School Counselor Blog

As an educator, it can be difficult to juggle all the different aspects of your job and life outside of work. In my latest post for the  Free Spirit Publishing's Blog , Juggling it All ,  I share tips and information on how to juggle it all. What tips and tricks do you have for juggling all the things you have going on in your life as an educator? Please share your comments and ideas in the comment section of my post on the Free Spirit Blog! I started writing for  Free Spirit Publishing's Blog  in April of 2012. Check out the  Counselor's Corner  for more Free Spirit Publishing Blog Posts by me! 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 Sch...

The next School Counselor Tweet Chat is on  Tuesday, October 1, 2013  at 8pm EST. The topic of the chat this month is  Bully Prevention Month Ideas: K-12   moderated by Dr. Susan Fuller ( @EElementarySC‎ ), elementary school counselor and author of the  Entirely Elementary School Counseling  blog. We will be chatting about ideas and resources to celebrate Bullying Prevention month at all levels, K-12. I strongly encourage those new to twitter to come and join us and participate! Even if you just watch and read the tweets you will learn so much! I archive each chat so that even if you aren't available to participate live you can read the chat later. We look forward to tweeting with you! The November #SCCHAT will be held on November 5, 2013 at 8pmEST. The topic is  Lesson Plan Creation and Implementation  and will be moderated by Chris Wood ( @ChrisWood415 ), high school counselor form Iowa. We will be chatting about ideas and resources f...

I was feeling the need to decorate the outside glass of the counseling suite area at my school. I wanted to make it very obvious where the school counselors are located and how we can support students. I have been thinking about this for awhile and then I remembered what a wise school counselor, Andrea Burston told me, "you don't have to reinvent the wheel." I tend to forget that just because I did something in my previous school doesn't mean I can't do it again! I have to remind myself constantly that the students I work with now don't know what I did before so it will be all new to them! So, I got the idea to decorate the large glass windows on the outside of the counseling suite area by revamping one of my favorite bulletin boards that I created in the past, my Feeling PUZZLED? bulletin board . With TONS of help from my co-counselor's intern, Jen, I revamped my Feeling Puzzled? board to make it fit the large window space.  (If you have been fol...

In my latest post for the  Free Spirit Publishing's Blog , Thriving in the Middle  I share tips for parents and educators to make students' transition from elementary school to middle school smoother. What tips do you have for helping students make the transition from elementary to middle school? Please share your comments and ideas in the comment section of my post on the Free Spirit Blog! I started writing for  Free Spirit Publishing's Blog  in April of 2012. Check out the  Counselor's Corner  for more Free Spirit Publishing Blog Posts by me! 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 b...

There is a lot of great discussion happening on the  School Counselor Blog Facebook Page . Bi-weekly I will share some of the most popular posts and fan questions from the  School Counselor Blog Facebook Page . Check out the questions below and then visit the links to read comments, suggestions, and ideas from other school counselors! Questions from August 25th - September 7th School Counselor and School Social Worker Collaboration  Bambi is a social worker who will be starting in a health center in a school. She wants to know how school counselors and social workers can work together to meet the needs of students. She also wants to know ways social workers and school counselors can build rapport with each other. Click her to read the comments . Educator Discounts Where is your favorite place to get an educator discount? Share the place, the discount, and what you LOVE to get there! Click here to read the comments. Treats and Trinkets to Celebrate t...

Our September #SCCHAT was held on Tuesday, September 3, 2013 at 8pm EST. The topic of the chat this month was  Making the Most of Your School Counseling Internship   moderated by Carli Segal ( @carlicounsels ) author of  Carli Counsels blog . We had great conversations about school counseling internships. Current school counselors and graduate students shared tips and ideas about how to make the most of your school counseling internship. You can view the transcript below or to read the  full transcript in a separate browser . [ View the story "September #SCCHAT - Making the Most of Your School Counseling Internship" on Storify ] The October #SCCHAT will be held on October 1, 2013 at 8pmEST. The topic is  Bully Prevention Month Ideas: K-12  and will be moderated by Dr. Susan Fuller ( @EElementarySC‎ ), elementary school counselor and author of the  Entirely Elementary School Counseling  blog. We will be chatting about ideas ...

To celebrate the new school year I wanted to give teachers and staff a small sweet treat! I was racking my brain and even consulted with Andrea from JYJ Counselor about ideas. She reminded me that I didn't have to reinvent the wheel that I could repurpose one of my other ideas. I originally was going to make a different version of my 3 Musketeers printable , but wanted to create something that I could give to ALL staff. So, I decided to revamp my Magnificent and Marvelous School Counselor  printable and create a Magnificent and Marvelous new school year printable ! I used Microsoft PowerPoint to create my printable. I created a new slideshow and wrote the message:  Wishing you a  Magnificent and Marvelous  new school year! On the inside I personalized it for my school, but I created a generic message that you could sign your name to that states:  I am excited to provide services to support the  academic success, personal/social well-being,...