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Conflict Resolution Strategies
Interpersonal Effectiveness
Interpersonal Effectiveness
What Do I Do When I Have A Conflict?
The school counselor's main goal is to respond to the needs of her campus, especially the needs of students. One need the school counselor at McNeil saw arise these past few years were student conflicts and how students were not solving conflicts with others in appropriate ways. The school counselor used personal conversations, teacher needs assessment, and disciplinary reports to track where, what, and how students were solving conflicts. The school counselor then planned ways to provide students with vocabulary knowledge, actionable tools, peer to peer practice, and a four step strategy to use when they are presented with a small to a large problem.
During our guidance day in the fall McKinney School Counselors were given a book titled, The Fort. Reading the book the school counselor felt her first grade students were the perfect grade level to use the book with. She then had an idea of how to make the lesson engaging, relevant, and she also created a four step strategy to use to help them solve problems in the classroom, at home, or in the community.
The school counselor also found books to use with every grade level that would provide an engaging way to study conflicts and resolutions and the same four step strategy every grade level could use to help them practice solving conflicts. In all lessons the school counselor used interactive activities to not only make the lesson more engaging but also to help students think, assess, and learn strategies to help them practice using I feel statements and a true apology.
By the end of the lesson throughout the kindergarten through second grade classes, students were asked to write or draw how they feel when they are having a conflict and draw or write how they feel when they have solved their problem. They were also asked to repeat back the four steps of solving a problem. Over 70% of the students in Kinder, First, and Second were able to write or draw the way they feel and over 55% were able to accurately state what the steps were to solving a problem.
The school counselor also used this lesson during peer walkthroughs to receive valuable feedback from other school counselors in McKinney ISD. They were able to give the school counselor real data and feedback on how to improve her lesson, things that went well, and advice for future lessons. It also provided a couple of new school counselors some ideas on how to use novelty, voice, and repetition in their own lessons.
Conflict Resolution Lesson Plan Cover Page
Lesson Cover Page-October.pdfConflict Resolution Lesson and Data
Connected Stakeholders
Connected Stakeholders
Our McNeil Counseling Program is only successful with the connected voices of every stakeholder. These stakeholders include students, parents/guardians, staff members, administrators, community partners, High School PALS, mentors, and even community resource partners. Without the ability to listen and build strong relationships with every stakeholder the school counseling program would not be able to grow and change to benefit every student at McNeil.
Some key ways stakeholders' voices are used are through surveys, needs assessments, school counselor google form, Counselor Advisory Council, leadership team, and data gathered at the end of guidance lessons.
One way the school counselor shares information with parents is through the monthly parent newsletter called the Counselor Connection. The school counselor provides connections to the character trait of the month, parent connections, and ideas to implement at home through the Counselor Connection.
Some key ways stakeholders' voices are used are through surveys, needs assessments, school counselor google form, Counselor Advisory Council, leadership team, and data gathered at the end of guidance lessons.
One way the school counselor shares information with parents is through the monthly parent newsletter called the Counselor Connection. The school counselor provides connections to the character trait of the month, parent connections, and ideas to implement at home through the Counselor Connection.
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