Use this list of free resources to use as social emotional learning activities to help you work with kids and young adults. As a special educator for 10 years, I can say without a doubt that we need more social emotional learning supports for kids and young adults. Some of my best days in the classr
These 3 tips will help you feel more confident and prepared for your classroom counseling lessons.
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Google Docs for School Counselor Organization As a school counselor, I love using Google Docs to help organize my work life. Last year, as a new school counselor, I began creating docs to organize my schedule, small groups, goals, and more! I referred to the docs often throughout the school year and am thrilled to be able to use them again this year. The best thing about Google Docs is that you can easily make a copy and then tweak them for the following school year. In this post, I will share 6 Google Docs that you can tweak for your own use. How to Use Shared Docs All of the docs below are Shared Docs. Customize them to meet your needs by following these steps: 1) Open the doc by clicking on the image below 2) Click on "Make a Copy" 3) Rename your doc 4) Customize! Classroom Counseling Sign-Up Form Do you schedule monthly lessons with your teachers? The doc below will help you gather quick info to make scheduling a breeze. Before sending this doc to teachers, I type their names on the left side of the doc and color code them by grade level. Then, I share the doc with my staff and ask them to type in their two preferred days and times for me to do my classroom counseling lessons. This form helps SO much with scheduling because I can almost always choose a preferred time for each teacher. Classroom Counseling Schedule Once teachers have chosen their preferred days/times, I schedule classroom lessons for the first semester. On average, I see each classroom once a month. Scheduling lessons for an entire semester allows me to get everything written down in my planner well in advance. Then, I can plan individual check-ins, small groups, and meetings around the classroom lessons. This form is organized the same way as the sign-up form. If you want to create a page for the second semester, simply copy and paste the chart onto the next page. Character Traits Plan Last year, I based my monthly classroom lessons on character traits. This next doc was a lifesaver! On the first page of the doc, I made a chart for all of the traits I planned on teaching about in my classroom lessons. Throughout the school year, when I thought of a great idea, I added them to the chart as a way to collect my ideas. The second page of the doc is where the magic happened. For each character trait, I made a chart of how I planned on teaching the topic in every grade level. This was very helpful because I was able to see how my lessons built upon each other and got more complex in each grade level! Small Group Schedule and Lesson Plans Up next is a doc that I made for scheduling and planning my small groups. The first page of the doc shows you how I organized my small groups. I made a page like this for every grade level. Whenever I went to pick up students for a small group, I took this page with me so I would not forget anyone! I also made a copy of this page for each classroom teacher to give them easy access to the dates, times, and students in their grade level's small groups. I used the second page of the doc to create lesson plans for each small group. At the top of the doc, I wrote measurable goals for the group. On the right side, I typed in each student's name and used an "X" to keep track of their attendance at each group session. The rest of the doc was used for lesson planning. Since I used this as a digital doc, I could easily move items around in my lesson plan if I did not get to them each week. Yearly Counseling Tasks Do you have trouble remember what tasks you need to complete each month? Me too. I made the next doc to help me remember my reoccurring monthly tasks. For example, every August, I will need to prepare my new student folders. In September, I will need to organize my bullying awareness lessons. In October, I will need to plan for Red Ribbon Week. And so on :) Last school year, I used this doc to list each monthly task and then used the strikethrough feature when the task was complete. At the end of the school year, I turned all of the text back to normal and will re-use this form again this school year! Counseling Goals The last doc I am sharing today is my counseling goals doc. At the beginning of the school year, I came up with several long term and short term goals. The long term goals are my "bucket list" items (ex: getting a therapy dog)!! The short term goals are items I planned on accomplishing during the school year. I shared this doc with my administrator so he could see what goals I was working on. Follow the directions on the doc to learn how to turn checkboxes into checkmarks to keep track of your goals! I hope you found all of these docs helpful! Leave a comment with your favorite docs or tell me about what kind of docs you would love me to create. I would be happy to share more docs in the future! Stay Organized this School Year Looking for more ways to stay organized this school year? I love helping other counselors with organization! Check out some of my favorite resources below. Everything you need to document your sessions and stay organized! -Intake & Progress Notes Forms -Check In Form -Student Schedule Form -Small Group Lesson Template -Counseling Referral Forms -Phone Call Log -Meeting Notes & Notes Page -Weekly To Do List -And more! My School Counselor Planner is a practical, ink-saving weekly planner for documenting sessions, lessons, meetings, and more! Each two-page spread contains a weekly view for you to document your daily events. The day is divided into 15 minute intervals (7:00-4:00) with additional space to record events before and after school. My planner has free yearly updates! Interested in the documentation pack AND the planner? Check out my BUNDLE to save $$$. If you love using Google Drive to keep you organized, check out the resource above. It contains 70 Google Slides files to help you organize your school year! If you are new to my blog, please take a moment to follow me for more school counselor organization tips and creative lesson ideas!
