Successful Strategies for Improving Counseling Programs (eBook)

Alice Healy Sesno (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2011
170 Seiten
R&L Education (Verlag)
978-1-61048-374-2 (ISBN)

Infos

In this book, Alice Healy Sesno's experience as a counselor and administrator provides powerful insights to both counselors and administrators. Start right, stay right, and build a distinguished counseling program in your school. Discover how to win respect—and hearts—of students, parents, and other school personnel for a valuable service.

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In this book, Alice Healy Sesno's experience as a counselor and administrator provides powerful insights to both counselors and administrators. Start right, stay right, and build a distinguished counseling program in your school. Avoid the mistakes that can put an essential service in jeopardy. Discover how to win respect-and hearts-of students, parents, and other school personnel for a valuable service. With individual strategies for counselors and principals, Dr. Sesno seeks to blend these two professional groups together to forge a counseling program that can withstand budgeting attacks and downsizing demands.

Inhalt

Part 1 The Conselor's RoleChapter 2 1.Know Who You Are! Chapter 3 2.Manage Your BossChapter 4 3.Meet Your ColleaguesChapter 5 4.Set up a Professional OfficeChapter 6 5.Become a Master PlannerChapter 7 6.Get Your Plan ApprovedChapter 8 7.Meet Your ConstituenciesChapter 9 8.Maintain a Working ScheduleChapter 10 9.Create a Network of AdvocatesChapter 11 10.Understand the Budgeting ProcessChapter 12 11.Maintain a Log of Activities/ResultsChapter 13 12.Master the MemoChapter 14 13.Speak Effectively with OthersChapter 15 14.Plan Ahead for the Help You Need (Finding a Mentor)Chapter 16 15.Build Your Program, Step OneChapter 17 16.Build Your Program, Step TwoChapter 18 17.Maintain a "Suicide Watch"Chapter 19 18.Beat the Bullies! Maintain Gang AwarenessChapter 20 19.Self-Esteem is a Success SecretChapter 21 20.Provide Career-Building ExperiencesChapter 22 21.Become Your Teachersí AllyChapter 23 22.Keep Teachers Involved!Chapter 24 23.Dress for Success—and Rapport!Chapter 25 24.Consider Outreach ServicesChapter 26 25.Cover Your Assets!Chapter 27 26.Maintain Your MoraleChapter 28 27.Master the Interviewing ProcessChapter 29 28.Learn Psychological First AidChapter 30 29.Confront CheatingChapter 31 30.Interrupt Academic Self-DestructionChapter 32 31.Prepare Kids for RelocationChapter 33 32.Develop Peer Mentoring SkillsChapter 34 33.Build Social Skills Among StudentsChapter 35 34.Encourage Stress ReductionChapter 36 35.Develop Threat-Assessment AwarenessChapter 37 36.Overcome Personal Depression and DespairChapter 38 37.Work With Parents!Chapter 39 38.Promote Financial FitnessChapter 40 39.Nourish Thinking SkillsChapter 41 40.Understand the Power of CultureChapter 42 41.Master Listening!Chapter 43 42.Understand Discipline!Chapter 44 43.Recognize Generational ValuesChapter 45 44.Promote Joy and HappinessChapter 46 45.Confront Child Abuse!Chapter 47 46.Incorporate Ethics into Your Professional ActivitiesChapter 48 47Support Beginning TeachersChapter 49 48.Speak Well and ConvincinglyChapter 50 49.Maintain High ExpectationsChapter 51 50.Know How to Say GoodbyePart 52 The PRINCIPAL's RoleChapter 53 51.Participate Early in the Hiring ProcessChapter 54 52.Use the Interview as a Launching PadChapter 55 53.Use Staff Meetings as Inclusionary ToolChapter 56 54.Have a Formal First MeetingChapter 57 55.Do your Homework (Office, Mission Statement)Chapter 58 56.Schedule Counseling Staff Development Meetings for Entire StaffChapter 59 57.Have Counselor as Part of Your Advisory TeamChapter 60 58.Share InformationChapter 61 59.Express Approval of Counselor's Area of ExpertiseChapter 62 60.Spend Some Time in Their OfficeChapter 63 61.Invite Counselor to Sit in on Selected Conferences with ParentsChapter 64 62.Be As Involved As You Can BeChapter 65 63.Share Budget InformationChapter 66 64.Take to Administration Meeting(s)Chapter 67 65.Provide Time and Funds for Their Attendance at Professional Development MeetingsChapter 68 66.Support Your Head CounselorsChapter 69 67.Be Aware of Duty AssignmentsChapter 70 68.Share Counselor Efforts as Part of Total School PlanChapter 71 69.Make Counselor Aware of Your Goal Regarding CounselingChapter 72 70.Suggest or Join a District or Superintendent's Committee Regarding CounselingChapter 73 71.Request Minutes of Counselor Meetings to Ascertain NeedsChapter 74 72.Provide Cadre of Retired Counselors for Emergency TimesChapter 75 73.ListenChapter 76 74.PublishChapter 77 75.Support Emotional IntelligenceChapter 78 76.Support BibliotherapyChapter 79 77.Be Sure They're Part of a TeamChapter 80 78.Remember to MotivateChapter 81 79.Focus Each Day (The Power of 5)Chapter 82 80.Are They Modeling You? (Who Are They Modeling?)Chapter 83 81.Highlight Importance of 'Mothering' (Promoting Studentsí Mothers!)Chapter 84 82.Have Interim Evaluation/Progress Assessment Meeting(s)Chapter 85 83.Be Aware of Occurrences in Counselorís Personal LifeChapter 86 84."It's Always Been Done That Way" (Support Necessary Changes)Chapter 87 85.Clarify Your Motive(s) for InvolvementChapter 88 86.PatienceChapter 89 87.Integrate Ideas—Take from Academic and Use in CounselingChapter 90 88.Bring in the StarsChapter 91 89.What About DisciplineChapter 92 90.Total School Team Interim EvaluationChapter 93 91.Report Successes, Share Success Strategies, Visualize SuccessesChapter 94 92.Associate With Positive ColleaguesChapter 95 93.Have a Success DiscussionChapter 96 94.Get Them Off to a Great Start! (The First Day of School)Chapter 97 95.Not Always Mr. Nice GuyChapter 98 96.Be Alert to How "Customers" Feel About ThemChapter 99 97.What About Crisis Plans, Teams, SituationsChapter 100 98.Get Out ThereChapter 101 99.Maintain Focus/Ask the Right Questions.Chapter 102 100.Be a Great Manager and CoachChapter 103 101.Know You Can Do It and Do It NowChapter 104 Attachment I ~ Sample GridChapter 105 Attachment II ~ Log of Guidance ServicesChapter 106 Attachment III ~ Numerical Report on Counseling ActivitiesChapter 107 Attachment IV ~ Fog IndexChapter 108 Attachment V ~ Adam & Aliceís Magic Tips for Talking to Adults

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 16.10.2011
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Schulbuch / Allgemeinbildende Schulen
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Bildungstheorie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Didaktik
• ISBN-10: 1-61048-374-X / 161048374X
• ISBN-13: 978-1-61048-374-2 / 9781610483742