Category: Colleague Sharing

How to be a Tech Savvy School Counselor

Here is my presentation and links to the different tech tools that will help you to be a tech-savvy school counselor. For Notetaking/ Inspiration and Ideas/Lesson Planning: •  Evernote–   •  PollEverywhere    •  Livebinders    •  Pinterest  https://www.pinterest.com/ •  Dropbox   For Presentations and Newsletter: •  Emaze–   •  Prezi •  HaikuDeck –   •  Powtoon–   •  YouTube       YouTube Downloader–

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Guest Post~ The Size of the Problem lesson

My friend, Kylie, wrote a blog post for me about the Size of the Problem.  Aimed to help middle school boys with coping skills and understanding the cause and effect relationship of behaviors and reactions, this is a really helpful lesson for ALL students.  I hope you check out her

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Getting Out Of Your Space

When I was in grad school I had a professor who told us about the “Better. Better. Great.” philosophy.  It really struck a chord with me way back when and 20+ years later, I still follow its principles.Better. Better. Great. means that each day we should simply try to pick

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Helping Kids Grow their Self Esteem: The JNP Project

While searching for Kindness Activities, I fell upon the JNP Project.  I really liked what I saw.  Then a little while later I saw they were connected to the School Counselor groups on Facebook.   I asked  Dona Rudderow Sturn, who leads the group if she would be willing to talk to

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Just sharing an inspiring video

I love when people share news clippings, videos, quotes, and other tidbits to make the day brighter.  Today my principal emailed our faculty this video.  It’s great and I felt the need to share it with you. This video is perfect, as we have been working in Lunch Bunch about

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Your State and National Organizations Need You!

Last week I saw this campaign on Jeff Ream’s, The Counseling Geek, website.  I thought it was a great ideas, so I asked him if I could share it here.  He agreed, so here it is! Thousands of Professional School Counselors around the country are missing out on opportunities to

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Borrowed Lessons: Identity~A Lesson On Self-Esteem

Our newest Lesson Leader is Michelle Pownall, a school counselor at Gyeonggi Suwon International School, an elementary/middle school in Suwon, South Korea.  I met Michelle a little over a year ago through blogging and facebook.  While she is many, many miles away, she has become a great friend.  Michelle is sharing

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Borrowed Lessons: A Bad Case Of The Tattle Tongue

Our newest Lesson Leader is Kelly Johnson, who writes the What’s Happening in Counselor Johnson’s Office Blog.  Kelli is an elementary school counselor, but she has a great lesson to share with us about Tattling.  I find that my 5th and 6th graders still really love picture books, and a

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