School Counselor Blog

Jen, a school counseling intern who graduates in December, gave an organizational skills lesson a creative and interactive spin!  Jen wrote: I was running an organizational and study skills group for 7th and 8th grade students during my field experience at a middle school. In this group, each session focused on a different area of organization and studying. In the session where we focused on organizing backpacks and binders, we played a game where students had to race to find a paper in a backpack. I got this idea from the book Creative Approaches for Counseling Individual Children in the School Setting by Diane S. Senn. However, I decided to make it into a racing game between two students to make the activity more interactive and fun. I asked the group for two volunteers to play a game, and then asked the volunteers to each choose a backpack. I explained that they would be racing to look through their backpack to find a piece of paper with an “X” marked on it. Before...

Hi my name is Danielle and I am a school counseling material hoarder. I did not realize the extent of my problem until I went to my storage unit the other day to scope out what supplies I might want to take with me to my new position. This is what was staring back at me... dun dun dun... A hot mess. When I left my previous position I did not take the time to actually organize my stuff when I was putting it in boxes. I knew that I had to go through everything, sort, and organize so I could prioritize what I wanted to take to my new office. I made multiple trips to the storage unit bringing a few boxes with me each time. I went through each box and sorted things into piles: Keep, Throw Away, and Give to Mom (my mom is a teacher and is going to end up getting a ton of my elementary level stuff haha).  The stuff that I decided I wanted to keep I sorted into Middle School Level and Elementary Level. The elementary stuff that I did not end up reserving for my mom is going to...

Love the sense of accomplishment you have when crossing things off of your to-do list? Need to set a reminder for your classroom lesson? Want to keep reminders for every aspect of your life all in one place? Whether you are a professional school counselor or a school counseling graduate student, Any.DO  can help you keep track of any and everything you have to do!                          Source: google.com via Dukes on Pinterest Any.DO  is a sleek, easy to use, FREE task management system.                                                                   Source: any.do via Danielle Schultz on Pinterest Any.DO  allows you to create and organize reminders, make to-do lists, share lists, categorize items a...

The second School Counselor Tweet Chat on September 6, 2011 at 8pmEST was a huge success! School Counselor Tweet Chat is a collaboration between  School Counselor Blog  and  SCOPE . We chatted about organization and self care ! There were lots of great resources shared by everyone! Dr. Erin Mason moderated the tweet chat. Read the  full transcript  via google documents.  To access all of the tweets with the hashtag #sctweetchat,  click here . Did you participate in the School Counselor Tweet Chat? What did you think about it? What new ideas did you learn? Comment below or share via twitter #sctweetchat ! Erin Mason is a former Middle School Counselor, now Counselor Educator who manages SCOPE , a group blog dedicated to chronicling the positive impact of School Counseling professionals. Connect with Erin via email, follow her on Twitter , add her on LinkedIn or Google+ , and become a fan of the SCOPE Facebook Page . Danie...