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Coffee with the Counselors was born out of a need to nuture the partnership with parents. Whether it's working with a supportive administrator, partnering with your librarian, reaching out to community members, or getting teacher buy-in, each aspect of the community that surrounds school counselors is important and valuable. The partnership with parents is no exception.
Building relationships is a key part of school counseling. Not only is it important to build relationships with the students we serve, but also with the classroom teachers. Involving teachers in school counseling can increase carry over of the skills our students learn and help them reach their goal
This article houses my complete School Counseling Lessons with yearly outline and examples along the way! Believe me.... you don't want to miss out!
When I first started as a school counselor, I had no experience teaching. Zero. I didn’t even have internship experience because most of my internships had been in school-based therapy positions and one I did while actually employed in my first position. Delivering classroom lessons was TERRIFYING and overwhelming. I saw so much value in […]
These beautifully designed wall art will help you create a safe & cosy space whether you’re a therapist, counselor, or psychologist. Prints are available in PDF and JPG file IMPORTANT: - No refunds once a digital file has been sent out. - These files can be printed for your personal use only. - Sharing of digital files is strictly prohibited. - Reselling of digital files and print is not allowed. - Note that colors may vary depending on monitor calibrations, your printer settings and the type of inks used.
Welcome to my elementary school counseling office tour! Tips and tricks for how you can make your office fun and functional!
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Listen as Lauren and Vira, two high school counselors, share exactly what using an advisory council has done for their school counseling program and why the advisory council was the FIRST THING they implemented before they made any other big changes in their department or school.
This product, by Counselor Clique, is a School Counselor Beginning of the Year Presentation. This is a Beginning of the Year School Counseling Presentation is intended for school counselors to present to teachers and administrators as everyone heads back to school, at the beginning of a semester, or simply anytime your staff needs a refresher. This presentation will educate all of your stakeholders on what elementary school counselors, middle school counselors, and high school counselors do every day. The School Counselor Beginning of the Year Presentation has customizable sections for your school counseling department/school (see below). This presentation was created for school counselors to educate teachers and administration about what a school counselor does with the ASCA National Model in mind! What Parts Are Editable? Add in a picture of yourself or your department Add a description of the people in your department Add in some data from the end of last school year Add in some results from an end-of-year department survey This resource comes on Google Slides but can be downloaded by the buyer into PowerPoint, image, or PDF format by going to File > Download > and choosing an alternate file type. **This resource is included as a downloadable bonus inside my high school counseling membership, the Clique Collaborative.** How Can I Use This? round-robin sessions with teachers counselor and admin department meeting together first faculty meeting send out in a teacher newsletter National School Counseling Week to advocate for your profession Is This Aligned with the ASCA National Model in mind? YES! My school is a RAMP school, and we firmly believe in the ASCA National Model. I have personally used this presentation in all of the suggested ways listed above. If I Like This Resource, What Else Should I Check Out? Stop by my Bulletin Board Bundle to ready your bulletin boards for the year or get the School Counseling Technology Bundle to improve your use of technology-specific to your school counseling program! Check out my other digital resources that will make your school counseling life easier! What If I Have a Question? Email me, and I'd love to answer any questions you have! How do I stay updated on new products, sales, and freebies? Join my EMAIL LIST to get more tips, freebies, and resource updates! **Follow Me** by clicking the green star by my store name. This is the best way to keep up with what’s happening at Counselor Clique on Teachers Pay Teachers! Rate for Free TpT! Come back and rate your purchase to earn FREE TpT credits to spend in any TpT store! How Should I Follow Counselor Clique on Other Platforms? Check out my blog, podcast, Pinterest, Facebook, and Instagram. Terms: Copyright © Counselor Clique (Lauren Tingle). All rights are reserved by author. Your purchase is for one school only. Please purchase multiple user licenses if you plan to use in different settings; these are available at a discounted rate. Clip art and other elements in this product are copyrighted and cannot be used without a license.
The A to Z of Coping Skills display poster for you to use to talk about coping strategies and worksheet for children to come up with their own strategies.
