Classroom Guidance Lessons is a big part of what I do as a school counselor. I see each class about once a month. Below are the competencies addressed for each grade level. For more information about all the competencies addressed please check out the links below. I will try to update the main blog from time to time to share what classes are doing to learn the competencies.
American School Counselor Association
North Carolina Essential Standards- Guidance
Kindergarten
Academic:
- Display a positive interest in learning.
- Use communication skills to know when and how to ask for help when needed.
- Demonstrate the ability to work cooperatively with other students.
Personal/Social
- Identify and express feelings.
- Recognize personal boundaries, rights and privacy needs.
- Demonstrate cooperative behavior in groups.
Career
- Learn about the variety of traditional and non-traditional occupations.
- Learn to make decisions
- Develop a positive attitude toward work and learning.
First Grade
Academic
- Articulate feelings of competence and confidence as learners.
- Identify attitudes and behaviors which lead to successful learning.
- Take responsibility for their actions.
Personal/Social
- Distinguish between appropriate and inappropriate behaviors.
- Use effective communication skills.
- Learn the difference between appropriate and inappropriate physical contact.
Career
- Learn about the variety of traditional and non-traditional occupations.
- Learn to make decisions.
- Develop a positive attitude toward work and learning.
Second Grade
Academic
- Accept mistakes as essential to the learning process.
- Demonstrate dependability, productivity, and initiative.
- Understand the relationship between classroom performance and success in school.
Personal/Social
- Understand the need for self-control and how to practice it.
- Know that communication involves speaking, listening, and nonverbal behavior.
- Understand consequences of decisions and choices.
Career
- Learn how to interact and work cooperatively in teams.
- Learn to make decisions.
- Learn how to set goals.
Third Grade
Academic
- Apply time management and task management skills.
- Demonstrate how effort and persistence positively.
- Use problem-solving and decision-making skills assess progress toward educational goals.
Personal/Social
- Learn how to make and keep friends.
- Know how to apply conflict resolution skills.
- Use persistence and perseverance in acquiring knowledge and skills.
Career
- Learn how to set goals.
- Learn how to use conflict management skills with peers and adults.
- Learn to work cooperatively with other as a time member.
Fourth Grade
Academic
- Share knowledge.
- Apply the study skills necessary for academic success at each level.
- Become self-directed and independent learners.
Personal/Social
- Know when peer pressure is influencing a decision.
- Identify alternative ways of achieving goals.
- Learn techniques for managing stress and conflict.
Career
- Learn how to set goals.
- Learn how to use conflict management skills with peers and adults.
- Learn to work cooperatively with others as a team.
Fifth Grade
Academic
- Develop a broad range of interests and abilities.
- Demonstrate the motivation to achieve individual potential.
- Apply knowledge of aptitudes and interests to goal setting.
Personal/Social
-Identify personal strengths and assets.
- Identify long and short term goals.
- Learn how to cope with peer pressure.
Career
- Develop an awareness of personal abilities, skills, interests, and motivations.
- Understand the importance of responsibility, dependability, punctuality, integrity, and effort in the workplace.
- Utilize time and task management skills.
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