What they didnt tell you in graduate school or how to get through your first year as a middle school

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What they didnt tell you in graduate school or
how to get through your first year as a middle
school counselor-
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So what do I actually DO my first year?

• Market Yourself
• Organization/planning
• Time Management
• Data
• Network
• Participate
• What they didnt teach you in graduate school

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Market yourself!

• Brochure
• Article in school parent communication
• Website
• Bulletin board
• Be visible
• Join district committees
• Become involved in the community

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Organization/planning

• Master calendar (wipe off and published)
• Pendaflex by month
• File your emails by student
• File resources by subject
• Get passes ready the day before

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Time Management
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Data, data, data

• Surveys
• Document
• Pre/post tests
• SSTs, 504s
• Existing data SARC, Healthy Kids Survey, Climate
  Surveys, D/F Lists, GPAs, attendance

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Network

• Within your school site
• State and national associations
• Attend conferences
• District counselors
• All County meetings
• Alumni groups

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Participate!

• Use lunch time!
• Listen to your kids
• Sub when appropriate
• Chaperone dances
• Chaperone field trips
• Offer to read student projects
• Dance with the Spanish class!

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Technology

• School website
• Email
• categorized websites
• webinars
• What computer software do I REALLY need to know?
• Microsoft front page, power point, publisher,
  word, excel and outlook

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Things you didnt learn

• Top skills you need multi-task, flexibility and
  time management/planning, knowing a little about
  A LOT
• Dont worry if you cant do it all today, it will
  probably still be there tomorrow
• Send passes to kids when teachers are out sick
• For academic support-use the T.A. period
• Dont make referrals to specific providers
• Use your CTA rep as a resource
• Its ok to borrow ideas
• Use the yearbook mug shot book to learn names
• junk drawer

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Whats in a name?

• CELDT
• OT
• SDC
• GATE
• AVID
• CAHSEE
• TUPE
• Esl, elp, ell, eld
• FAPE
• IDEA
• LD
• AYP

• FBB
• RTI

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Teachers are our friends

• Always go to the teacher
• Good source of referrals
• Teacher goodies
• Teacher care (yoga, massage etc.)
• Bathroom breaks

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Tips

• Make friends with the custodian(s)
• If you ever get stuck in a classroom
  presentation, do a skit!
• Use different colors paper by grade level
• Use humor

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Free Resources

• SBC Global Education Advocates
• Community Violence Solutions
• STAND Against Violence
• Teen Esteem
• County Office of Education
• County Crisis Center
• Junior Achievement
• Local mental health clinic (interns, groups etc)
• E-lists
• Community services
• Associations (sort of free ?)

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REMEMBER

• YOU ARE THE PROFESSIONAL!

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References

• A year of school counseling, Barbara
  Muller-Ackerman, Ed
• Practice Planners, Arthur E. Jongsma Jr. ed.
  Laurie Cope Grand (a cd rom with brochures for
  parents and teachers)
• Belonging Self and Social Discovery for Children
  and Adolescents, Jayne Devencenzi Susan
  Pendergast

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Contact information

• Nancy Schubb
• Los Cerros Middle School
• 968 Blemer Rd.
• Danville, Ca 94526
• 925-552-5620
• nschubb_at_srvusd.net