A step by step approach to be used by the director of district guidance upgrading project to improve a program. (JF)

A guidance dean discusses the new role of the counselor. Using a team approach, the guidance dean develops a priority of "job targets" in behavioral terms for aiding students. Evaluation is done by assessing his performance in achieving these job targets. (CG)

In an attempt to provide vocational guidance services to all students, a differentiated staffing pattern is recommended. This program would use the services of four categories of personnel: (1) paraprofessional, (2) guidance teacher, (3) school counselor, and (4) specialist/coordinator. (SB)

THREE ARTICLES WHICH APPEARED IN "SCHOOL LIFE," MAY, JUNE, AND JULY 1962, ARE REPRINTED UNDER ONE COVER. REASONS FOR THE URGENCY FOR GUIDANCE AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL ARE GIVEN IN "GUIDANCE IN THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.""GUIDANCE IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS--SUCCESSFUL PRACTICES" STATES THAT DETECTION OF UNHEALTHY HABITS AND…

This article describes a project conducted jointly by guidance personnel at a high school and a two year branch campus of a State University. The purpose of the project was to investigate the feasibility of using data from the existing high school testing program to enhance both academic and vocational guidance at the two institutions. (JC)

A program of counseling is described whereby contact between problems and problem solvers is made at the moment the need for help is felt. (Author/BY)

Suggests that middle schools have not yet achieved guidance as a viable and essential part of the middle level curriculum. Considers the importance of identifying student characteristics and needs, the organization of support services, basic components of support services, and advocacy programs. (JPB)

GUIDANCE IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS IS A SERVICE TO ASSIST ALL CHILDREN IN MAKING MAXIMUM USE OF THEIR ABILITIES. IT ATTEMPTS TO IDENTIFY EARLY THE INTELLECTUAL, EMOTIONAL, SOCIAL AND PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE PUPIL. STATISTICS INDICATE THAT IN THE FUTURE, JOBS WILL DEMAND EVEN MORE EDUCATION AND TRAINING. SINCE POTENTIAL HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE…

The American Vocational Association and the National Vocational Guidance Association established a joint commission in 1971 to prepare a position paper on the basic elements of career development and to examine its potential for all education from kindergarten to adulthood. The paper is a partial response to this need in that it describes the…

Counselors, counselor educators, and guidance administrators are not demonstarting a great deal of interest or expertise in career guidance. A connection between this statement and a study conducted to determine what, if any, limitaiions on vocational guidance were the result of the guidance administrators' occupational interests is drawn. (AG)

THE ROLE OF GUIDANCE IN EXPANDING THE OPPORTUNITIES OF SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DEPRIVED YOUTH WAS DISCUSSED. SEVERAL GOALS, ALONG WITH METHODS OF THEIR IMPLEMENTATION WERE FORMULATED IN THE DISCUSSION. SCHOOLS SHOULD ACCEPT THE RESPONSIBILITY OF HELPING ALL STUDENTS TO FULFILL POTENTIAL ABILITIES. INSERVICE TRAINING FOR SCHOOL STAFF COULD ALERT…

THIS HANDBOOK DESCRIBES THE BASIC PRINCIPLES AND METHODS OF ORGANIZATION AND PLANNING WHICH MAY BE USED BY A STAFF WHEN INITIATING A GUIDANCE PROGRAM IN THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS. THE NEED FOR GUIDANCE AT THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LEVEL IS CONSIDERED FROM THE STANDPOINT OF THE CHILD, THE PARENTS, THE PRINCIPAL, AND THE TEACHERS. BASIC OBJECTIVES WHICH…

The results of this survey suggest that there is basic agreement in the fundamental duties performed by the director of guidance, although a great deal of variation exists in the title given that post. (Author)