January is always the month of New Beginnings. Gym memberships go on sale, athletic clothes fly off the shelves at the big retailers, and we bring out some of the new exercise equipment that Santa left for us at Christmas. Every year I do these things too and I set myself up for failure. I… Continue reading New Beginnings
Author: Counseling Kee
Strategies for the Toughest Behaviors
Every student expressing misbehavior and defiance has a story! Sadly, this is the truth. Students face more trauma than we realize, and more often they act out in school because it is their only “safe place” or the only place they feel like they can establish some control. Working through these moments is frustrating. Truthfully… Continue reading Strategies for the Toughest Behaviors
EASY Red Ribbon Week Activities
Red Ribbon Week is celebrated the last two weeks of October, annually. This week is celebrated for drug, alcohol & tobacco prevention awareness. This day is in honor or DEA Agent Enrique “Kiki” Camarena who lost his life fighting the war on drugs in Mexico. Camarena was committed to keeping drugs out of the United… Continue reading EASY Red Ribbon Week Activities
Simple Hacks for Mastering Distance Learning
The truth is, there are none. If someone tells you that you “should be” doing this or “should be” doing that – they are wrong. You only need to do what is right for you and your students, and truthfully, only you know what that is. But I do have some tips for things that… Continue reading Simple Hacks for Mastering Distance Learning
5 Best Practices for Classrooms in the Morning
Do you remember Eeyore from Winnie the Pooh? He was actually my favorite. I don’t know if that was the counselor in me already at work, but I always wanted to find some way to cheer him up. Every time Eeyore appeared in a scene he was always feeling distraught about something. To be truthful,… Continue reading 5 Best Practices for Classrooms in the Morning
How to Help Students Finish The Year Strong During Distance Learning
Lately, I am hearing from teachers more and more that their students are “checked out”. They are not receiving responses to emails, or phone calls are not being answered. I too have experienced this as I contact families to offer resources such as food services, etc. This COVID-19 school closures has just been am upsetting… Continue reading How to Help Students Finish The Year Strong During Distance Learning
Coping with Change: A Distance Learning Lesson
As educators, we are all out here doing this Distance Learning due to the COVID-19 school closures. The idea of meeting students on a digital platform is scary enough, but trying to engage those learners through a digital platform is even more overwhelming. One of the biggest challenges I was coming across is getting students… Continue reading Coping with Change: A Distance Learning Lesson
Social Distancing Self-Care
Something that I have been noticing lately, as each state begins it’s procedures to open back up after the COVID-19 shutdowns is the fact that we are all observing social distancing at different levels. I have remained self-quarantined; mainly because I am working from home several days a week, and my “better-half” works out of… Continue reading Social Distancing Self-Care
Call Students to Action with COVID BINGO
Has anyone else struggled with the learning curve of “distance learning”? I wanted to find a way to connect with students during this time that would engage them, it would motivate them and it would call them to action. I had been researching ways for adults to self-care and it dawned on me that our… Continue reading Call Students to Action with COVID BINGO
School Counseling through COVID
As educators, this Coronavirus, COVID-19, really has thrown us for a loop! Frankly, we aren’t the only ones. Our country is lost in this new and uncharted territory. But, I feel the most empathetic towards my education colleagues, simply because we work with children whom we didn’t get the chance to say goodbye to, or… Continue reading School Counseling through COVID
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