How to build relationships with teachers as a school counselor. Check out these four tips on building teacher relationships by being visible, educating gently, taking things off of their plate, and communicating.
Read MoreAt the beginning of the school year, it is essential that school counselors form their caseload. Read for easy to implement ideas on how to make sure no student slips through the cracks when forming your counseling caseload.
Read MoreTips for creating a behavior plan in a pinch! Learn how to easily create a behavior plan, behavior schedule, and a behavior chart in under 10 minutes. School counselors and behavior therapists will find these easy to implement behavior intervention resources helpful.
Read MoreTake a tour of my school counseling office to get inspiration for bulletin boards, a calm down corner, and a small group space!
Read MoreCheck out these tips for planning a perfect meet the counselor lesson. Introducing your role as the school counselor to students is so important. Learn implementation strategies and lesson ideas inlcuding an escape room and game show in this helpful blog post!
Read MoreFind 8 ways to increase student motivation through goal setting in an elementary classroom. Students will be able to set behavior and academic goals, plan how to achieve them, and learn how to go deeper with goal setting in small groups.
Read MoreShould school counselors do student observations? By going into the classroom and observing a student counselors can see how they are interacting socially, how they are managing their emotions, and how their behavior impacts their learning. Find out the benefits, disadvatanges, and more in this blog post about student observations and school counselors.
Read More5 Things You Should Know About Your Student's Stress. Learn how you can best support your students with stress and anxiety with these 5 tips and ideas for stress and anxiety coping strategies.
Read MoreCharacter education activities for elementary and middle school. Bring the whole school together with these 4 quick and easy character education activities inlcuding a flashmob, photo booth, fun run, and banner pledge.
Read MoreLets face it as School Counselors we are super busy! These five school counseling tips will help you set up your counseling program to be more efficient and effective through building relationships, tracking data, scheduling, organizing, and preparing.
Read MoreThese quick ideas will help your elementary school students better understand the size of their problems. Helping students identify the size of their problems and how to determine appropriate reaction sizes is one of my favorite things to do as an elementary school counselor.
Read MorePlan a relational aggression small group for elementary girls with these tips. This blog post for elementary school counselors shares who should be in your group, suggested activities, and resources for identifying, self-reflecting, and cooperating to prevent relational aggression and girl bullying. It also covers data collection and how to take preventative measures.
Read MoreEffective time management is key to a successful school counseling program. Make more time for helping students by staying organized with these school counseling tips. Implement these systems to effectively manage your time so you can best meet students needs.
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