In an effort to both a) document the work we do at our school to support character education and social-emotional growth and b) publicize that information to our district’s community, the guidance counselors and Child Study Team at my school have started a blog!
In just the first two weeks of its existence, the blog already has five posts by three different authors (there are eight staff members between the two departments). It is also interesting to see how it has started to evolve from the original intent – simply documenting and publicizing the character ed activities in our school and how they align to our Six Pillars of Character – to also sharing resources with readers (see Dr. Todd’s and Ms. Kabo’s posts on relaxed performances and the impact of irregular sleep habits on behavior, respectively).
I have to admit, I’m very curious to see how this blog develops over the course of the school year. I’ve been blogging here for over six years now, but have never been part of a group blog before (save for two posts I wrote for a parenting blog back in 2008). I can’t wait to see how the group effort gels once we’ve all had a chance to bring our perspective to it.
In the meantime, if your school’s Guidance Dept. and/or Child Study Team has their own blog or Facebook page, please leave a link in the comments – we would appreciate any models we can get our hands on!
Excellent! Although I’m not blogging professionally anymore, I’m trying to keep up with other blogs that are related to my field. I’ll check it out.
Thanks Rick! Comments are closed on the blog, but if you have any feedback or suggestions, you can shoot that to me on Facebook. Would love to get constructive feedback for improvement.