Counseling Curriculum

Counselors visit classrooms monthly to teach academic, social-emotional and career lessons. A variety of materials are used in lessons, including the SecondStep curriculum.

	K	1	2	3	4	5
September	Intro to counselor, learning to listen Showing Kindness by being mindful of same or different	Intro to counselor, Focusing Attention Being Assertive – Big Problem/Little Problem	Intro to counselor, learn about the brain	Growth Mindset and more about the brain.	Growth Mindset and more about the brain.	Growth Mindset and more about the brain.
October	Recognizing Bullying	Showing Kindness Bully Prevention: Recognizing	Showing Kindness by Respecting Different Preferences	Showing Kindness by Understanding Perspectives	Showing Kindness by Showing Compassion	Showing Kindness by Responding with Compassion
November	Reporting Bullying Identifying Big and Little Problems	Bully Prevention: Refusing Accidents and Apologizing: Solving Small Problems	Bullying: Review Recognizing Reporting	Bullying: Review of 3 R’s Bystander Power	Bullying: Review of 3 R’s Bystander Power	Bullying: Review of 3 R’s Bystander Power
December	Staying on Task Feelings	Self-Talk for Calming Down	Self-Talk for Focusing	Planning to Learn: Begin With the End in Mind	How Will My Mindset Grow?: Mindset Goal Setting	How Will My Mindset Grow?: Mindset Goal Setting
January	Doing your best work	Accidents, making mistakes, apologizing	Handling Making Mistakes	Accepting Differences	Avoiding Jumping to Conclusions	Handling Put-Downs
February	Doing your best work	Calming down strong feelings	Bystander Power	Bystander Power	Cyber-Bullying	Cyber-Bullying
March	Managing frustration	Solving problems	Managing Anger/Frustration	Managing Stress	Problem Solving	Study Skills
April	Calming down strong feelings	Teamwork Makes the Dream Work	Playing Fair	Problem Solving Steps	Handling Peer Pressure	Dealing With Gossip
May	Warm Fuzzies	Careers	Careers	Careers	Careers	Careers
June	Jobs at school	Careers	Careers	Careers	Careers	Careers

Class lessons may change based on need of students on each grade level.