This blog is used for the PAL(R) class of C.E. Ellison High School, Killeen, Texas.
Tuesday, October 22, 2013
Monday, October 21, 2013
Test and Field Work Planning
Q: When working in the hallway with a student and he/she needs to go to the rest room, how do you handle his request?
- Good things!
- Business
- Test!
- Planning the week
Friday, October 18, 2013
Test Preparation!
Q: "Today, I had this positive thought about ___________." (What was the thought?)
- Humor!
- Review quiz and contacts not accomplished yesterday
- Prepare for Test!
Thursday, October 17, 2013
First Contacts
Obj: To build better
leadership through communication skill development.
Q: What are the most common slang words you hear on a daily basis?
Q: What are the most common slang words you hear on a daily basis?
- Discussion of quiz and preparing for upcoming test
- First contacts: meeting others, using the phone, and considering your words...
Tuesday, October 15, 2013
Quiz over Units 1-4
Q: When in a conflict with someone, what factors tend to escalate the conflict?
- Discussion of conflict management
- What is your conflict resolution style?
- Quiz
Monday, October 14, 2013
Conflict
Q: "The greatest
conflicts are not between two people, but between one person and himself."
- Garth Brooks
- Good things!
- Business
- Conflict and Resolution
Friday, October 11, 2013
Personal Planning and Ways to Say "No"
Q: Describe a time when you really just didn't want to hear another complaint. What did you do?
- Humor!
- Activity: Action Planning - Individual
- Handout: Ways to Say No
- Warning Signs
Thursday, October 10, 2013
Defensive Mechanisms and Group Dynamics
Q: What are your greatest stressors this week?
- It's a Defensive World
- Fallout Shelter exercise
Wednesday, October 9, 2013
Recovery Day!
Q: What are the stages of grieving (do the best you can)?
- Sub report
- Debrief of Movie
- Debrief of other assignments
Tuesday, October 8, 2013
Planning Day
Q: What time of the week do you usually collect your thoughts (alone time)?
- Prepare a chart for visiting schools in two weeks
- Draft the criteria necessary for award of the PAL(R) cord. Include presentation requirements.
Monday, October 7, 2013
Guest Speaker
Q: What does "At-Risk" mean? Do you know someone "at-risk"? (do not share name)
- Good Things and Business (This may take you into 10 minutes of class time)
- Guest Speaker (Mr. Warren Kostenski) will come today to discuss counselor services and the types of situations peer mentors may encounter.
Friday, October 4, 2013
Video Application (compl.)
Q: What keeps you from listening as well as you should?
- Turn in your notetaker and before the end of class. If not complete due to time constraints at the end of the film, turn it in on Monday.
Thursday, October 3, 2013
Video Application (cont.)
Q: Finish this sentence: "When I hurt (emotionally), I ______________."
- Continue with Fly Away Home.
Wednesday, October 2, 2013
Video Application Lesson
Q: What is the most valuable thing you possess? What would you have said in middle school?
- Begin watching Fly Away Home. Complete notetaker as you go. Pay specific attention to how Amy deals with grief.
Tuesday, October 1, 2013
Special Topics
Q: Why is it so hard to say "no" when encountering a temptation? What principle would be helpful to say "no"?
- Student teaching on violence (3 types) and media addiction
- Rogerian listening
- About the next few days...
Monday, September 30, 2013
Special Topics
Q: What is the saddest thing you have ever known regarding the behavior of your peers?
- Good things!
- Business
- Student problems today
- Tomorrow's teaching assignment...
Friday, September 27, 2013
Defensive Mechanisms
Q: How important is it for you to be right all the time?
- Humor!
- Turn in Journal. Staple loose-leaf warm-up pages together. Credit is given for each entry ONLY if all of the following is present: Date, Quote/Question, and Reflection/Response.
- Defensive mechanisms
Thursday, September 26, 2013
Behavioral Styles and Defensive Mechanisms (cont.)
Q: What "kind" of person do you enjoy working with least?
- MBTI meanings
- Four Behavioral Styles
- Defensive mechanisms
Wednesday, September 25, 2013
Behavioral Styles and Defensive Mechanisms
Q: What kind of person are you?
- Energy circle
- Behavioral Styles
- Defense Mechanisms
Tuesday, September 24, 2013
Revisiting Our "Field Day"
Q: When you think about what you eat, why do you pick the food you do?
- Discussion of yesterday's event
- Recapping last week's events/assignments
Monday, September 23, 2013
Tory Gant is Here!
No quote/question today. We're meeting with Tory Gant today in the PLC room (room over the student entrance). Lunch is provided. Wear comfortable clothes, get your paperwork signed off, and we'll see you there!
Friday, September 20, 2013
Work Day--Getting Better Organized
Q: From memory, what are the four things you should
inform a school staff member about related to abuse?
- Humor!
- With PAL II assistance, please look through our box of resources and organize it. Please review the contents and see where we are deficient. We'll discuss this more on Monday.
Thursday, September 19, 2013
Substance Abuse
Q: In your opinion, how prevalent is drug abuse in our middle and high schools?
- Take the Drug Wiz Quiz
- Discuss the answers
Wednesday, September 18, 2013
Referral Resources
Q: Why is reassurance oftentimes a non-facilitative response?
- Making referrals
- Assessing situations
- Situation Assessment Form
Tuesday, September 17, 2013
Communication
Q: How much instruction do you need before beginning an assignment?
- Activity: One Way/Two Way Communication
- Application to Stages of Development
- Discuss the handout (in handbook): Comparisons between Effective and Ineffective Groups.
- What are the most common examples of ineffective groups you've seen. With a partner, identify an example for each of the 8 descriptions for Ineffective Groups (turn in).
Monday, September 16, 2013
Facilitative vs. Non-Facilitative Responses
Q: What is the one thing on which you and your best friend disagree?
- Good things!
- Business
- Activity: Four Corners
- Facilitative vs. Non-Facilitative Responses
Friday, September 13, 2013
Facilitative Responses and Decision Making
Q: What does Johnny mean when he says, "That dumb teacher always picks on me!"
- Humor!
- Listening and Facilitative Responses
- Decision Making
Thursday, September 12, 2013
Developmental Stages
Q: At what age did you "grow" the most? This doesn't necessarily refer to physical growth.
- Developmental stages
- Skit related to developmental ages
- Questions related to each stage
Wednesday, September 11, 2013
Understanding Behavior
Obj: To determine the
behaviors and feelings manifested in various age groups.
Q: Describe the most awkward time in your early or late childhood development.
Q: Describe the most awkward time in your early or late childhood development.
- Debrief 20 Things
- Stages of Development
Tuesday, September 10, 2013
Group Dynamics and Building Trust
Q: What is your immediate reaction to two friends/relatives
engaged in verbal conflict? Is there
something better you could do?
- Human knot activity (2 groups)
- Twenty things worksheet
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