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I added some To Proficiency... and BEYOND! items to the School Counselor Blog Store . These items were inspired by the rocket-themed bulletin board I created with my co-school counselor for state testing. The To Proficiency... and BEYOND! bulletin board was a great way to share test-taking tips with students while using a fun rocket/outer-space theme!

I have a new post on  Free Spirit Publishing's Blog ! In my latest post Beyond Anger Management: What's Behind the Mask? for   Free Spirit Publishing's Blog , I share tips and ideas of how to help students express emotions that are behind their anger. What activities do you facilitate to help students cope with anger? Please share your comments and ideas in the comment section of my post! You can also check out my other posts about anger  here . 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, National

I saw this amazing animated spoken word poem about bullying, "To This Day," by Shane Koyczan  on Mashable . It is a must watch and a must share! How would you use "To This Day" with your students and/or school staff? 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 .

During National School Counseling Week I wanted to give a fun little treat to my school counseling internship supervision group.  I had been thinking of things for weeks but was having a very hard time coming up with anything that met all of my criteria: cute, colorful, inexpensive, and able to be easily recreated (I was thinking of you all on this one!!!). While checking out my Instagram feed at the beginning National School Counseling Week I found my inspiration! Someone made a M&Ms (Magnificent and Marvelous) sign for staff with a bowl of  fun-sized M&Ms   I thought this was a a super cute idea that I could easily adapt for my group. I rushed to the grocery store to pick up fun-sized M&Ms  so I could get to work making a printable! In this post I provide printable versions of the M&M message for NSCW and other times throughout the year! I used Microsoft PowerPoint to create my printable. I created a new slideshow and wrote the message: Happy National

National School Counseling Week was a fun-filled week of celebrating and advocating for me this year! I had the opportunity to participate in School Counseling On Air  by hosting What I Wish I Knew Wednesday and participating on Dr. Mason's Social Media Saturday session.  (If you missed them you can watch all the videos on the School Counseling On Air YouTube page !)  I made special treats for my school counseling internship supervision group and my doctoral cohort! Celebrating and advocating can be pretty sweet ! :) Stay tuned for printable versions of the M&M message and the  "Stressed? Desserts!" message.  *** Updated, click on the pictures for a  printable of the M&M message . Last, but not least, I hosted a National School Counseling Week Link Party !  There were lots of great ideas so be sure to check it out!  I opened the post back up for link submission if you did not get to add your NSCW related post to the link party ! How did you spe

I am so excited that I was able to participate in School Counseling On Air! Although I have done a webinar before and presented many times at local, state, and national conferences, I have never participated in anything like a live on air hangout. It was such a fun and different experience. It was so cool to connect with people and participate in week of live professional development for school counselors! It is amazing to me how easy it is right now to share information with the world. I look forward to doing more live on air hangouts in the future! I would love for you to share topic ideas for hangouts you would like to see in the comment section of this post! I am planning to do a re-cap of each of the hangouts, but for now I wanted to give you a description of all the hangouts and the link to the archived YouTube videos ! All of the videos are also available on the  School Counseling On Air YouTube channel . Marketing Monday Jeff Ream, the Counseling Geek, discusses digi

Our February #SCCHAT was held on Tuesday, February 5, 2013 at 8pmEST. The topic was Using Data to Create Opportunities for Academic Success.  Franciene Sabens ( @FSabens ) moderated the chat. It was exciting to have a #SCCHAT occur during National School Counseling Week! We chatted about definitions of student success and ways that school counselors can support student success. Check out the  full chat transcript here! To access all of the tweets with the hashtag #scchat,  click here . For transcripts of previous #SCCHATs, schedules for future School Counselor Tweet Chats, and information on how to participate, visit #SCCHAT Info: http://bit.ly/scchat-info . The next School Counselor Tweet Chat is on Tuesday, March 5, 2013 at 8pmEST. We are currently looking a moderator and topic for March. If you are interested in moderating, please email me or direct message me on Twitter . Did you participate in the School Counselor Tweet Chat? What did you think about it? What ne

