Counselor Kirk

📣 Attention all Oklahomans (and anyone else interested in using your voice to advocate for school counselors and the students we serve)! We need positive public comment. Your voice matters!

🌟Oklahoma has just released a proposed rule that would ensure school counselors spend 80% of their time providing direct and indirect student services. This would be a HUGE improvement from the non-counseling tasks many Oklahoma school counselors are tasked with.

💬What does that mean?! School counselors could focus on supporting ALL students and their academic, social and emotional, and college and career development.

✍️ School counselors, teachers, parents, ANYONE!! We need your help— write your public comment today and help make a difference!

📧 Email [email protected] with your stories, comments, and support of school counselors being able to use their unique skillset to improve outcomes of Oklahoma students! If you want to see what I wrote as an example, let me know and I’ll send it your way.

Yay Jennifer Sack!!!! I am so so so excited for Jennifer!! Such a deserving honor!!! Jennifer is a dedicated school counselor committed to creating a comprehensive school counseling program that serves all students. She represents Oklahoma, Oklahoma State Department of Education, and Tulsa Public Schools SO well!! Congratulations!! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

🎉Congratulations to the 2024 School Counselor of the Year finalists.🎉

Friendly reminder for the start of the school year— Find your marigold! 🌼🌼🌼🌼🌼

If you have never read this article, it is a must for ALL educators:

Find Your Marigold: The One Essential Rule for New Teachers Advice is available everywhere you look, and some of it is very good. But a lot of those tips won’t work if you fail to follow this one essential rule.

Exciting news alert! 🎉 The ownership of Yoga 4 Classrooms has transitioned into the capable hands of our new leader, Sarah Kirk! With heartfelt gratitude, we bid farewell to our founder, Lisa Flynn, who passed on the torch after years of dedication and hard work.

Counselor Kirk brings a wealth of experience and boundless enthusiasm to steer our beloved organization into the future. As we embark on this new journey, we want to express our deepest thanks to each and every one of you who has supported Yoga 4 Classrooms over the years. Your commitment to promoting mindfulness and social-emotional learning in schools has been the cornerstone of our mission's success.

The future holds boundless possibilities, and we are eager to continue our collective journey, empowering educators, students, and caregivers to thrive in a mindful and compassionate educational environment where the entire school community can flourish.

Learn more about these exciting new changes here: https://mailchi.mp/yoga4classrooms.com/bignews?e=377abb8eb5

What a FULL and FUN three days in Maine as we transition Yoga 4 Classrooms from the one and only Lisa Flynn, to me! We accomplished SO much and I am so hopeful about the future of Yoga 4 Classrooms! In addition to full days of meetings, I also mailed my first Yoga 4 Classrooms Activity Cards orders (Yay!). What a special bonus that Lisa’s town is so, so charming and the hospitality was amazing!! 💚

I am leaving ATL with the happiest heart! It is hard to narrow down the 100s of photos to give a recap of my favorite week of the year!! Here is a brief look into the connections, inspiration, learning, and FUN that took place at !!

✨ Beyond thrilled to share that I am now the owner of Yoga 4 Classrooms! ✨
The mission of Yoga 4 Classrooms is to empower educators to create classrooms that embody a culture of compassion and inclusion, support whole child development, and enhance student success, one mindful moment at a time. Lisa Flynn created something really special in 2007 and I am delighted to carry it on and continue to grow it in important and beautiful ways. Intentional yoga and mindfulness totally transformed my school counseling program and I am so excited to help bring it to schools across the nation. Stay tuned for a lot more information soon but for now, give a follow to stay in the know! 🤍🧘🏼‍♀️

I love hearing all the guesses about what’s coming up next in my world! By far the most common guess was consultant— and YES! I do love consulting, training, and presenting. I’ve been doing that type of work through Counselor Kirk, LLC for several years and just love it! Check out my website for more info. That is one side of the business card BUT there is another side of the business card that no one has guessed yet!! 🤪

I heard everything from principal to private practice to professor to school counselor! All sound like amazing career ideas and maybe some of those will be next! 😉

Announcement coming soon… stay tuned to see the other side of the business card!! 🤍