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Google Docs for School Counselor Organization As a school counselor, I love using Google Docs to help organize my work life. Last year, as a new school counselor, I began creating docs to organize my schedule, small groups, goals, and more! I referred to the docs often throughout the school year and am thrilled to be able to use them again this year. The best thing about Google Docs is that you can easily make a copy and then tweak them for the following school year. In this post, I will share 6 Google Docs that you can tweak for your own use. How to Use Shared Docs All of the docs below are Shared Docs. Customize them to meet your needs by following these steps: 1) Open the doc by clicking on the image below 2) Click on "Make a Copy" 3) Rename your doc 4) Customize! Classroom Counseling Sign-Up Form Do you schedule monthly lessons with your teachers? The doc below will help you gather quick info to make scheduling a breeze. Before sending this doc to teachers, I type their names on the left side of the doc and color code them by grade level. Then, I share the doc with my staff and ask them to type in their two preferred days and times for me to do my classroom counseling lessons. This form helps SO much with scheduling because I can almost always choose a preferred time for each teacher. Classroom Counseling Schedule Once teachers have chosen their preferred days/times, I schedule classroom lessons for the first semester. On average, I see each classroom once a month. Scheduling lessons for an entire semester allows me to get everything written down in my planner well in advance. Then, I can plan individual check-ins, small groups, and meetings around the classroom lessons. This form is organized the same way as the sign-up form. If you want to create a page for the second semester, simply copy and paste the chart onto the next page. Character Traits Plan Last year, I based my monthly classroom lessons on character traits. This next doc was a lifesaver! On the first page of the doc, I made a chart for all of the traits I planned on teaching about in my classroom lessons. Throughout the school year, when I thought of a great idea, I added them to the chart as a way to collect my ideas. The second page of the doc is where the magic happened. For each character trait, I made a chart of how I planned on teaching the topic in every grade level. This was very helpful because I was able to see how my lessons built upon each other and got more complex in each grade level! Small Group Schedule and Lesson Plans Up next is a doc that I made for scheduling and planning my small groups. The first page of the doc shows you how I organized my small groups. I made a page like this for every grade level. Whenever I went to pick up students for a small group, I took this page with me so I would not forget anyone! I also made a copy of this page for each classroom teacher to give them easy access to the dates, times, and students in their grade level's small groups. I used the second page of the doc to create lesson plans for each small group. At the top of the doc, I wrote measurable goals for the group. On the right side, I typed in each student's name and used an "X" to keep track of their attendance at each group session. The rest of the doc was used for lesson planning. Since I used this as a digital doc, I could easily move items around in my lesson plan if I did not get to them each week. Yearly Counseling Tasks Do you have trouble remember what tasks you need to complete each month? Me too. I made the next doc to help me remember my reoccurring monthly tasks. For example, every August, I will need to prepare my new student folders. In September, I will need to organize my bullying awareness lessons. In October, I will need to plan for Red Ribbon Week. And so on :) Last school year, I used this doc to list each monthly task and then used the strikethrough feature when the task was complete. At the end of the school year, I turned all of the text back to normal and will re-use this form again this school year! Counseling Goals The last doc I am sharing today is my counseling goals doc. At the beginning of the school year, I came up with several long term and short term goals. The long term goals are my "bucket list" items (ex: getting a therapy dog)!! The short term goals are items I planned on accomplishing during the school year. I shared this doc with my administrator so he could see what goals I was working on. Follow the directions on the doc to learn how to turn checkboxes into checkmarks to keep track of your goals! I hope you found all of these docs helpful! Leave a comment with your favorite docs or tell me about what kind of docs you would love me to create. I would be happy to share more docs in the future! Stay Organized this School Year Looking for more ways to stay organized this school year? I love helping other counselors with organization! Check out some of my favorite resources below. Everything you need to document your sessions and stay organized! -Intake & Progress Notes Forms -Check In Form -Student Schedule Form -Small Group Lesson Template -Counseling Referral Forms -Phone Call Log -Meeting Notes & Notes Page -Weekly To Do List -And more! My School Counselor Planner is a practical, ink-saving weekly planner for documenting sessions, lessons, meetings, and more! Each two-page spread contains a weekly view for you to document your daily events. The day is divided into 15 minute intervals (7:00-4:00) with additional space to record events before and after school. My planner has free yearly updates! Interested in the documentation pack AND the planner? Check out my BUNDLE to save $$$. If you love using Google Drive to keep you organized, check out the resource above. It contains 70 Google Slides files to help you organize your school year! If you are new to my blog, please take a moment to follow me for more school counselor organization tips and creative lesson ideas!
Introducing ourselves to students is so important! We want students to feel connected to us so they are comfortable around us in the future. These Google Slides can help make your introduction counselor lesson engaging and purposeful as you start off a new school year! Lesson Recommendation - I recommend using each slide as a way to engage students in conversation about what they already know about the school counselor, and to help answer any questions they may have. It’s possible students may not know the answers, so this is a great opportunity to teach them all about the importance of your role on campus. Editable Slides - I have made several of the slides editable. I recommend adding your own personal information so the students can make connections to you and get to know you better. You will be asked to click a link to make a copy of these Google Slides. Here is what's included: - Editable personal slides - a place to include pictures or words about yourself - True/False questions about a counselor's job - 2 Unscramble Activity slides - Students can work individually or in groups to try to unscramble the words to form a sentence about the counselor. Make sure to check out the Meet The School Counselor Bundle for some other activities to go along with this lesson! I hope you enjoy!
