School Counselor Blog

The next School Counselor Tweet Chat is Tuesday, May 1, 2012 at 8pmEST! The topic of School Counselor Tweet Chat this month is  Basics of Legislative Advocacy . Dr. Erin Mason ( @ecmmason ) will be our moderator for the #scchat! Join us as we learn ways to advocate for our profession on a legislative level. If you can't make it Tuesday, we are having a BONUS SCHOOL COUNSELOR TWEET CHAT on Saturday, May 5th at 1:00pmEST! We are doing a live chat with the Rhode Island School Counselor Association about Setting Realistic and Measurable Goals. For directions on how to participate in a  School Counselor Tweet Chat ,  click here . Join  School Counselor Blog  and  SCOPE  for  #scchat  the first Tuesday of the month @ 8pmEST!  View the  School Counselor Tweet Chat schedule  for dates and topics! Click here  for a list of past School Counselor Tweet Chats and full transcripts. If you are interested ...

My students and I have been loving the partnership I formed with our county career and technology center! In the past four weeks we have benefitted from a tour of the career and technical school for 5th grade students and guest speakers for Career Café sessions! Students from the culinary arts program, cosmetology program, and veterinary assistant program have visited our school for  Career Café  sessions with my 5th though 8th grade students. Not only are my students learning about careers that match their interests, but they are learning about the career and technical school and the programs they have to offer!  I am hoping that this early exposure will ignite students' interest and help them see the connection between elementary/middle school and their high school opportunities. Our  Career Café  speaker today was a senior in the veterinary assistant program. She brought along Wally, a resident cat in the program. The students absolutely loved that the...

I have a new post on  Free Spirit Publishing's Blog  today!  Check out my post about self-care for helping professionals:  It's Ok to Hold All the Frogs ! I started blogging for  Free Spirit Publishing's Blog  in April of 2012! I love  Free Spirit's books  and I am so excited to contribute to  Free Spirit's Blog , "a springboard of ideas for teachers, counselors, and anyone who cares about kids!" Comment below,  tweet ,  contact Danielle , or share on the  School Counselor Blog Facebook Page ! Danielle is a K-12 Certified School Counselor, Nationally Certified Counselor, and blogger at  School Counselor Blog , a place where school counselors share innovative ideas,  creative lesson plans,  and quality resources. Connect with Danielle via  email ,  Twitter , Pinterest ,  LinkedIn ,  Google+ , and become a fan of the  School Counselor Blog Facebook Page .

This past Tuesday I took my 5th grade students to our local career and technical school for a tour. I have created a great partnership with two of the school counselors at the career and technical school. They have been amazing and instrumental in helping me set up a tour for 5th grade and providing speakers for Career Cafe sessions (more about that soon)! My students and I have been looking forward to this trip to the career and technical school for months! In preparation for our trip I was trying to think of ways I could get some bonus career time with my students on the bus. I thought it would be fun for them to try to look for careers out their windows on the bus. I came up with a a simple Career Scavenger Hunt for students to complete on the way to and from the career an technical school. The kids LOVED it! The teachers loved it too because the students had EXCELLENT bus behavior! It was so rewarding to see them so engaged and excited about looking for careers out their b...

I recently started blogging for Free Spirit Publishing's Blog ! I love Free Spirit's books and I am so excited to contribute to Free Spirit's Blog , "a springboard of ideas for teachers, counselors, and anyone who cares about kids!" Check out my post that went live today: A Bully Called Buttercup ! Comment below,  tweet ,  contact Danielle , or share on the  School Counselor Blog Facebook Page ! Danielle is a K-12 Certified School Counselor, Nationally Certified Counselor, and blogger at  School Counselor Blog , a place where school counselors share innovative ideas,  creative lesson plans,  and quality resources. Connect with Danielle via  email ,  Twitter , Pinterest ,  LinkedIn ,  Google+ , and become a fan of the  School Counselor Blog Facebook Page .

April's #SCCHAT was held on April 3, 2012 at 8pmEST. We chatted about Effective Professional Development for Professional School Counselors .   There was so much energy around this month's #scchat topic! We chatted over an hour! School Counselors shared information about professional development topics they find import and how to advocate for relevant professional development! Check out the full chat transcript!  Note: In the tweet chat we used PD to stand for Professional Development and PSC to stand for Professional School Counselor (this helped us save valuable characters!) To access all of the tweets with the hashtag #scchat,  click here . The next School Counselor Tweet Chat is on Tuesday, May 1, 2012 at 8pmEST. Dr. Erin Mason  ( @ecmmason ) will be moderating the chat about Basics of Legislative Advocacy ! We will also be hosting a BONUS #SCCHAT on Saturday, May 5, 2012 at 11:30amEST. We will be hosting this live chat during the Rhode Isla...