Alice Healy Sesno

Successful Strategies for Improving Counseling Programs

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Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: R&L Education
• Seitenzahl: 178
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Oktober 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 419g
• ISBN-13: 9781610483728
• ISBN-10: 1610483723
• Artikelnr.: 33468485

Autorenporträt

Alice Healy Sesno has over 30 years of experience in the field of education as an author, college instructor, administrator, counselor, and teacher. She has served across the country in New York City, Chicago, and Los Angeles.

Inhaltsangabe

The Counselor's Role 1. Know Who You Are! 2. Manage Your Boss 3. Meet Your
Colleagues 4. Set up a Professional Office 5. Become a Master Planner 6.
Get Your Plan Approved 7. Meet Your Constituencies 8. Maintain a Working
Schedule 9. Create a Network of Advocates 10. Understand the Budgeting
Process 11. Maintain a Log of Activities/Results 12. Master the Memo 13.
Speak Effectively with Others 14. Plan Ahead for the Help You Need (Finding
a Mentor) 15. Build Your Program, Step One 16. Build Your Program, Step Two
17.Maintain a "Suicide Watch" 18. Beat the Bullies! Maintain Gang Awareness
19. Self-Esteem is a Success Secret 20. Provide Career-Building Experiences
21. Become Your Teachers' Ally 22. Keep Teachers Involved! 23.Dress for
Success-and Rapport! 24. Consider Outreach Services 25. Cover Your Assets!
26. Maintain Your Morale 27. Master the Interviewing Process 28. Learn
Psychological First Aid 29. Confront Cheating 30. Interrupt Academic
Self-Destruction 31. Prepare Kids for Relocation 32. Develop Peer Mentoring
Skills 33. Build Social Skills Among Students 34. Encourage Stress
Reduction 35. Develop Threat-Assessment Awareness 36. Overcome Personal
Depression and Despair 37. Work With Parents! 38. Promote Financial Fitness
39. Nourish Thinking Skills 40. Understand the Power of Culture 41. Master
Listening! 42. Understand Discipline! 43. Recognize Generational Values
44.Promote Joy and Happiness 45. Confront Child Abuse! 46. Incorporate
Ethics into Your Professional Activities 47. Support Beginning Teachers 48.
Speak Well and Convincingly 49. Maintain High Expectations 50. Know How to
Say Goodbye The PRINCIPAL's Role 51. Participate Early in the Hiring
Process 52. Use the Interview as a Launching Pad 53. Use Staff Meetings as
Inclusionary Tool 54. Have a Formal First Meeting 55. Do your Homework
(Office, Mission Statement) 56. Schedule Counseling Staff Development
Meetings for Entire Staff 57. Have Counselor as Part of Your Advisory Team
58.Share Information 59.Express Approval of Counselor's Area of Expertise
60. Spend Some Time in Their Office 61. Invite Counselor to Sit in on
Selected Conferences with Parents 62. Be As Involved As You Can Be 63.
Share Budget Information 64. Take to Administration Meeting(s) 65. Provide
Time and Funds for Their Attendance at Professional Development Meetings
66. Support Your Head Counselors 67. Be Aware of Duty Assignments 68. Share
Counselor Efforts as Part of Total School Plan 69. Make Counselor Aware of
Your Goal Regarding Counseling 70.Suggest or Join a District or
Superintendent's Committee Regarding Counseling 71. Request Minutes of
Counselor Meetings to Ascertain Needs 72. Provide Cadre of Retired
Counselors for Emergency Times 73. Listen 74. Publish 75. Support Emotional
Intelligence 76. Support Bibliotherapy 77.Be Sure They're Part of a Team
78. Remember to Motivate 79. Focus Each Day (The Power of 5) 80. Are They
Modeling You? (Who Are They Modeling?) 81.Highlight Importance of
'Mothering' (Promoting Students' Mothers!) 82. Have Interim
Evaluation/Progress Assessment Meeting(s) 83. Be Aware of Occurrences in
Counselor's Personal Life 84."It's Always Been Done That Way" (Support
Necessary Changes) 85. Clarify Your Motive(s) for Involvement 86. Patience
87.Integrate Ideas-Take from Academic and Use in Counseling 88. Bring in
the Stars 89. What About Discipline 90. Total School Team Interim
Evaluation 91. Report Successes, Share Success Strategies, Visualize
Successes 92. Associate With Positive Colleagues 93. Have a Success
Discussion 94. Get Them Off to a Great Start! (The First Day of School) 95.
Not Always Mr. Nice Guy 96.Be Alert to How "Customers" Feel About Them 97.
What About Crisis Plans, Teams, Situations 98. Get Out There 99. Maintain
Focus/Ask the Right Questions . 100. Be a Great Manager and Coach 101. Know
You Can Do It and Do It Now Attachment I ~ Sample Grid Attachment II ~ Log
of Guidance Services Attachment III ~ Numerical Report on Counseling
Activities Attachment IV ~ Fog Index Attachment V ~ Adam & Alice's Magic
Tips for Talking to Adults