I teach guidance lessons in all grades, all classrooms, all year long. Here’s what we’re learning this year:
Kelso’s Choices: (K-5)
Kelso’s choices are taught in all classrooms. They are reinforced school-wide and hopefully also at home.
Students are taught to sort problems into Big (dangerous) and Small (annoying, frustrating) problems and to handle both in non-violent ways. Big problems should be reported to an adult immediately. Small problems can be solved by using Kelso’s choices. Students are encouraged to try at least two choices on their own before asking an adult for help. This discourages tattling and builds self-efficacy.
Click here to learn more about Kelso’s Choices
Personal Safety (Grades K, 2, 4 )
The Auburn School District requires all elementary counselors to teach Personal Safety in grades K, 2, 4.
We use the Committee for Children’s Personal Safety curriculum. It teaches children to Recognize (Is it Safe? Does it break a rule?), Refuse (to themselves or others), and Report (to an adult) when they are confronted with a situation that might be unsafe. It teaches children how to keep themselves safe in a variety of situations but the primary purpose is to protect them from abuse.
For more information visit Second Step.
Social Thinking (Grades K-1)
A series of picture books that teaches students to recognize how our own thoughts, feelings, and behaviors can influence the thoughts, feelings, and behaviors of the people around us.
Bullying (Grades 3-5)
A variety of books and videos are used to help students understand the definition of bullying and to encourage “upstander” behavior.
Kelso’s Choices: (K-5)
Kelso’s choices are taught in all classrooms. They are reinforced school-wide and hopefully also at home.
Students are taught to sort problems into Big (dangerous) and Small (annoying, frustrating) problems and to handle both in non-violent ways. Big problems should be reported to an adult immediately. Small problems can be solved by using Kelso’s choices. Students are encouraged to try at least two choices on their own before asking an adult for help. This discourages tattling and builds self-efficacy.
Click here to learn more about Kelso’s Choices
Personal Safety (Grades K, 2, 4 )
The Auburn School District requires all elementary counselors to teach Personal Safety in grades K, 2, 4.
We use the Committee for Children’s Personal Safety curriculum. It teaches children to Recognize (Is it Safe? Does it break a rule?), Refuse (to themselves or others), and Report (to an adult) when they are confronted with a situation that might be unsafe. It teaches children how to keep themselves safe in a variety of situations but the primary purpose is to protect them from abuse.
For more information visit Second Step.
Social Thinking (Grades K-1)
A series of picture books that teaches students to recognize how our own thoughts, feelings, and behaviors can influence the thoughts, feelings, and behaviors of the people around us.
Bullying (Grades 3-5)
A variety of books and videos are used to help students understand the definition of bullying and to encourage “upstander” behavior.