Helping in the Hallways

by Hazler, Richard J.

• ISBN13: 9780803965997
• ISBN10: 0803965990
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1997-12-12
• Publisher: Corwin Pr

Summary

Your skill and success with students in the counseling office are first-rate. But are you having a positive impact on the overall campus population? Helping in the Hallways offers a fresh model and specific ideas that can help you do a better job with your outside-the-office encounters. The author advocates using a simple, direct approach with people and situations to maximize the unique benefits of non-clinical settings. Here, Hazler focuses on how you can increase your sphere of influence to include all your constituents. He teaches you the strategies that can help make significant contributions in the lives of the students, parents, and community members you serve. You'll find out how to * Build supportive relationships with students outside your office * Get parents involved with their children's school and education * Work closely with the principal to implement ideas to improve the school climate and culture * Guide teachers who are having difficulty keeping classroom activities on track * Become a positive school advocate in your school's community Your everyday interactions with students and staff can produce beneficial results. Learn to emphasize a casual, guidance-oriented approach to hallway, playground, and lunchroom relationships to smooth the way for office sessions. Use your unique skills to ease touchy situations among staff, students, parents, and community. Make a greater impact on the lives of all the people you serve, not just the few who enter your counseling office. Hazler's techniques will help you make a real difference for your entire school community.

Table of Contents

Preface	vii	(4)
Finding Your Way in the Hallways	ix	(1)
Acknowledgments	ix	(2)
About the Author	xi
1. Hazardous Hallways	1	(10)
Mounting Pressures	2	(3)
Hope in the Hallways	5	(2)
Initiators of Improvement	7	(3)
Making the Hallways Work for You	10	(1)
2. Mapping Hallway Relationships	11	(15)
Office Security	12	(1)
Limited Time Equals Limited Goals	13	(1)
Matching Contexts	14	(3)
Timing	17	(2)
Location	19	(3)
Readiness	22	(1)
Charting a Hallway Course	23	(3)
3. Quick Steps to Success	26	(16)
Step 1: Stabilize the Situation	27	(2)
Step 2: Build Multiple Relationships	29	(1)
Step 3: Clarify Contexts	30	(1)
Step 4: Establish Common Goals	31	(2)
Step 5: Select Actions Pragmatically	33	(2)
Step 6: Multiply Connections	35	(3)
Step 7: Adapt Based on Results	38	(2)
Step 8: Step Aside	40	(2)
4. Captive Clients	42	(16)
Reflexes and Patience	43	(3)
Environments of Change	46	(4)
Expanding the Hallways	50	(3)
Reacting to Readiness	53	(5)
5. Activating Adult Motivators	58	(23)
Power	60	(2)
Vulnerability	62	(1)
Joy	63	(2)
Tailoring Strategies for Teachers	65	(5)
Involving the Principal	70	(2)
Appreciating Specialists	72	(3)
Forging Parental Partnerships	75	(4)
Reminders	79	(2)
References and Suggested Readings	81