Mrs. Crabtree's Counseling Corner

These websites have been so helpful as I work with my students on careers.  Hopefully you will find them helpful as well. CareerSmarts  Youtube Playlist of Careers:  Thank you  School Counseling by Heart!   She has compiled several video clips of occupations into one easy playlist for  students to explore immediately. Career View A great site that helps kids explore their careers based on their interests, subjects they like in school, or the career clusters.  After a few simple questions the students are able to see a list of all the jobs that may interest them. Career One-stop:   This is a great site for my older students. It allows them to type in the job they are looking for and provides a lot of information. It gives way more information than my students really need at this stage; however it's an excellent site!  Paws in Pawland This is a great site for my K-2 students.  It has them answer a few basic questions, ...

Once again, I am excited by what one of my favorite bloggers has shared in helping make our jobs so much easier.  She has compiled several videos for students to view that have all kinds of careers explained.  This is such a great idea and took a lot work of work.  Thank you School Counseling By Heart This Weeks Lesson: First, I want to do a quick review of Multiple Intelligence's.  I will show this great video I found that is kid friendly and informative. Next, I want to show the kids what they will do next week in centers, which is explore various careers of their choice.  They will watch a video, and fill out the career investigation survey.  I want them to be able to understand how to find the types of Brain Smarts that are required in these types of jobs so that they can make good choices for themselves based on the smarts they have discovered. Video one :  Design Squad:  Use this to introduce the activity that we will do today. ...

I continue to be amazed at the wonderful School Counseling Community I have gained from Social Networking!  One of my favorite blogs is School Counseling By Heart!   She has inspired me in so many ways and given me tons of ideas to use with my students.  One in particular that I wanted to share with you is her work with careers.  Go visit her website  and see how she is using Career Smarts to get students thinking about their futures. One thing that I am doing right now with Grades 3-5, is using the Inventory that she has shared to get a picture of where their strengths lie.  This is a simple Multiple Intelligences inventory that allows students to see a print out of what kind of smart they are.  We will later use it to match up careers that go along with their strengths.  I have used this week to explore how Habit 2 teaches us to Begin with the End in Mind.  We have discussed how setting goals for your career are i...

W.R. McNeill Elementary Leadership Day Date:  April 14, 2014 Time:  8:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m. Location:  1800 Creason Drive Bowling Green, Ky 42101 Leadership day is a special opportunity for our school to open our doors to the community so show off the great things that are happening.  Through implementing the Leader in Me process we have a built a unique environment where the principles, practices, and habits of the 7 Habits of Highly Effecitve People are embedded into our culture.  The Leader in Me process defines our school operations, permeates instructional practice and curriculum, and is the basis of a vibrant leadership development approach for both students and staff.  Attend this leadership day to be immersed into our leadership culture with presentations from students, teachers and open-house-like visits to classrooms. Contact Information: Kelli Brooks kelli.brooks@bgreen.kyschools.us Phone:  270-746-2260

It was such a privilege to present at the Kentucky School Counseling Association Conference this past week on How to Implement the Leader in Me in Guidance.    I learned so much from some amazing counselors!  I wanted to go ahead and share some documents that I showed you so if you attended the conference and liked what you saw, you can download these here. Leader In Me Implementation Timeline:   See how my school chose to roll out the Leader in Me by viewing our four year implementation plan.  This is just a guide for those of you struggling how "where to begin."  Please feel free to adjust as you see fit for your school. Using the Leader in Me in Guidance Powerpoint :  This is full of units, and sample lesson plans that I am using to help me implement LIM in  Guidance intentionally.  There are sample resources and monthly Guidance topics that I teach broken down for you in an easy to follow way. Curriculum Connections :  Here you...