Middle school counselor lessons

Social Emotional Learning (SEL) has been found to promote academic success and increase students' commitment to school. Generally, there are five key components that make up social emotional learning. These competencies include self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, relationship skills, and decision making. Today, I'd like to focus on ways to help students develop self-awareness. Self-awareness includes one's ability to recognize emotions, have an accurate self-perception…

What middle schoolers learn, how they behave, and how they interact with others can carry on into adulthood—whether positive or negative.

Social Emotional Learning (SEL) has been found to promote academic success and increase students' commitment to school. Generally, there are...

These Meet The Counselor activities are perfect for your back to school counseling lessons. Students will learn the role of the school counselor and how you can help with their social, emotional and academic needs. Use these at the beginning of the year in your classroom lessons!

Build classroom community with your grade 4 5 6 7 students using this social emotional anti bullying activity that will empower students to identify what hurts their feelings and have students see that words hurt the most. This activity will create a kinder, thoughtful classroom environment.

The Pathway 2 Success SEL Curriculum is a complete social emotional learning curriculum to teach critical SEL skills for the entire year. It is filled with over 180 lessons and activities targeting social awareness, confidence, SMART goals, social skills, study skills, managing emotions, understandi

Our next activity was a bit like the game Headbanz. I put a card with a (positive) reputation on everyone's backs and challenge them to figure out what

30 social-emotional learning strategies for middle school kids to boost confidence and strengthen SEL skills students need for success.

4 meet the counselor activities and lessons that are sure to make you and your counseling program known to students and staff

Preparing rooms & creating lessons, back to school to-do lists seem endless. To make it easier, here is a Welcome Back to School List for School Counselors.