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Need Help Putting Together a Lunch Bunch Program?
Need Help putting together a Lunch Bunch Program? I put together this TpT Lunch Bunch Lesson Planner. It has everything from Lesson Plan templates to a Teacher Survey, Post Group Evaluation Form, Group Rules, Confidentiality Poster, Invites, a Parent Letter, Attendance Tracker, and How-to Tips. Everything is editable, so you
Help Your Child Get Ahead With Enriching Summer Activities–Guest Post
Amanda Kaestner is a writer for the Gannett Company and recently got in touch with me asking if she could write an article for my blog about Summer Programs. Whether you are a parent, a counselor, or a teacher the following has some great info to help students from hitting
Sale on TpT
I’m having a sale on my TpT site. Everything is 20% off until Monday night! This is a special celebration for our new Facebook Group, The School Counselor Store. Hope you join our group and take a look at my store as well as other school counselor stores. Here is
The School Counselor Store
The School Counselor Store is a Facebook Group page for School Counselors to share their resources with colleagues. Have books that you are no longer using or is ther something special that you are looking for but you don’t want to pay full price in a catalog? Maybe you
Borrowed Lessons: That Counselor Couple
I love finding great ideas from other counselors and then sharing with even more counselors. Kayla Marson and her husband Andy have put together a really great resource for counselors. The following post is a guest post by Kayla: Have you ever wished there was a YouTube source that you
Highlights From ASCA: The #reachhigher Initiative
I think ASCA will have a hard time competing for an equally compelling keynote speaker next year. First Lady, Michelle Obama, was articulate, compassionate, inspiring, and influential. Her calling for more school counselors and acknowledging their work as important and necessary for our school youth hit a chord with everyone
Join The Book Club and Study Group for ASCA’s Leadership Training
Summer is a great time to take advantage of professional development opportunities. Reading is perhaps one of the best ways to gain some additional skills and knowledge, but when you combine it with a Book Club and Study Group, the personal growth grows exponentially. One of my summer reads
#ASCA14 Highlights Part One–Building Your PLN Using Social Media
As promised, here is my presentation and our handouts from ASCA. Carli and I really had a great time meeting everyone and sharing our passion about connecting with others. Lisa, unfortunately was unable to go at the last minute, and we truly missed her, but she did make us a
Why did I wait 20 years to go to #ASCA14?
If you keep up with different school counseling blogs, you probably read a lot about the conference. This was my first experience and well worth it. All I keep thinking about is why didn’t I do it earlier? I thought I’d give you my top 10 reasons why
ASCA Bound
I hope to check in with you over the weekend and next week. I have much to tell everyone about the end of our school year which ended yesterday. I did come in to work today to wrap up a few things and clean up my desk. That was at
Last Boys’ Lunch Bunch Project
Today was the boy’s turn to say goodbye and complete their final project. I used the same words on my whiteboard as I used with the girls, but instead of writing descriptive words on initials, we wrote them on picture frames. (Click on the links to see the pictures and
Last (Girls’) Lunch Bunch Of The Year
Bittersweet. That describes my day today. My last lunch bunch of the year. I have seen so much growth in these girls over the past school year. The camaraderie, the teamwork, the support, and the being comfortable in one’s own skin are just a few of the areas of growth
