Tritt Counselors Corner

Welcome!

     

 Dear Parents,

 

We want to extend a warm welcome to Tritt from the school counselors. Some of you may be first time parents in the Cobb County School system so we want to provide you with a brief overview of the counseling program.  The elementary school counseling program is developmental and preventive in nature. We wear many different hats in this job and that is one of the things we love the most. Just as each student is unique, each day at Tritt brings new challenges and new successes to our job.

 

As counselors, we are mandated to teach lessons in three areas: Academic Development, Career, and Personal/Social. Each area has a national standard associated with it.  We teach these lessons in each classroom on an every other week schedule.  Kindergarten lessons are 20 minutes long and lessons in 1^st-5^th grades are 30 minutes in length. These lessons are designed to be informative and fun learning experiences for your child.

 

We also work with students in small group settings on topics such as changing families, self-control, friendship, anger management, and study skills/test-taking.  Students are seen individually when referred by their teachers and/or their parents or when they ask to see us.

 

We are available for consultation with both teachers and parents.  If you have a concern about your student’s academic or social progress/success, please feel free to call us.  We can talk on the phone or set up a meeting here at school.

 

We also work with the teachers to help them understand and meet individual student needs. We send out classroom needs assessments in the fall and in the spring to ensure that we meet those needs in classroom guidance lessons, small groups, or individually.

 

If you have any questions or concerns during this year, please call us at 770-642-5633. We look forward to a happy and productive year working with you and your child.

 

Sincerely,

  

Judith Carter, Ed.S. (Counselor k,2,4)

Debbie Edwards, Ed.S. (Counselor 1,3,5)

Welcome to the Counselor's Corner Blog

It has been great to see all of the smiling faces this week as we begin our 2011 -2012 school year.  We know it is going to be a great year for everyone--teachers and students!

Setting up routines early in the school year is very important for helping students be ready to learn:

*Consider routines to help children be able to relax in the morning such as picking out their clothes the night before, playing soothing music while they are getting ready, or giving them a few extra minutes to wake up in the morning.

*A good breakfast starts the day off right and helps increase concentration.  Offering healthly food choices is very important.

*Talking about the day lets your child know that you care about what he/she is doing here at school.  Ask questions such as "What was the best part of your day at school?"

*Establishing a time and place for homework and studying is very important.  Try to set up times when your child is most alert.  If students do their homework or study late at night, they will not do their best work.

*A set bedtime helps children fall asleep more quickly.  We suggest doing quiet activities before sleep such as reading or talking about the day.

*See that your child gets to school on time.  Coming into the classroom late often sets the mood and pace for day.  If your child has the opportunity to ride the bus, have them ride the bus. They are starting the day behind.

We are here to help in any way that we can.  If you have any questions or concerns, please call us at 770-642-5633.