Ideas and Inspirations for people who work with kids
For the past few years, I have heard about minute meetings. This year I’ve decided to give it a try. So, here is what I have found in my search. WHAT ARE MINUTE MEETINGS? Students meet with a counselor 1:1 in the hallway for a quick check in. Here is what other school counselors have Read More …
I’m humbled (and excited about!!) the many social media requests for seeing samples of Mindset Matters… so here is a peak into the curriculum. (And if you want to order it click here) Click here for the table of contents: table of contents mindset matters *click here* This book has a way of teaching growth mindset Read More …
Mindset Matters (King, 2016) school counseling curriculum is now available! Why am I looking forward to bringing these ideas into the classroom? Because it is a curriculum that is: A NEW FRAMEWORK FOR YOUR YEAR’S WORTH OF LESSONS (some of us like to change it up and have been doing the same things for years. Others 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 …
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 …
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 …