The School Counselor's Chronicle: Bloglovin!

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The School Counselor's Chronicle: Bloglovin!: My bookmark toolbar is so over crowded its become quite the chore to click through all the blogs I read looking for updates. This predicamen...

Another Great Idea from Awesome School Counselors

Coral Canyon Elementary School Counseling: National School Counseling Week Link Party: The first week in February has been declared National School Counseling Week and it's a great opportunity for School Counselors everywher...

National School Counseling Week Link Party!

Woo-Hoo!  I'm so excited that it is National School Counseling Week.  My single favorite week of the year.  Here at I (Heart) School Counseling I love to advocate for our profession.  There are so many wonderful school counselors out there I can't think of a greater profession to give props to :)

This year, my second year as a professional school counselor, I am continuing my efforts last year by going on the morning news every day (hopefully not over the top) and reading a version of the wonderful words put forth by the American School Counseling Association.  (If you're interested get them here down at the bottom of the page).  In addition, I want our staff to know just how much I value them and they make my counseling program possible.  And, since it is the month of love, I'm going to make a version of this super cool idea I found on Pinterest.  Check it out here!  I haven't come up with my notecard idea to put them on, but it will most definitely have to do with love.

A shout-out to jyj counselor for reposting Danielle aka schcounselor.com for this amazing idea.

WOW! This is exciting!!

The intent of this blog was to compile cool ideas and links to great resources!  Somehow I made it a list of amazing counseling sites/blogs (the description is slightly off, but the publicity is nice).  Such an honor, especially since I am quite new to blogging (and counseling too)!  Just wanted to send out a BIG thanks to anyone who has viewed this blog!!!  Check it out ... there are 100 sites on this link and so many are amazing!!!!

http://www.mastersincounseling.org/counseling-sites.html

My New Favorite Thing

As the new school year is in full swing, and referrals are beginning to make their way in, I wanted to come up with a cool way to help kids (immediately) with all of those useful strategies that we teach day-in and day-out.  Since I can't see every student right away, for those who just need some reminders of strategies I created these "Be A Gecko Problem-Solver" cards.  I heart these cards!  On the back of the card are 11 strategies kids can try to solve their problem.  There is also a reminder at the bottom to seek an adult if their is a safety concern, otherwise the good-ole standby of "try three before me" can be used.  They just arrived.  I think I will give one to each teacher to put in the classroom.  What do you guys think?

Blog Facelift :)

I've really enjoyed discovering so many amazing School Counseling blogs this summer. I've added some things that I hope you will enjoy, including this awesome book shelf of some of my most favorite books to use in counseling. In addition I finally figured out how to put the Pin It button with each of my posts. So, if you find one of my posts to be helpful and you would like to pass it along please hit Pin It and add to your Pinterest page.

Back to School Treats

Hi all, and welcome back to school :)  This year I am trying lots of firsts.  First blog ... check.  First year where I know all of the students ... check.  First year where I truly embrace the leadership role in the school now that I have created a firm foundation for myself and my comprehensive counseling program ... check.  Along with this I decided this year that I was going to be directly involved with creating and continuing the positive school climate with our staff.  How did I do this?  I found a cute idea and decided to join with our social worker to let our staff know just how much we appreciate them and how we love to collaborate!  After our meet the teacher event tonight we placed them in front of every staffers door.  If you're on a budget (which I always am) we split the costs of the hand soaps.  And if you have a Big Lots around ... they're only a buck each (and look like the ones from Bath & Body Works)!