This manual has been prepared to provide one approach for an examination of the role activities of the counseling staff in the modern secondary school. It has not been prepared to furnish "the answer." Within recognized limits, it has been prepared to focus attention on and to present: (1) a point of view of the secondary school and learning in…

The impetus for the study was provided by the widespread disagreement on the counselor's role and function as stated by counselors and administrators. Purposes included: (1) the provision of information about the counselor's role and function; (2) the resolution of confusion concerning the counselor's role; and (3) the improvement of communication…

This article looks at the history of a guidance program in a west Texas school district bordering on Mexico. Due to the high drop out rate and low test scores, money was pulled away from guidance programs because of the lack of success of the services. With persistence, a comprehensive guidance program was eventually introduced. Advocating for the…

The shortage of qualified school counselors in the past few years has been a concern of the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE). Efforts to address this issue were largely contingent on encouraging students to enter counselor-training programs. Recent research pointed to the fact that a large number of counselors were…

School counselor supervision, evaluation, and professional development are critical to the successful implementation of a school guidance program. This discussion contributes to understanding the benefits and necessity of an appraisal system for counselors that is aligned with the comprehensive guidance program model. This document describes the…

Starting from the premise that guidance is a technique for facilitating learning and the development of youth, this booklet represents the thinking of teachers, administrators and college personnel about guidance related concepts. The guide deals with a comprehensive range of topics: (1) the history, needs and trends of elementary guidance in…

When the State of Utah implemented a comprehensive guidance program, it began with a state-sponsored training of school guidance teams. Successfully identifying and displacing non-guidance activities (NGAs) in the comprehensive guidance program was a complicated process and was dependent upon communication and building positive relationships with…

The papers which comprise this book are directly related to the conceptualization of elementary guidance and were all written between 1958 and 1968. The wide range of topics deals with the following: (1) prevention of difficulties through elementary school guidance; (2) contemporary societal pressures on elementary school children and the role of…

School counselors' job descriptions leave room for many unexpected and unplanned activities. The Montgomery County Public Schools in Maryland chose to address the challenge of counselors being assigned non-guidance tasks with a combination of approaches. Data collection, development of a transdisciplinary service provision model, revision of the…

The Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District in northwest Houston has grown extremely fast. During the 2001-2002 school year, an additional 4,000 students were added. Because of this growth, it was difficult for the district to adopt the state model for guidance and counseling programs. Many counselors followed what was recommended but it was…

Results-based evaluation and assessment of guidance and counseling is a difficult task. How to best evaluate whether the comprehensive guidance program was getting the intended results became an issue for Omaha Public Schools. They set about to draft a framework for measuring student behavior or learning resulting from activities associated with…

School counselors agree that for school counseling programs to be successful, parent participation is essential. Involving parents in designing a school counseling program increases the chances that the counseling objectives will be reinforced at home. One effective strategy used by the Dorchester School District in South Carolina is conducting a…

Extensive research is cited which has established that students most likely to succeed in college: (1) enter college between ages 21 and 25; (2) have been out of high school between 2 and 5 years; (3) have parents of moderate means but do not have to work full time; (4) may be married; (5) are native born or in special programs; (6) have well…