Guidance and Counseling

Part IV: Guidance personnel (Roles and functions)

Guidance director Has the overall responsibility for guiding all the personnel in any guidance and counseling office. Specifically, s/he. Reviews adjust and improve the guidance and counseling program each year. Meets with parents about their children concerns. Meets with students Establishes and maintain mutually beneficial relationship with staff. Attends national and regional conferences Prepares reports Attends meetings with other guidance personnel. Provides counseling to advisers of students. Prepares yearly budget plans. Anticipate expenses Approves all the expenditures from the guidance and counseling budget. Guidance counselor Assists people with personal, family, educational, mental health and career decisions and problem. Overall function is to talk to students, provide option, listen to problem, help students develop their coping skill and learn to become good problem solvers and decision makers on their own Counseling in school includes a wide variety of activities and services. The following list will describe the services of school-counseling program. These include: Individual counseling Group counseling Group guidance Students appraisal Referral Consultation Coordination

It is necessary to listen for three pieces of information students bring to the counseling sessions; Their problem or concerns Their feelings about the problem, and Their expectation on what they want the counselor to do. Most problems maybe classified in one or more of five categories: Conflict with others, Conflict with self Lack of information about self Lack of information about the environment and Lack of skill The qualities and behaviors present in very effective counselors are as follows: Intellectual competence Energy Flexibility Support Goodwill Self -awareness Advantages of being a school counselor You get to touch the life of your student You are able to reach out and help someone solve a problem or feel good about him or her self You the opportunity to work with a variety of professionals such as psychologies, social workers, and various therapists. Disadvantage of being a school counselor Is that it is both emotionally and physically draining. You work for many people such as the administrator, teacher, parents and students all demand time and attention from you. Psychometrician Is someone who develops test. The one who conducts testing services is called a psychometrist. But in the Philippines the one who is in charge of testing services is called psychometrician. Function of psychometrician: Identifies and select test, in coordination with the guidance director that must be purchased and administered. Setting the schedule of the testing services either individual or by group. Administers, corrects and interprets test results.

 Provides counselors with the result of the test to be of aid for counseling placement and other relevant concerns. Encodes and makes summaries of test results for future references Prepares testing materials and other materials necessary to carry out testing activities. Keeps test materials and test results

Researchers Designs, formulates and conducts research project. Collect, manage and analyze information and organize data which are presented in oral or written form. Function of researchers is as follows: Defining and refining research objectives. Designing questionnaire Using appropriate and creative methodology to design and manage a research project. Applying a variety of research techniques to gather relevant information. Developing testing theories; Liaising with and directing social research field interviews to gather information; Conducting literature searches using electronics data based Analyzing and evaluating research and interpret data, making sure that key issues are identified Carrying out or directing field work to gather information Preparing and reporting findings and disseminating results both orally and writing:

Guidance and Counseling

Part V : Guidance Services
a. Counseling services is designed to facilitate self-understanding and development through dyadic or small group relationship. This is considered as the heart and soul of the guidance program.

Different approaches, skill and theories are implemented by counselors because people and situations are different. Sometimes one or the other is best, and sometimes the combination of techniques produces the most benefit. These counseling services are the following: Individual counseling Group counseling Family counseling Counseling special cases b. testing/assessment services The assessment service is designed to collect, analyze and use a variety of objective and subjective personal, psychological and social data about each pupils. Test will be useful as a guidance tool if combined with appropriate planning for individual development. Test provide information in meaningful terms through quantitative description.

These services cover the administration, scoring, interpreting and evaluating results of selected test such as: Admission test Intelligence test Individual intelligence test Group intelligence test Aptitude test Interest test Personality test Projective test Special test c. Information service Designed to provide accurate and current information in order that the students may make an intelligent choice of an educational program an occupation or s social activity.

d. student inventory record This is continuous process of accumulating recording and utilizing information of each student for guidance and counseling purposes and for obtaining a complete picture of the individual. e. training/seminar/forum These are programs designed to help students to discover their innate ability and talents as well as develop their emotional intelligence.

f. placement and career services The school assist the students in selecting and utilizing opportunities within the school and in the outside labor market. g. research services Research capabilities of the guidance center are conducted in conjunction with relevant educational studies like students delinquency problems, teenage pregnancy, faculty-student relationship and others. h. career and life planning Is a package of activities designed to develop skills in self-exploration, values clarification, career planning, and decision making and life goal setting.

i. freshmen enhancement program Package of activities for freshmen designed to facilitate adjustment into college life, enhance selfawareness and understanding, and develop the basic skill in coping effectively with rigors of academic life j. referral Special cases which require service beyond the scope o0f guidance and counseling program , are referred to other agencies k. linkages The guidance and counseling program also carry out collaborative activities with the school and community-based organization. l. extension services Guidance staff function and responsibilities go beyond the students. They extend services by helping others through training, seminar/workshop. Or conduct research as they are often invited in occasion needing their skills and knowledge. In most instances, they render services for free. m. peer facilitator Are trained to help the staff in the delivery of the guidance services, as well as extension services.