Mrs. Crabtree's Counseling Corner

If you're like me, you wear a lot of hats. We Counselors don't get the luxury of having a day that's  already planned out for us. We may THINK we have an idea but it always changes. In an effort to manage the chaos that I love about being a school counselor, I have come up with something that works pretty well for me. I take an ordinary lesson plan book, and divide it into sections. These sections represent a "hat" I wear. While there are others, I have found I am able to subcategorize them into one of the sections. The sections include: lesson plans, meetings, counseling, testing, and to do. What I have found is that I can separate hats into days and not feel so overwhelmed because I haven't tackled that hat that day because. It allows me a way to plan ahead for what's coming each day, while feeling like I have some control as well. The to do section is my life saver. It helps me keep everything I have to do in the same place, especially if I find it'...

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. ...