I have a new post on  Free Spirit Publishing's Blog ! I can't believe National School Counseling Week is almost over! It is not too late to celebrate a school counselor in your life! In my latest post National School Counseling Week Part 2 for   Free Spirit Publishing's Blog , I share tips and ideas of how to teachers, administrators, and school staff can celebrate school counselors!  You can use these ideas to celebrate school counselors in your life or pamper yourself! How does your school celebrate National School Counseling Week? Do teachers, administrators, or school staff do anything special for you during National School Counseling Week? Please share your comments and ideas in the comment section of my post! If you are a school counselor blogger share your National School Counseling Week ideas with us by linking up at the National School Counseling Week Link Party I am hosting! I started writing for  Free Spirit Publishing's Blog  in April o

Wow! It was such an amazing experience doing my first ever live on air Google hangout! It was so much fun chatting with my blogger buddy,  +Andrea Burston  of JYJoyner Counselor blog about life as a graduate student and new school counselor. During  What I Wish I Knew Wednesday ,  we covered lots of topics, including picking a graduate school , making the most of your internship experience, networking, making connections , interviewing , and other words of wisdom for graduate students and new school counselors. We also answered questions from the audience on Google+ and Twitter. If you missed the live hangout, no worries! You can now watch the archived YouTube video  of  What I Wish I Knew Wednesday ! There are still lots of amazing  School Counseling On Air  presentations planned for this week! Check out the schedule below.  If you missed a live hangout you can view the archived presentation on the School Counseling On Air YouTube page ! What words of wisdom woul

I will be broadcasting LIVE on Google+ tonight at 8pmEST to bring you What I Wish I Knew Wednesday as part of the School Counseling On Air Series ! Special guests,  +Andrea Burston ,  +Tabitha Panariso , and  +Franciene Sabens , will be joining me to discuss navigating graduate school and a career as a professional school counselor. We will share tips, info, and resources. A Q and A will follow. I encourage you to stop by to ask questions on the  What I Wish I Knew Wednesday   page or ask questions live on Twitter using the hashtag  #SCOA . The School Counseling On Air event will also appear LIVE in this post! LIVE BROADCAST (WHEN AVAILABLE) Check back soon! (February 6, 2013 around 7:50 pm EST) The SCOA event will be archived as a YouTube video about an hour after the event. Check out all of the other amazing School Counseling On Air presentations planned for this week! Comment below,  tweet ,  contact Danielle , or share on the  School Counselor Blog Face

I have a new post on  Free Spirit Publishing's Blog ! I can't believe it is National School Counseling Week already! If you haven't made plans on how to celebrate National School Counseling Week at your school, no worries! In my latest post Ways for School Counselors to Celebrate National School Counseling Week for   Free Spirit Publishing's Blog , I share tips and ideas of how to celebrate National School Counseling week while advocating for your role as a school counselor! How are you celebrating National School Counseling Week at your school?  Please share your comments and ideas in the comment section of my post! If you are a school counselor blogger share your National School Counseling Week ideas with us by linking up at the National School Counseling Week Link Party I am hosting! 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

In celebration of National School Counseling Week I am hosting my first ever Link Party! I know lots of school counselor bloggers out there have ideas, lessons, and resources to share related to National School Counseling week. What better way to celebrate and share together than a link party?! Everyone is invited to link up to celebrate National School Counseling Week! To participate in the National School Counseling Week Link Party: Create a post titled "National School Counseling Week Link Party!" Write a post about one of the following: how you plan to celebrate National School Counseling Week at Your School your favorite ideas, lessons, resources, etc. related to NSCW a collection of things you have done to celebrate NSCW in the past Place the National School Counseling Week Link Party Logo (above) in your post. Submit your blog post using the Inlinkz tool below. Make sure you link to the actual post URL not just your blog URL. CELEBRATE by shari

The next School Counselor Tweet Chat is Tuesday, February 5th at 8pmEST. The topic for this month's School Counselor Tweet Chat is  Using Data to Create Opportunities for Academic Success .  Franciene Sabens ( @FSabens ) will be moderating the chat. We will be tweeting ways you can use data to create programming to support your students' academic success. We will tweet about tools and resources you can use to collect and analyze data. We look forward to tweeting with you! Join  School Counselor Blog and  SCOPE  for #scchat the first Tuesday of the month @ 8pmEST!  For transcripts of previous #SCCHATs, schedules for future School Counselor Tweet Chats, and information on how to participate, visit #SCCHAT Info:  http://bit.ly/scchat-info . If you are interested in moderating a future School Counselor Tweet Chat,  direct message me  on twitter! Dr. Erin Mason is a former Middle School Counselor, now Counselor Educator who manages  SCOPE , a group blog dedicated to c