The School Counselor's Guide: Middle School Guidance Curriculum Activities

233 Pages·2011·3.49 MB·English

by  Mark D. Nelson

TABLE OF CONTENTS
Acknowledgments
About the Author
Introduction
Addendum A
Addendum B
ACADEMIC DEVELOPMENT
Academic Standards and Indicators
Reference Guide: Academic Activities
Activities Activity No.
Am I a Good Listener? A-01
Analyze Your Emotions A-02
Analyzing Study Habits A-03
Attitude Survey A-04
Brainstorming A-05
Community Pride A-06
Custom Calendar A-07
Finding Time to Study A-08
Guide to Successful Study Habits A-09
Harassment Survey A-10
Helping Hand Project A-11
How Do I Spend My Time? A-12
Interviewing A-13
Learning/Study Style Evaluation A-14
Looking Into the Future A-15
Our Class Project: Community Involvement A-16
Plan to Be On Time A-17
Positive Self-Talk A-18
Questions About Goals A-19
Reach for Your Goals A-20
Same and Different A-21
Self-Assessment A-22
Self-Awareness A-23
Skills for School and Work A-24
Student Self-Appraisal A-25
Wasting Time A-26
What Do Good Listeners Do? A-27
Which Classes Do I Need? A-28
Whose Problem Is It? A-29
CAREER DEVELOPMENT
Career Standards and Indicators
Reference Guide: Career Activities
Activities Activity No.
Agree/Disagree C-01
Alike or Different C-02
Apply Your Skills C-03
Boys Like/Girls Like C-04
Career Thinking C-05
Career Field Trip C-06
Distractions C-07
Education and Careers C-08
Family Career Interviews C-09
Family Coat of Arms C-10
Family Values and Beliefs C-11
Getting No Respect C-12
Guest Speaker: Non-Traditional Ethnic and Gender Roles C-13
I’d Most or Least Like to Be C-14
I’m the Boss C-15
Importance of Math to Everyday Life/Career C-16
Introduction to MBTI Personality Typing C-17
Jobs in My Town C-18
Life Roles: Yesterday and Today C-19
Making Decisions C-20
My Favorite Classes C-21
My High Points C-22
My Life So Far C-23
My Personality/Your Personality C-24
NASA Challenge C-25
Needs and Choices C-26
Party People C-27
Personal Career Choices C-28
Pie of My Life C-29
Re-Thinking Old Ideas C-30
Shadowing C-31
Snags Along the Way C-32
Supportive Career Roles C-33
What I Want From Work C-34
Work Values Clarification C-35
PERSONAL/SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
Personal/Social Standards and Indicators
Reference Guide: Personal/Social Activities
Activities Activity No.
Battle of the Sexes P-01
Building Bridges P-02
Circle of Connections P-03
Coping With Death P-04
Diet, Exercise, and Wellness P-05
Difficult Choices P-06
Hot Thoughts P-07
Human Circle P-08
I Am Related to You P-09
Influencing P-10
Inside and Out P-11
It Matters P-12
Language Barriers P-13
Life Is (or Isn’t) Fair! P-14
Listen Here P-15
Listening Skills P-16
Making Choices P-17
Making Rules P-18
Mixer P-19
My Hometown P-20
My Life P-21
Name That Feeling P-22
Options P-23
Perspective P-24
Problem Solving P-25
Real Self/Ideal Self P-26
Responsibility P-27
Saying and Meaning P-28
Self-Collage P-29
Socio-Gram P-30
Success P-31
Switching Roles P-32
Think-Feel-Do P-33
Web P-34
What Was It Like? P-35
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
There are many activities and ideas collected in this project. As I attempted to
reference the resources, in some cases it became difficult to determine who,
when, and where I was introduced to each activity. Wherever possible, I have
provided a reference for the source of the activity. There are many activities that I
have designed and many that I was introduced to somewhere along my
counseling path by someone who designed it or adapted it. I want to
acknowledge all of those creative counselors that have come before me and
extend my appreciation. All of these activities have been adapted and fit into a
standards-based format with the primary purpose to improve the academic,
career, and personal/social development of all students within the context of a
guidance curriculum.
I would like to thank Corinne Antone for her many hours of editing and
formatting as well as for putting up with an author in the family. Second, I would
like to thank all of the fine school counselors and students who I have had the
honor of knowing or working with over the years. And last, I would like to thank
all of the school counseling graduate students who have taught me much about
both teaching and learning. I am proud to be a school counselor and a school
counselor educator. We accept the challenge of enhancing the lives of young
people—this is work worthy of considerable effort.