Children learn though play. It’s so basic, that it’s easy to forget when planning classroom lessons. Also, easy to overlook when planning Career Day. This is the year I am branching out to incorporate centers (yup, playing to learn) into my program. My friend and colleague Sharon Lightstone has done Career Centers for about 20 years Read More …
As the weather warms up and kids play outside more (and as we need some good easy to implement lessons)… now is a great time to do a lesson teaching our students some important safety tips. This week I did a lesson in 2nd grade (which can be adapted for K-3) that’s easy to implement Read More …
A few weeks ago, I posted an overview of how we create a Career Day at my school. We have implemented a Career Day program for over 15 years at my school; we add on and tweak every year. But this year we are (drum roll please) ….adding some shiny, brand new innovative twists. Two weeks till go-time and Read More …
January is a great time for counselors. We still have energy from our recharged battery from the holiday break. Typically this is the time of year that you can start putting things on your calendar that will take you through the year. So, if you have thought about doing a Career Day … NOW is Read More …
Hello GA School Counselors and for those of you in Savannah, … WELCOME to the 2015 GSCA Conference. On behalf of Dawn Haskett, Shannon Scepaniak, Rebecca Grindstaff, Allison Toole, Sharon Lightstone, and Lisa King, thanks for your interest in our session. Here is the link to our presentation PPT of some of our programs and ideas that Read More …
Thank you to the Atlanta Public School Counselors for welcoming me to your conference. What an awesome group of professionals you are. And thank you for the positive feedback from our session together. You all should be receiving a copy of my PowerPoint from NASCA next week, and that will contain much of the information Read More …
Most of you have a “go to” way to set up appointments, but since I’ve seen/heard this question recently…. here is the best way I have come up with to see individual referrals. So, for any newbies to the elementary world, or if you want to refresh some of your forms…. enjoy! During my intro Read More …
This blog post will address 2 things: Having a NEW STUDENT lunch bunch for students who are new to your school at the start of your year. Having a WELCOME TEAM to welcome new students all year long. NEW STUDENT lunch bunch At the start of the year, I email teachers to see who is new Read More …
Have you thought about doing a Open House for teachers at your school? Last year my counseling partner and I started a new tradition that we’ll definitely be continuing this year. It’s actually brilliantly simple and I hope you can take some of these attachments and duplicate this type of activity at your school. Here Read More …
Here are some forms to download (or at least know that they live on this page to come back to!) Click on the blue words for those forms: Icebreaker for staff for start of the year: step into the circle Confidentiality Poster: what we say in here (I post this in my office on color Read More …