This past school year, I was in my third* school counseling office. I personally really benefit from visual inspiration and examples (for everything!) so I want to share some pictures from it as a sort of school counseling office tour in case it’s helpful for some of you, too! *My first school counseling office was […]
School counselor in the specials rotation? Use units, themed days, interactive notebooks, & centers for great counseling specials rotation activities!
Use these School Counselor referral forms to organize your responsive services needs! Student self referrals are great to have on hand for students to request to see the Counselor. Teachers and staff can use the Counselor referral forms to share any concern for students who may need counseling services like individual counseling or small group counseling. You can also use the small group planning sheet to organize and plan out your groups once you begin getting referrals in. Remind your students of their next session with the handy counselor appointment reminders included in this product! Referral forms are also a great way to keep documentation of requests and help you respond to the needs of your students! This product includes the following PDF Printables in Black & White: Student Referral Forms *Students can use these self-referrals to request to see the Counselor I want to see the Counselor- 4 per page I want to see the Counselor - 2 per page Talk Tickets- 4 per page Teacher/Staff Forms Teacher Referral for the Counselor- 2 per page, made for the Classroom Teacher Counselor Referral- 2 per page, can be used as a referral for any teacher, staff member or parent to request for the Counselor to see a student. Teacher/Staff Counseling Referral- 2 per page, this referral can be used by either a teacher or staff member to request for the Counselor to see a student. It gives a little more detail as to what areas the child may need support in. Counseling Services Referral- This form can be given to teachers or staff members who may have multiple students to refer. You can also use this form as a record keeping tool once you get referrals in from teachers or staff members. Small Group Forms Small Group Counseling Referral- 2 per page, this referral can be given to teachers or staff who would like to refer a student for small group counseling. Small Group Roster Planning Sheet- You can use this sheet to plan out possible small groups you may have. Parent Form Request to see the Counselor: Sign Up- This form can be used during parent school events to keep track of parent requests. Student Appointment Forms *You can give these forms to your students as a reminder of your next session or as a hallway pass. My Counselor wants to see me: 4 per page I have an appointment with the Counselor: 2 per page Counselor Lunch Bunch Pass: 4 per page Looking for more ways to organize your counseling program? Check out this editable monthly calendar you can send to staff to communicate your schedule, classes, school events, and more! Feel free to follow me at https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Sellers-Im-Following/Add/Counseling-With-Sandi for more updates on my products. You can also LIKE my Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/CounselingwithSandi for more details about my products!
I.LOVE. my job. Read that again. LOVE. As in, LOVE IT! The students, the parents, the staff, the admin. I love every bit of it. Let me tell you why….. A little while ago (oh, about 8 months ago), I took the leap from elementary counseling into the unchartered-for-me world of middle school counseling. I’d […]
School counselors are pulled in multiple directions throughout the school year. As the end of the year approaches, it can be very tempting to shove all of your unfiled notes and documents into the far reaches of your desk or in exchange for fun in the sun. Yes, summer break is a perk (of the job) that I look forward to every year. But I've learned the hard way that an ounce of prevention is worth (far more) than a pound of cure. Putting things off today to do tomorrow doesn't work in the field of school counseling. The promise
Dealing with change is a normal part of the student experience. In this lesson, we will explore some ways to deal with change more effectively.
School counselors are BUSY, and doing all the things can be exhausting and overwhelming. These 3 tips for making your school counselor schedule will help you streamline the thousands of things on your to-do list so you feel more focused and productive!
This circle of control activity teaches students the difference between what is inside their control and what is outside of their control.
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I want to tell you about my "Senior Meetings" at the start of the school year and how I manage to make them productive.
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5 Tips to setup a beautiful and effective school counseling office! I've pulled together ideas and links for things to make your office rock!
So you finally landed the job out of grad school and are ready to start as a School Counselor. Congrats! It's a difficult profession but you will make a difference in the lives of children, hooray for you! Here is a list of things I wish I knew as a first-year Counselor to hopefully help you.
Use this list of free resources to use as social emotional learning activities to help you work with kids and young adults. As a special educator for 10 years, I can say without a doubt that we need more social emotional learning supports for kids and young adults. Some of my best days in the classr
For the new School Counselor. Learn what new school counselors should know prior to walking through those double doors on their way to their first day on the job. The new school counselor's resource, School-Counselor.org.
