Lessons Learned, Lessons Created
Whether you’re an experienced counselor or fresh out of grad school, interviewing for school counseling positions is nerve-wracking! Here are lots of practical tips to help you feel confident as you embark on the process: Go in Prepared Do a little cyber sleuthing on the school. Read the counseling page/entry on the website. Try to find the school improvement plan…
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I’ve written before about the Erin’s Law or sexual abuse lessons I’ve used with 3rd grade using Some Secrets Should Never Be Kept and with 4th grade using The Kid Trapper. While these lessons are not fun and they are not as applicable to the school setting (though I’d argue consent still is!), they are monumentally important. Today I’m sharing…
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While I’ve shared before about using The Kid Trapper for my personal safety lessons with 4th grade, I forgot to ever write about what I finally landed on (and felt good about using) with my 3rd graders. The winning book for this Erin’s Law lesson: Some Secrets Should Never Be Kept (affiliate link). Before I begin any of my sexual…
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A couple of years ago, I wrote a post of 10 Tips for Better Classroom Management as a School Counselor. After giving a couple PDs on classroom management recently, I’m back with a Part 2 on classroom management for school counselors! Before I start, I have to provide a reminder that classroom management and behavior management are two different things….
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This post contains affiliate links. This post is the fourth and final in a series of children’s books to use when teaching elementary students about social justice concepts. The first was on books to teach kids about identity, the second was on books to teach kids about diversity, and the third was on books to teach kids about stereotypes and discrimination. Social…
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This post contains affiliate links. This post is the third in a series of children’s books to use when teaching elementary students about social justice concepts. The first was on books to teach kids about identity and the second was on books to teach kids about diversity. Social justice is a really broad concept. Teaching Tolerance broke it down by creating standards in…
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