GUIDANCE SERVICES

Developed by Samuel B. Batara

GUIDANCE
SERVICES
Testing Service
A. Entrance
Exam
B. IQ Tests
C. Counseling
Testing
D. Vocational
Testing
E. Study Habits
survey
F. Problem
checklist
G. Achievement
tests
H. Aptitude tests
I. Interest
inventories
J. Mental Ability
Tests

SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES
Students will be able to
a. examine their abilities and
inclination
b. get direction towards a more
fitting career
c. evaluate their intellectual
skills, emotional maturity,
social adjustment, and
achievement levels
d. provide teachers and
counselors vital information
on abilities and need areas of
students

ACTIVITIES
-

Pooling together student

applicants at a central place
where interviews and
necessary testing such as
psychological, general
academic, aptitude,
personality tests, etc. at the
level of the college/school
standards may be done;
Evaluation of tests and
interviews;
Notification of applicants;
inviting those accepted to a
set orientation program
Selection of tests
Administration of tests
Scoring of tests
Interpreting test results
Reporting test results
Using Test Results

TIME FRAME
January to March

TARGET
GROUPS
Student
Applicants

March to May
All year round as
needed

All students
First Year
Students

Problematic
students
End of year

Year level
transitions

All students

MANPOWER
RESOURCES
Guidance
Office; Faculty;
Registrars
Office; Host
Schools, their
staff and
facilities

Psychometrician
and Researcher

LOGISTICAL
REQUIREMENTS
The Guidance
Office provides for
test materials as
part of operating
expenses

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SERVICES
Placement
Service
A. Educational /
Curricular
Placement

B. Co-curricular
Placement

C. Vocational
Placement

SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES

ACTIVITIES

Students will be able to:

a. preview and be made aware
ahead of time, of the
opportunities, privileges,
duties, responsibilities, and
discipline they encounter if
they choose to join the school
community
b. study and decide whether or
not college life is for them
c. commit themselves to
respond more sincerely to
school expectations
d. progress satisfactorily from
one educational experience to
another

Recruitment/ Application
Processing
- series of promotional visits to
feeder schools, doing
a. talk on the affairs presently
enjoyed by students, as well as
opportunities, expectations,
responsibilities and discipline
expected of members of their
future school;
b. distribution of promotional
materials, and even showing
audio visual programs honestly
illustrating different areas of
college life;
c. open forum, question-answer
type, on oral and visual
presentation above, and on the
general set-up of the school;
d. further exclusive meetings with
students showing extra interests
and contemplating enrolment;
e. distribution and explanation of
application forms
f. orientation to the world of work
g. orientation to occupational fields
h. choosing an occupational area
i. follow up to determine
appropriateness of occupational
choice

e. find an appropriate place in

the world of work
f. challenge his interests and
abilities
g. make choices consistent with
their aptitudes and interests

TIME FRAME
January to
March

May-June
Admissions

TARGET
GROUPS
Prospective
High School
Graduating
Students

Student
Applicants

MANPOWER
RESOURCES
Recruitment
Committee;
Faculty;
Registrars
Office;
Guidance
Office;
Student Affairs
Office; Host
schools and
their staff and
facilities

LOGISTICAL
REQUIREMENTS
College Transport
provided for the
traveling
recruitment
committee
Promotional and
Admission
documents
provided by the
Registrars Office

GUIDANCE
SERVICES
Counseling
A. Educational
B. Vocational
C. Personal
Adjustment
D. Relationship
therapy
E. Crisis

SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES
Students will be able to
a. help themselves (face, not
fight) difficulties encountered
b. adjust to unpredictable
pressures
c. maintain and safeguard sound
mind, body and spirit
d. pursue undisrupted but
productive schooling
e. promote supportive
relationships
f. enhance self-esteem
g. balance demands of home,
school and work
h. acquire new insights and selfconfidence

