CSI/504 Organization

The first week was great! All of my intro lessons worked beautifully. The older kids had such a wonderful time with the Quiz. I had many of them debating with me about whether or not ice cream sundaes were appropriate for my favorite food answer. I was also impressed with the 3rd and 4th graders ability to relate a counselor to a beach bum/hairstylist. They were doing a great job making the connections.

 I have been so busy with CSI/504 requests, that I decided it was important to get organized. I created a spreadsheet to keep track of who we were collecting/monitoring, who we had scheduled for a CSI (this is our problem solving team where we decide what we should do, keep monitoring/test/504/whatever else), and those scheduled for 504s (to keep track of when they are). I have a separate sheet for all 504s, but this was nice to see everything in one place. If you would like a copy, leave a message with your email address and I will send it over. It is interesting to me how there wasn't a system before, so this will definitely keep things much more organized. My principal and I can send it back and forth and add as we get names from teachers.

 

What do you do to keep track/organize these students?

 

First Week & Schedule

Whew! I am exhausted.  I started my weekend before the first week of school with a major kidney infection.  Yay!  Seriously though, I kept a positive attitude because so much was going on.

I shadowed the principal the first day.  We spent the morning greeting students and parents and directing traffic (my morning duty from 7:50-8:00).  Then, we went in and out of classrooms saying hi to students.  Lunch period (11-12:40), I walked around the lunchroom talking to students and introducing myself.  I met with some of our students with special needs and organized 504 folders.

Today was another busy day.  The principal and I met with every grade level during their specials to talk about the new programs we are putting in place.  I also found out the large number of 504s and 6th grade ARDs I have.  So many going on in the first 6 weeks.

The rest of this week is going to be extremely crazy busy, but I am ready.  I attached a copy of my schedule, so you can have an idea of what I have posted on my board as well as on my website each week.  This is the same format my school counselor mentor used last year and I loved it! It was so nice for the students to be able to see if they had a group, individual session, or guidance lesson with their class. ( I blacked out teachers names and students initials for the internet)

CounselorSchedule

Do you have a schedule you use?

Confidentiality Freebie

Well, if you can't already tell, I am loving mint green chevron.  It is all over my room!  I created this confidentiality poster to hang in my room & I'm sharing it with you.

Confidentiality

Chevron background from The Darling Blog.  Fonts used My First Crush (dafont) & Tangerine.