want to know by the end of the month that we don't know now?
Dana's reminder: this is a starting point to talk through with your own school or independent counselor, since every student's situation is different.
New session times. We've added Thursday evening family sessions. Reply to this email and we'll send the booking link.
Talk soon,
Dana at Copperlark College Advising
For personal advice, talk with your own school or independent counselor.
02 / BLOG EXCERPT
Why junior-year college plans stall (and a simpler way to keep one)
In Ep. 41, Dana talks about the gap between the big plan a family makes in August and the busy school year they actually have by November.
The episode ends with three quick questions for a once-a-month check-in. They take about ten minutes, and they work whether a family is just starting to look at schools or already has a long list.
03 / SOCIAL POSTS
Four ways to keep the conversation going.
04 / GRAPHICS (GROWTH + GRAPHICS)
The same week, as branded graphics.
On the Growth + Graphics, the same episode also becomes 3-5 graphics a week in your colors: quote cards, a carousel and a blog header.
- An episode card with the title and the consultant's own photo
- A "three questions" carousel, one question per slide
- A session-times card using only the times the practice confirms
Made-up example. Copperlark College Advising is a fictional education consulting practice; every detail is invented example content. Source Desk adds no admissions, testing or education advice of its own.
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