ACTIVITIES
-

Counseling office manned by

full-time counselors, open
anytime for counseling
sessions;
Chaplains may be scheduled
for counseling services and
spiritual directions;
Pastors ministers of
churches to which students
belong are scheduled
counseling contacts with
students wishing to consult
them;
Student-parent-counselor
meetings
Resolving issues concerning
roommates, friends and
family
Coping with feelings of
loneliness, anxiety and
depression
Exploring human sexuality
and sexual identity
Learning time and stress
management skills

TIME FRAME
All year round,
an open door
service

As the need
arises

TARGET
GROUPS
All students,
particularly
the
maladjusted

MANPOWER
RESOURCES
Guidance
Office and
Counselors;
Chaplains and
nearby
pastors;
Church offices;
Medical and
rehabilitation
officers and
centers

LOGISTICAL
REQUIREMENTS
Counseling costs
may be sourced
from Guidance
Office
appropriation and
from donations

GUIDANCE
SERVICES
Referrals
A. Medical
B.Spiritual
C.Community

SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES

ACTIVITIES

Students will be able to

a. receive appropriate professional
help from specialists
b. get directions according to the
nature and gravity of their cases c. make use of idle moments to
enrich their experiences
-

D.Apprenticeship
E.Rehabilitation
F.Social Welfare

Referrals to medical
authorities, psychological, or
psychiatric services; or
rehabilitation centers
Referrals to student pastors,
priests, ministers, spiritual
advisers
Referrals to community
resources as needed
Recommendations for onthe-job training and summer
job exposures
Referrals of drug
dependents to rehabilitation
centers
Referrals of rape/ sexual
abuse victims to Social
Welfare officers
Referrals of crime suspects
to community officials/ local
police / justice officials
Case studies confirming
background of the above
cases

TIME FRAME
Al year round as
needs arise

TARGET
GROUPS
Heavily
problematic
students

MANPOWER
RESOURCES
Guidance
Office and
Counselors;
Chaplains and
nearby
pastors;
Church offices;
Medical and
rehabilitation
officers and
centers
Social Welfare
Officers

LOGISTICAL
REQUIREMENTS
Covered by
Guidance Office
appropriation as
operating
expense
Encouraging
donations from
concerned
individuals

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SERVICES
Career
Guidance

Vocational
Interest
Inventory
Occupational
Exploration
Employmen
t
Posting
/Fielding
Assistance

(Refer to a
separate
detailed Career
Guidance
Program)

SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES

ACTIVITIES

Students will be able to

a. gather support in their chosen
career; not just concerned of
the means but more of the
results
b. classify job families requiring
similar aptitudes, abilities and
preparation
c. enter process of eliminating
occupational fields unsuited to
aptitudes and abilities
d. choose field of endeavor
according to own aptitudes and
abilities
e. locate appropriate job
opportunities
f. get referral to potential
employers, directly or through
employment agencies
g. adjust to the occupational field
selected
h. achieve job satisfaction

Encouraging colleges,
industries, prospective
employers nationwide and
worldwide to communicate
the kind of personnel and
qualifications needed
Pooling together of
information on employment
trends and positions
available to prospective
graduates
Inviting successful alumni to
speak to students on their
careers
Getting Department of labor
to speak on Special
Program of Employment for
Students
Connecting to the Internet
browsing through Job net
and Recruitment networks
Assisting students to apply
for positions even before
they graduate, issuing
college confirmation of
academic / extra-curricular
records and personal
qualities;

TIME FRAME
Follows a
program allowing
group meetings
on a regular basis
throughout the
semester under a
progressive
presentation of
topics

Copyright 2001 - 2008 Samuel B. Batara, All rights reserved.

TARGET
GROUPS
Graduating
students
Can Also be
offered to
students in
earlier levels
to enable
them to level
and
anticipate
Vocational
goals

MANPOWER
RESOURCES
Guidance
Office;
Alumni;
Public Service;
Private sector;
Student Affairs
Office

LOGISTICAL
REQUIREMENTS
The college
appropriates fund
for such special
programs
Discretionary
funds solicited
from industry
firms participating
in job fairs