Practical Facilitation: Running Effective Groups & Classroom Instruction (Webinar) - Registration Coming Soon

Practical Facilitation: Running Effective Groups & Classroom Instruction (Curriculum/SEL)

In this engaging webinar, school counselors will learn practical strategies to plan and deliver effective classroom lessons and small group interventions. Learning will include how to easily apply the ASCA Student Standards: Mindsets & Behaviors for Student Success to lesson plans and data collection. Walk away with “how-tos” that will make your classroom lessons and small groups run smoothly, be memorable for your students, and drive results for your program. 

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

• Learn keys to effective data collection and lesson planning and how ASCA Student Standards: Mindsets & Behaviors for Student Success” can help guide you.
• Learn small group logistics (not just theory), and frameworks for successful facilitation.
• Gain practical “how-to” strategies to engage students in Social and Emotional Learning, in classroom lessons and small groups such as games, hands-on activities, and role-play.
• Build knowledge of classroom lesson push-in models and teaching strategies to strengthen SEL curriculum implementation including stations, and one teach/one assist.
• Understand co-regulation and self-awareness practices to deepen connection, reduce student anxiety and improve outcomes.

Lisa Delgadillo has been a school counselor since 2013 and currently works at William G. Hibbard Elementary School in Chicago, Ill. She received a bachelor’s degree in photography from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, a master’s degree in counseling psychology from Adler University and a professional educator license with the school counseling endorsement program from the Northern Illinois University School Counselor Institute. In 2023, Delgadillo collaborated with her school’s social worker to spearhead a Five Senses Coping Skills unit, which was designed for classrooms with a high percentage of students new to the country. “We focused on supporting social/emotional needs and helping them build community with one another and with us,” Delgadillo said. “We led engaging activities using all five senses in coping strategies, such as listening to relaxing music, visualizing peaceful settings, working with clay to create artistic expression and mindfully tasting different flavors.” They incorporated community building with game playing and a field day. On the last day, students received Five Senses Coping Skills kits (sketchbooks, scented pencils, sour candy, bubbles) with reminders about the lessons. To measure the unit’s efficacy, they looked at the rate of referrals and administered Mindsets & Behaviors surveys. Both data sets showed that the intervention was effective and led to a dramatic decrease in referrals and a meaningful increase in students’ understanding of ways to cope with stress. As the sponsor of the school’s Student Leadership Council, she supported students with projects that were important to them, including writing letters to elders in the neighborhood and creating welcome kits for new students. One activity the students were excited about was celebrating Pride month. They created posters with positive messages, wrote morning announcements, visited classrooms to talk about what Pride means to them and passed out rainbow pins to staff and students. Based on this enthusiasm, a Gender and Sexuality Alliance was created at Hibbard, and they plan to have a school Pride parade this year.