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Editable Friendship Bracelet Style Bulletin Board I have wanted to create a friendship bracelet style bulletin board ever since I saw them all over Instagram last year. I made this simple, customizable, and editable - "In My Middle School Era" bulletin board using my Canva educator account . To create this bulletin board for your school or office, access my  EXACT "In My Middle School Era" Friendship Bracelet Style Bulletin Board  or access the Editable Friendship Bracelet Bulletin Board template . If you use the  Editable Friendship Bracelet Bulletin Board template  you can then change the letter beads to write things like: In My Friendship Era In My "SCHOOL NAME" Era In my Kindness Era ...or whatever you want the letter beads to spell! 😉 To assemble the "In My Middle School Era" Bulletin Board follow the steps below. Friendship Bracelet Style Bulletin Board Letters & Beads I saved the whole file as a PDF and then pr...

Before Spring Break I did a few things to refresh my school counseling office. I created this 🌈 Rainbow School Counselor Door Sign 🌈 I created on Canva to refresh my school counseling office door.  I love how it goes with my Mindfulness Pinwheel Bulletin Board and adds some spring vibes to my office door. I attached the door sign using a page protector. I cut the side with the hole punches and affixed it to the window on my door using a  Scotch Adhesive Dot Roller .  Using a page protector to hang my door sign will allow me to easily swap it out and add other signs. (I also made a "Zoom Meeting in Progress" sign that I'll share soon.) If you want your own version this 🌈 Rainbow School Counselor Door Sign 🌈 I made an editable version for you! Click here or the image below to get your own editable copy. What signs do you have on your door?  Have you ever used a page protector to hold signs o...

If you are short on time and need a quick and easy "Welcome Back" bulletin board, this one is for you! This bulletin board is an idea mash-up of  Dr. Susan Fuller - Entirely Elementary School Counseling "BE" Bulletin Board  and  this inspiring classroom door  I saw on Pinterest. I created the words for this bulletin board using Google Slides. Google has some awesome fonts, and best of all they are free! If you save a copy of Welcome Back Bulletin Board you can add more words, change the fonts, and edit the "Welcome Back" message to state your school's name or acronym. I printed the words on alternated colors of cardstock . I framed the "Welcome Back" message with a l arger piece of black cardstock . Have you created any Welcome Back Bulletin Boards this school year? I would love to see them! Comment below,  tweet ,  contact Danielle , or share on the  School Counselor Blog Facebook Page ! Danielle is a K-12 Certified ...

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,...

Last week I had the opportunity to meet with 5th grade teachers at their team meeting.  They asked if I could come into their classes and do lessons on bullying. Of course I was thrilled to do classroom lessons with 5th graders! I planned with the teachers to come in for a series of lessons with 5th grade during their morning meeting time.  I am making a schedule so that I will facilitate two lessons in each classroom and then start at the first class again for more sessions.  I am working on planning the lessons so they will go in a progression. In my continued attempt to avoid "Random Acts of Guidance," I decided that this would be a perfect opportunity to create a classroom lesson planner for bullying.  I created the classroom lesson planner to help me keep track of what lessons I plan to facilitate and how they align to  ASCA standards . The first classroom lesson planner I created is a Bullying Classroom Lesson Planner .  I created...

Lately I have been trying to come up with ways to make what I do more purposeful in an effort to avoid doing "Random Acts of Guidance." :) I decided to create ways to keep track of what I am doing how what I am doing aligns to  ASCA standards . The first thing I have created is a group session planner to store and record group sessions I facilitate with students. My goal is to make a group session planner for each of the groups I facilitate.  This will help me determine which  ASCA standards  I am addressing during each session. Using a group session planner will not only help me in the short term, but it will help me in the long term when I plan to facilitate the activity or lesson again! The first group planner I created is a  Self-Esteem Group Planner .  I created a PDF file of the  Self-Esteem Group Planner  you can download by clicking on the highlighted text or by clicking on the pictures! The first page of the  Sel...