Tag: Classroom Counseling Lessons

Teaching class lessons didn’t always come naturally to me. In fact, I used to dread class lessons because I lacked confidence and felt unprepared.  How to schedule, plan, and teach class lessons was only briefly covered in my grad school classes. And classroom management was not covered at all! When I landed my first counseling…

As a first year counselor, if there was one task that made me a little queasy at school, it was having to teach classroom lessons. I felt unprepared/underprepared for them, considering I had no prior teaching experience or classroom management skills at that point. What helped me overcome this obstacle over the years was more…

So you’re back in school and you get to see your kiddos face-to-face. No more virtual counseling sessions and class lessons on Zoom, no more having to find e-versions of your favorite picture books for class lessons, or looking up dice online for a digital game of chutes and ladders for your small groups. Isn’t…

Classroom counseling lessons are essential to your comprehensive school counseling program, however many counselors feel overwhelmed by them. Believe me, I’ve been there! Check out the following strategies to improve your classroom counseling lessons. 1. How to Teach Counseling Lessons when You Have a Huge Caseload Have you ever thought, “My caseload is too big……

Classroom counseling lessons are essential to your comprehensive school counseling program, however many counselors feel overwhelmed by them. Believe me, I’ve been there! I’ve made my fair share of mistakes when it comes to teaching classroom counseling lessons. Hopefully you can learn from mine. Mistakes I Made Teaching Classroom Counseling Lessons Mistake #1: I stretched…

It can be challenging to keep students engaged during an individual session or small group, but a class lesson? That’s a whole different ball game! 3 Tools for Keeping Students Engaged in Classroom Counseling Lessons An engaging class lesson accomplishes two things: Helps students retain the information by using fun activities Preventatively manages behaviors (distracted…

You may be having a difficult time determining what topics to teach in your classroom counseling lessons. How do you know what to cover and when? Which topics are most important? Check out these seven ways to source classroom counseling lesson topics. 7 Ways to Source Classroom Lesson Topics Books Refer to curriculum provided to…

Teaching class lessons was one of my biggest struggles when I first started counseling, but now it’s one of my favorite things to do! It’s a great way to reach the maximum number of students with preventative social-emotional lessons. 4 Classroom Management Strategies for Counselors As counselors we usually don’t have a class in grad…