Group Guidance Program

Developed by Samuel B. Batara

General Objectives
Group guidance is just a fraction of the entire Guidance Program. It can, however, serve the following purposes:
1. To organize groupings among faculty and students that will pursue research, study, and discussion on subjects and pursuits of common interest;
2. To provide factual sources for the discussion of growth and development concerns peculiar to the group;
3. To stimulate student’s thoughts about his biological, psychological and sociological worlds, and to provide a forum for the sharing of such thoughts;
4. To promote member cooperation, the planning and attainment of group goals and group unity as well as individual development;
5. To facilitate open communication and interaction that center upon current concerns and interests of group members;
6. To develop leadership roles and responsibilities among group members;
7. To disseminate information that will assist students to make effective use of the school environment and develop a strategy for the attainment of long-term
educational and vocational goals; and
8. To orient the students to the availability of guidance services and other growth opportunities.

FIRST SESSION: ACQUAINTANCE AND ORIENTATION

Specific Objectives Activities/Discussion Topics Persons Involved Time Frame Logistics Materials Needed
Through the session, students ENCOUNTER Group members 2nd Saturday of P250 Room or Hall
a. Familiarize with each other by name, A. Acquaintanceship Group leaders semester Tables, chairs
likes and dislikes, roots and wings, B. Orientation on Group Facilitators if possible a Hall and light Writing board and
talents and interests Guidance Program: Resource people whole day provided by chalk, markers,
b. formulate and decide group rationale, Explanations and Open Forum Guidance officers affair, before, the school eraser, pencils,
basic ground rules, member roles and *“Introductions” School over, and after paper, name
responsibilities “Alphabetical Order” Administrators lunch Pack lunch or cards
c. discpver and avail themselves of C. Information on Guidance pot luck by Audio visual
basic guidance services available in Services Offered, Guidance members gadgets, charts,
the school officers introduced posters
d. talk about and list down basic D. Listing and prioritizing of
problems, issues and concerns common concerns / interests
commonly encountered “Wishing well”
e. express themselves, their thoughts, E. Voicing out of members’
wishes and desires, and find their expectations and roles Make
place, roles and responsibilities list on a board
SECOND SESSION: LIFE GOALS
Specific Objectives Activities/Discussion Topics Persons Involved Time Frame Logistics Materials Needed
Through the session, students DECISIONS Group members 5th Saturday of P250 Room or Hall
a. share with each other their dreams, A. Examples of life goals Group leaders semester Tables, chairs
aspirations, models in life “Dreams” Facilitators Hall and light Writing board and
b. decide on life-time careers, and assess “Limited life” Guidance officers a whole day provided by chalk, markers,
bases of choices B. Choosing life goals Class Advisers affair, if the school eraser, pencils,
c. formulate and structure basic “Favorites” Placement possible, before, paper, name
attitudes, values, outlooks, and means “Calamity Drill” personnel over, and after Pack lunch or cards
of growing with goals C. Development of life goals lunch pot luck by Audio visual
Sharing of thoughts members gadgets, charts,
“Song, Music and Me” posters

THIRD SESSION: DISTRACTIONS FROM ATTAINING LIFE GOALS

Specific Objectives Activities/Discussion Topics Persons Involved Time Frame Logistics Materials Needed
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Through the session, students REFLECTIONS Group members 8 Saturday of P1,000 Room or Hall
a. identify and distinguish habits and A. Habits and Vices Group leaders semester Tables, chairs
vices that enhance or destroy one’s “Million-Peso Exercise” Facilitators Hall and light Writing board and
goals “Hatred” Guidance officers a whole day provided by chalk, markers,
b. discover pitfalls and distractions B. Alcohol and Drugs Resource affair, if the school eraser, pencils,
social menace like alcohol and drugs Group discussion with Speakers: possible, before, paper, name
present Resource Person(s) Pastor/Minister over, and after Pack lunch or cards
c. design attitudes towards love and sex C. Love, Sex and Marriage Social Worker lunch pot luck by Audio visual
and values that contribute to happy Group discussion with Medical Doctor members; gadgets, charts,
partnership and marriage Resource Person(s) Values Educator catered to Token gifts to
d. clarify among themselves desirable D. Values Clarification resource speakers
from undesirable values “Priorities” speakers Activity materials
“Importance of Values”
FOURTH SESSION: INFLUENCES IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF LIFE GOALS
Specific Objectives Activities/Discussion Topics Persons Involved Time Frame Logistics Materials Needed
Through the session, students EXPLORATION Group members 11th Saturday of P250 Room or Hall
a. reconstruct past incidents and A. Past Influences Group leaders semester Tables, chairs
situations that have contributed to “Past Experiences” Facilitators Hall and light Writing board and
their present being “Looking Back” Guidance officers a whole day provided by chalk, markers,
b. assess present conditions and B. Present Influences Guests: Parents affair, if the school eraser, pencils,
opportunities that enhance life goals “Television and Me” Social Worker possible, before, paper, name
c. visualize coming realities and trends, “Influential Persons” over, and after Pack lunch or cards
and plan on how to face and C. Future Influences lunch pot luck by Audio visual
overcome them “Jumping into the Future” members gadgets, charts
Summing Up

FIFTH SESSION: IMPORTANCE OF SUPPORTIVE PEOPLE TOWARDS ATTAINMENT OF LIFE GOALS

Specific Objectives Activities/Discussion Topics Persons Involved Time Frame Logistics Materials Needed
Through the session, students SUPPORT SYSTEMS Group members 14th Saturday of P250 Room or Hall
a. treasure the importance of a family in A. The Family Group leaders semester Tables, chairs
the development of one’s disposition “Family Relations” Facilitators Hall and light Writing board and
b. prize the roles of friends and indicate B. Friends Guidance officers a whole day provided by chalk, markers,
means of making and keeping friends “Friendship” Guests: Parents affair, if the school eraser, pencils,
c. discuss and appropriate the roles of C. Community and Institutions Friends possible, before, paper, name
other members of the community “Fanatics” over, and after Pack lunch or cards
d. appraise one’s social duties and “Limited Life” lunch pot luck by Audio visual
obligations and determine playing D. Emphasis on Members’ Roles members gadgets, charts
one’s contributions and Responsibilities Activity specified
“Story Writing” materials
SIXTH SESSION: STRENGTHENING DETERMINATION TOWARDS REACHING LIFE GOALS
Specific Objectives Activities/Discussion Topics Persons Involved Time Frame Logistics Materials Needed
Through the session, students DECISION AND ACTION Group members 17th Saturday of P250 Room or Hall
a. analyze and improve their study, A. Study Habits Group leaders semester Tables, chairs
work and play habits “Symbols of School Life” Facilitators Hall and light Writing board and
b. determine, face squarely, and resolve B. Handling of Problems Guidance officers a whole day provided by chalk, markers,
problems besetting them, and assist “Success” Student Officers affair, if the school eraser, pencils,
each other to work out problems Identification of issues, Administrators possible, before, paper, name
c. discuss, analyze and act on pervasive problems and solutions Class Advisers over, and after Pack lunch or cards
scholastic/ academic concerns C. Academic concerns lunch pot luck by Audio visual
d. take action on insights and ideas Housekeeping and channeling members gadgets, charts
gained and look positively at the D. Evaluation: Discussion on Activity specified
future session improvement materials

*NB: Italicized activities in quotation marks are growth group exercises whose mechanics are detailed in a separate book, Fellowship Activity Ideas, by Sam B.
Batara

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