Counselor Connection
Collaboration is essential for school counselors. This mini-blog is for my counselor colleagues to share ideas, lessons and inspiration
I recently saw a photo of a bulletin board posted on a school counseling Facebook Group by Bethany Rogers Lang. It was exactly what I'd been searching for to help explain to my students that all mean behavior is not "bullying". Recently I've noticed that the "B" word (bullying) is way overused by students, parents, teachers, school counselors and by the media. Most reports of "bullying" that I receive from students is in fact, not bullying! Typically, they are conflicts involving both parties making not-so-nice choices. Sometimes they are just mean or rude behaviors that happened once or twice - but definitely not bullying. After seeing Bethany's bulletin board I was inspired to create a handout for students and parents that outlines specifically what all of these behaviors are. The handout is below. Feel free to use, but please be sure to give me a little credit. (I was up until midnight on a Sunday night after-all) And here is the inspiration behind my brochure. Thank you Bethany Rogers Lang for sharing!
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I follow several groups on Facebook for School Counselors. Recently someone posted asking if anyone has created a video that introduces the role of the Professional School Counselor. I did a little search on YouTube and found a few that I feel explain our role. Depending on your audience (students or adults) these videos could be very helpful in explaining what a Comprehensive School Counseling Program is! New College and Career Readiness Kit with Career Activities for School Counselors and Teachers, by Career Guidance Leader Career Key. I'm excited to check this out this fall with my students! Looks like great resources for School Counselors!
Read more: http://www.digitaljournal.com/pr/2008751#ixzz35c3XVQma At the Arizona School Counselor's Association Annual Conference I met a representative from these two organizations and was impressed with the wealth of information available on their sites for parents. The information is not only about parenting, but also about marriages and how to spend quality time with your children. One of my favorite parts of the iMOM website was this page that had conversation starters for families. I often do activities like this when I am working with our students. It is a great way for me to get to know more about them and a great way for them to get to know one another.This site is a great resource for your families but also for YOU as a School Counselor!
A colleague shared this site and these Bullying Videos with me today. I thought this could be useful to other School Counselors! Enjoy! I had the privileged of speaking with School Counseling Graduate Students last night via phone conference from Arkansas! They had many fantastic questions for me and I couldn't be happier to answer each and every one! Anything I can do to support fellow school counselors (and future school counselors) makes me feel honored! I had many questions about how I manage my time and how I set boundaries as far as my role as a Professional School Counselor . First of all...if you refer to yourself, or your school refers to you as a Guidance Counselor...STOP IT! We are not your grandma's guidance counselor! :) Our profession has changed drastically in the last 10 years with the advent of the ASCA National Model. If your job description is the same as it was in 1995, it is time for an update! One of the best ways to educate others about your role is by providing them with knowledge. Take time at the beginning of the year to inform your staff and admin about the role of a Professional School Counselor. There are many great resources on the American School Counselor's Association Website to aid you with that. Annually, at the beginning of the year, I provide my teachers with a Counseling Folder and arm it with information that they need to know about me, my role and my program. Teachers who have worked with me for many years have a pretty solid understanding of my role at our school, however, we have new teachers each year who come from schools with no school counselor or a counselor still operating in 1995 (at no fault of their own!). Below are a few attachments of documents that I share with them during the first week of school. Feel free to take these and make them your own or email me if you have any questions!
I was asked to present to a group of 9th grade students on bullying and body image! I had so much fun putting this together and the students seemed to really enjoy it so I thought I'd share! The videos in this are my FAVORITE! A shout out to Julia V. Taylor for always inspiring me! I want to be like her when I grow up! I had so much fun presenting at the AzSCA Conference today! Our Technology Smackdown was fantastic! As promised I am sharing the contact information of Kay Schreiber. She can help any Arizona counselor access a username and password to AzCIS. Kay Schreiber College and Career Ready Coordinator State School Counselors Supervisor (602) 542-5353 [email protected]v I am excited to be presenting at the annual AzSCA Annual Conference! This is such a great Professional Development opportunity for Arizona counselors. I sincerely hope that you are a member of your own state organization and attend your state's annual conference. Below are the handouts from my two sessions! Enjoy!
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AuthorProfessional School Counselor since 2004. National Award winner just trying to make an impact on our profession. Archives
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