A new year is quickly approaching! With all of the fun and excitement comes drama and bullying. You know the: he did this, she said that they wouldn’t sit with me at lunch. Although some of these things are almost tattling, there are scenarios where kids are truly being bullied.
Do you have students struggling with kindness or working together with their peers? Earlier this year, I had a teacher ask if here was something I could do with a group of her students who used to be friends, but were now constantly fighting with each other. The stopped being kind
Congratulations! You’ve made it to the interview! If you have made it this far you have caught their attention with your resume and cover letter and now your potential employer wants to learn more about you. At this point, you are halfway to your dream job! The trick now is
One of the things I love most about being a middle school counselor is running groups. I love being able to talk with the kids up close and personal while teaching them skills at the same time. What I have learned over the years, is that some groups (actually for
Wow. My first post was on January 24, 2013. I don’t think I had more than a few page views. Here it is 2 1/2 years later and when I logged on a few minutes ago The Middle School Counselor has had over 1 million visitors. I would have never
It was great fun to present at the National Conference on Girl Bullying in Las Vegas in June. Here is a copy of my presentation.
A little elf I know decided to try to de-stress teachers the week before NYS testing. Here is the result. Watch out, next week I be prepared with some other stress busters!
It’s taken me a few days to respond, but when I went home the other day, the first thing my husband said to me when I got home was, “Did you listen to NPR today? They were talking about Guidance Counselors.”(Of course, before I could respond to his question, I
I noticed today that I now have over 500,000 visits from readers to my blog. Wow! Just wanted to say thanks for visiting, for reading my adventures about being a middle school counselor, and sharing your comments with me. It’s been great! I hope you keep reading and sharing with
Don’t forget to order your long sleeve t shirt or polo shirt! We need to have a few more orders so we can meet the minimum order to have them printed! They support the SCCS 15 Scholarship and they will look great and will remind everyone that School Counselors #ReachHigher
Congrats to my giveaway winners Cassandra Cobb and Lowanda Jamison! I just couldn’t pick one! Congrats and remember to email me with your preferences. themiddleschoolcounselor@gmail.com
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