School Counselor Spotlight: "Adventures with Tim"
Puppets can be a fun and interactive way to add excitement into your school counseling program. Marissa Rex , author of Elementary School Counseling Blog , shares how she uses a puppet named Tim to impact her school and community. Adventures with Tim by Marissa Rex, Ohio blog: www.elementaryschoolcounseling.org Tim is my very good puppet friend. He is a Hiawatha TIM berwolf, just like the rest of us at my school. Tim is from England, so he sometimes needs help learning how things work at Hiawatha, so it is our job to help teach him. I pick one positive school behavior every 3-4 weeks, such as walking quietly in the hallway or keeping your desk clean, and catch students who demonstrate these behaviors. I then email my picture of the students and Tim to the classroom teacher(s) to share. Many teachers use the picture as their desktop background, which is visible to students on the SMARTboard. I also include pictures in my monthly newsletter to staff. Als...