I believe it is important as a school counselor to help students find their voice. I like to listen to what they have to say. Middle Schoolers are very insightful young people. They still have a sense of fairness and responsibility, yet they still are full of innocence and youth.
Yesterday I told you all about the BYOU magazine (including a chance to win a 1 year subscription). Today I want to show you a lesson idea that I got from reading the magazine. I asked the girls to think about themselves, what they loved, and what makes them who they
I love my Twitter and Facebook Professional Learning Communities. I can’t tell you how fabulous it is to share ideas, get advice and provide support. In January I tried a new venture with my PLC: a lesson plan exchange. We had over 36 counselors come together from all over
When I was in Middle School. I had an enemy. His name was Tony. Tony sat behind me in EVERY class. He called me names, he pulled my hair, he said mean things about me to his friends. I didn’t like him.. . AT ALL!!!I sat next to Tony in
We’ve had a lot of drama over the past few weeks. You can tell it’s March. In like a lion, and out like lamb. The saying is supposed to be about the weather, but really it’s about the amount of drama in the typical middle schooler’s life. When I’m
Check out the sale on February 27th and 28th! My products are all 20% off . Be sure to check out Teachers Pay Teachers. I know there are some products other counselors have in their TpT stores that I will be purchasing during this big sale. It’s a great time to
Even though I am currently working as a middle school counselor, I did spend 15 years as a high school counselor. I still help a lot of students (and parents) with the college search and application process. Over my 15 years, I created this book to help as a first
A lot of people have asked for this BINGO game. When I first posted it last year, I did know that I had mistakes in it: words duplicated on boards, missing emotions for the calling cards, some calling card emotions were listed twice. . .Anyway, I have added more boards,
This is what I had on my bulletin board when the students came into Lunch Bunch today. ( I copied it from this pin on Pinterest.) I know that they have been writing memoirs in ELA and our video project that we having been working on for weeks is
We finished this Lunch Bunch Project just before break, but I have not been able to post until now. We made these these little books for each student. I gave each student an envelope with their name on it and blank note pages inside(I used my Big Shot and a
Today was our first day back from winter break, and I had a roomful of 5th grade boys who ate lunch with me. Since we were off for 2 full weeks, I wanted something fun, easy, and quick to do with my fellas. We started off our meeting by going
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
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