Guidance counseling

A school counseling needs assessment helps quantify our impact and plan for future changes. Kate from EduKate and Inspire makes it easy with Google docs.

When I first started as a school counselor, I had no experience teaching. Zero. I didn’t even have internship experience because most of my internships had been in school-based therapy positions and one I did while actually employed in my first position. Delivering classroom lessons was TERRIFYING and overwhelming. I saw so much value in […]

How to Present Your Counseling Program and Role to Staff http://confidentcounselors.com/2017/08/30/present-counseling-program-role/

School counselor in the specials rotation? Use units, themed days, interactive notebooks, & centers for great counseling specials rotation activities!

Learn about some of my favorite ways I implement school counseling topics in my classroom!

Quick, fun, no-prep SEL lesson activities that are perfect for before and after breaks or any time you need an extra fun guidance lesson

For the last few years, I would say that the majority of my faculty on fully on board with the importance of social emotional learning for their students, and support my role and work. That said, it wasn’t always like that. When I first started, the teachers had some strong and incorrect ideas about what […]

Data Collection: 5 Useful Tools to Track Progress in School Counseling. Data tracking is crucial to validating your role as a school counselor. Easily track student data in your school counseling program with these 5 tools. #brightfuturescounseling #elementaryschoolcounseling #elementaryschoolcounselor #schoolcounseling #schoolcounselor #counselingdata #datacollection #counselingassessments

This post is for counselors who may be struggling with organizing their elementary counseling program or even school counselors just getting started.

In this article, I will give you four tips to get started and stay constant with a kick-butt school counseling newsletter! Keep reading...