Counselor Connection
Collaboration is essential for school counselors. This mini-blog is for my counselor colleagues to share ideas, lessons and inspiration
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!
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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!
Transitions are a major part of life! And in the life of an elementary school student transitioning to a new school is a BIG DEAL! After spending time researching best practices in Transitioning and Welcoming new students last year I created a great system for making our new Cougars feel welcome. When students first arrive at our school they are greeted by Student Ambassadors who show them around our school. These Ambassadors are typically 7th or 8th grade National Junior Honor Society students, but could be any student who demonstrates responsibility and leadership. Each quarter I hold a Breakfast with the Counselor for all new students (all students on our campus eat free breakfast in their classrooms daily). I have a survey (posted below) that I give out to the students to get a feel for how they are adapting to our school. I also do some sort of "Get to Know You" activity. This week our new 3rd through 5th graders filled out a Facebook type Introduction Sheet (posted below). I took their pictures and created the bulletin board you see below. I did something similar for our Kinder-2nd graders (see below). Also during our breakfast I give the students a Cougar Bingo card (attached). It is their homework to fill it out and return it to me as a prize. This allows them to get acquainted with the resources available to them at our school. Finally, I created an "Award" that says (Student Name) is an an Official Cougar (attached). I invite our Principal and other Caring Adults from our campus to come to breakfast and introduce themselves to our new students. Through all of this, I hope that our new students feel more connected to our school community. A colleague shared this great resource with me today. I love this page for its variety! There are so many excellent ideas for not only School Counselors, but also for all mental health professionals working with children.
I have received multiple requests for a copy of my Multiple Intelligences Survey that I give to 3rd graders. I created this survey after looking at a variety of examples for older students. It is a part of my 7 Habits for Happy Kids lessons for my counseling program for 3rd graders. You can find all of the lessons downloaded on my Counselor Connection post from April 4, 2013.
Another great resource for Upper Elementary and older students is this Multiple Intelligences online survey. I love these online surveys because the students simply answer a few simple questions and at the end they receive a pie chart showing which Multiple Intelligence they are the strongest in. This is nice because the students see that they actually have each Intelligence; they are just better at some than others. Below is a Power Point and worksheet that I do with students for our Multiple Intelligence lesson using this site. You will want to edit the Power Point before using as it has information that is specific to my school.
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