Mrs. Crabtree's Counseling Corner

Our kiddos are really struggling this year with Time Management!  I have done this lesson for several years, but today, I decided to add a Leadership Tool from the Leader in Me, and it's made all the difference.  What I did was I provided the students a list of activities to do and they had to put them into the Time Matrix.  The one I created looks a little different than what Franklin Covey suggests, because it is in kid-friendly language. Another new spin I put on this lesson was I added Julia Cook's book "Planning isn't my Priority and Making Priorities isn't in My Plan!"  The kids love it!!!  It helped me introduce the word Priority and really got the conversation started about how to begin setting them.  

I will never forget the day we had our informal review to determine if we could apply for "Lighthouse Status."  This is the Holy Grail of the Leader in Me Initiative, and an extremely high honor for any school that obtains it.  We had been implementing the Leader in Me for four years, and were just sure we were ready!  Well it didn't take long for us to realize... WE WEREN'T!  As the reviewer began to explain to us all the things we weren't doing right, and that we needed to "go deeper" and that it wasn't "ubiquitous" (I had to look that word up),  I have to admit, I was crushed! However, two years later, I am so glad she did!  We as a school decided to really tighten up on the suggestions that she gave, and made a goal that by 2016, we'd have it!  Well, in May of 2016, we GOT IT!  I wanted to share with you the top 5 things we did to deepen our implementation of the Leader in Me. Leadership tools are HUGE in the Leader in Me I...