School Counseling Office Space
My career as a school counselor started with my final field internship. I was hired by the school district where I was planning to do my second field internship. I was emergency certified as a school counselor and served as a long term substitute. I was using someone else's space so I didn't feel like I could really make it my own, especially because he was coming back before the end of the school year. The picture to the left shows the little area I used for my resources to work with students.
Last year, at my current school, I was so excited just to have my own space! My school counseling office was a decent size, but I wanted to be able to meet with groups in my office. One of the teachers generously donated her U-shaped tablet to me. The table took up most of my office, but it was worth it to be able to meet with up to 8 students at a time. (At times I would even have more than that, which is hard to believe). To the left is a picture inside my office from last year.
At the end of the school year last year I packed up my whole office because I did not know if I would have a job the following year. My district had a major budget deficit and cut a lot of positions. Thankfully, I still have a job this year!
I realized when I was looking at my pictures of my old school counseling office that I have a lot of great resources that I want to share with people. I am a visual person and I thought it would be neat to show readers pictures of my school counseling office and point out the resources. I thought this might also be helpful to new counselors to get some ideas of what to have in their office.
I created a Prezi to give readers a "tour" of my school counseling office. There are links within the Prezi so readers could access some great (mostly FREE) resources! All you have to do is click on the links! If you want to see a larger version you can also play it full screen.
View My School Counseling Office 2009-2010 Prezi or click below for a tour!
I hope you enjoy your tour!
Do you have pictures of your office that you want to share with others? Post them 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. Contact Danielle via email, follow her on twitter, and become a fan of the School Counselor Blog Facebook Page.
i LOVE my school counseling office. For a couple of years I got shoved into a different space and lost my office to our ESL teachers because we needed another classroom for kindergarten. But I just got my space back a year ago. I am adding a couple of new things to it this year..an adorable little IKEA couch and this KILLER doll house I found at a garage sale. I move my desk EVERY year to a different side of my office because I need change to keep motivated...
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for posting this! I am starting my first year as an elementary counselor and the links to all of the pictures were especially helpful!
ReplyDeleteI love the Prezi presentation! I am going to create my next presentation with it. It seems more fun than Power Point! I loved your pictures and I spotted the zenergy chime right away.I use the chime to call the students together at the start of every school day. Very soothing way to begin the day.
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ReplyDeleteThanks everyone for your comments! I am glad you like this post! It was fun to write and give a tour of my office!
ReplyDeleteThanks for posting this and for all your resources for new school counselors and graduate school students. I have an interview tomorrow for acceptance into a grad school program for school counseling. Your blog makes me even more excited to become a school counselor. :-)
ReplyDeleteYou should probably consider the people you're dealing with in your office. It should fit in their lifestyles.
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