Social Emotional Learning
Meet Ms. Michaela Mense
and Mrs. Chrissy Decker Callison
Services offered:
Individual Counseling
Group Counseling
Resources for families and students
Classroom Lessons: Second Step
Counselors Schedule:
Ms. Mense: Tuesday- Friday 7-3:30
Mrs. Callison: Mondays, Tuesdays & Thursdays 8- 3:30
Bullying:
This year we will be doing something different with bullying. Counselors will meet with both parties and create plans.
We will be asking for people to be allies! Is that YOU? Would you be willing to be a safe person for someone who is having a conflict with a friend?
Discussing bullying with the counselors is not discipline. We are being proactive and trying to find solutions to bully problems and friend conflict. We are going to be thinking win-win. Our end in mind is creating a school where everyone feels comfortable.
Social Emotion Learning Curriculum K-5
Growth Mindset & Goal-Setting: Children learn how to pay attention and manage distractions, develop a growth mindset, and apply goal-setting strategies to their social and academic lives.
Recognizing Bullying: Students learn how to recognize bullying and how to stand up safely to bullying.
Emotion Management: Children learn how to identify and label emotions and use emotion management strategies—including stress management for older students—to calm strong feelings.
Empathy & Kindness: Children learn how to recognize kindness and act kindly, have empathy for others and take others’ perspectives, and recognize kind acts and empathy as important elements of building and maintaining relationships.
Problem-Solving: Children learn how to identify and state a problem, recognize if a problem is an accident, and use the STEP problem-solving process:
S: Say the problem
T: Think of solutions
E: Explore the outcomes
P: Pick a solution
Social Emotion Learning Curriculum Middle School
Mindsets and Goals: Students learn how to develop a growth mindset and apply research based goal-setting strategies to their social and academic lives.
Recognizing Bullying and Harassment: Students learn how to recognize bullying and harassment, stand up safely to bullying, and respond appropriately to harassment.
Thoughts, Emotions, and Decisions: Students learn how to recognize strong emotions and unhelpful thoughts, and apply strategies to manage their emotions and reduce stress.
Managing Relationships and Social Conflict: Students learn strategies for developing and maintaining healthy relationships, perspective-taking, and dealing with conflict.
