In case you missed it, I thought I was doing something sweet for PT conference days by putting this flyer in everyone’s mailbox. Needless to say, some people loved it, and others, well, were BOTHERED by it. In fact they disliked it so much that they complained to administration. Needless to say,
Data. Data. Data. We are all concerned about gathering data, utilizing data, and making improvements to our program based on data. I have gathered data over the years I worked in high school. I can tell you how many students have gone to college, our average SAT verbal score and
Lisa, Carli, and I can wait to meet everyone! This will be my first ASCA conference and I am so excited! I am really looking forward to all the professional development opportunites. I really want to experience it all.Who’s going to ASCA? It’s not too early to start making plans
Yesterday and today are Parent Teacher Conferences. Some teachers can dread the extra long days (and nights), but I welcome the opportunity to share with families what I do and how I can help.I have my videos ready, but I also have my brochures. I know when I attend meetings,
It’s just about time for the holidays! As counselors, our work extends beyond the classroom walls. I know many of us put together a holiday help program for families in need of a little extra assistance. I have mentioned that I put together a Giving Tree Program, and a lot of
In case you aren’t a New Yorker, or perhaps you are but weren’t able to attend this year’s conference, here are some of the highlights from this weekend. First, let me me say I was wowed by a fantastic performance of “Don’t Laugh At Me” by Peter Yarrow. He opened
In a recent post, I had a link to a webinar about the Bully, The Bullied, and The Not So Innocent Bystander. I thought it would be a great webinar to help with professional development and allow fellow counselors and other readers of this blog the opportunity to have a
Thanks to Tabitha Panariso and her blog, Scrapbook of a School Counselor, I have decided to try to show you a glimpse into my day. I may be a little slow in posting this, but this is a peek of my world last week. 1. My desk. A tad
https://www4.gotomeeting.com/register/612341935 Just thought I’d share with you information about this upcoming webinar. I have this book, and thought I would use it have a book group with kids. Needless to say when I saw this in my email this morning, I was excited. (Free is also the key word.)
Our mental health team is working hard to put together a crisis response program. As part of this, we have decided to all get trained to administer the COLUMBIA-SUICIDE SEVERITY RATING SCALE (C-SSRS). I was amazed at how much I learned in one 30 minute web-training. The nice part is that it’s
I am reprinting this from my friend Kevin Kelly. He wrote this for his blog, School Psychologist Waypost, and I thought it was an awesome write up, so I asked Kevin if I could post this to my blog and he said, “sure”, so here it is. New to Twitter? A social media tool
If you read this post, I talked about how to decorate your school office on a dime. Now that your room is put together, you need to fill it with resources that you can use. Here is a list of 10 no-cost to low cost ideas for getting great resources
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