New Year, New Look

This has been a full week of workdays, getting ready for our kiddos to return for another successful school year.  I have been working on preparing my room, making plans for my "meet the counselor" lessons, as well as preparing some surveys and other tools for gathering data.  I have also been meeting with teams and collaborating with teachers, parents, and community agencies so that we are prepared to meet our students needs.  Every year, I change things around.  I'm such a perfectionist that I am never satisfied!  I still plan on using technology to collect data, such as minute meetings and rating scales, but I'm always thinking of new ways to get the job done.  I thought I would share some new pictures of my office (since i've rearranged and acquired some things).

Still a mess with donated school supplies

my new shelf for craft supplies and other materials I frequently use.

I am also excited to be switching back to a paper planner. There were things I liked about my google digital calendar, but I missed being able to jot down notes and other useful information, so here's the cute one I got at Target.

 

I am excited to grown even more this year than I have in my past 5 years at this school.  Every year, I change things up and do things a little different.  I am always trying to find better and more efficient ways to run my school counseling program.  I am excited about opportunities for collaboration and professional development this year and I hope to keep you in the loop as I go along.

 

Happy 2013-2014 school year!

School Counseling Office

In honor of all of my fellow School Counselor bloggers, I am sharing pictures of my office.  I am so blessed to have such a huge space! 

I have a love/hate relationship with my conference table.  It sometimes gets used for meetings, but I also use it for my 5th grade groups.

My kid friendly area

If you look carefully at my small round table, you can see my flower pencils...I just filled a flower pot with dried beans to help them stand up, and used gardening tape to put the flowers on the pencils.  We use these for small groups and the kids think it's the coolest thing ever!

My desk area

Likes:  It's huge! I have my own sink; I have a huge desk with tons of storage; I'm centrally located in the school, not in the main office so kids can get to me easily. There is a clear seperation of my desk area and the area where I work with students.

Dislikes: My hospital white walls. My principal said that I could maybe paint them.  Any paint color ideas??  My tiny window is a tease.  I have 2 doors that go to other offices.  The space was intended to be a counseling suite, but with limited space, the "offices" are being used by others in the school.  Oh well! I get the huge therapy room!