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| Middle School Guidance Program |
Services Delivery | Middle School Advisement
Program Curriculum Outline | Components
of the Middle School Advisement Program |
| MIDDLE SCHOOL GUIDANCE PROGRAM |
The Middle School Guidance program is designed to
address the following developmental changes:
a. Adolescents face rapid developmental changes that
affect their physical, social, emotional and intellectual
functioning.
b. Adolescent students need structure to bridge the
gap from a self-contained elementary classroom to a
departmentalized middle school. To make sure all students
receive greater benefit from developmental guidance
and counseling, homeroom teachers and students are involved
in the Advisement Program
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| SERVICES DELIVERY: |
A. GUIDANCE Functions to assist students in monitoring
and understanding their growth and development. Guidance
services are implemented through such activities as:
- a. Individual Appraisal and Placement Entrance
testing, past educational record, and guidance counseling
are means which help to interpret student’s skills,
abilities, interests, and achievement levels. They
are used to determine program and grade placement.
- b. Placement Follow-up After initial placement,
additional conferences and case study are conducted
for students who are experiencing academic difficulties.
Appropriate alternate options are available within
Pupil Services such as shelter English program,
resource and special education program.
- c. Educational Counseling The counselor assists
students to use personal, social, and educational
information to plan for and realize their personal
or family goals.
- d. Career and Vocational Counseling The counselor
assists students or supplies resources to allow
them to investigate career options and relate this
information to their educational plan of study.
- e. Consultation The counselor consults with parents
and teachers regarding strategies to help students
deal with and resolve personal or education concerns.
- f. Personal or Group Counseling Counseling is
provided on a small group and individual basis for
students who have problems or difficulties dealing
with relationships, personal concerns, or normal
developmental tasks. The focus is on assisting students
to identify alternatives of action and understand
the consequences of choices made.
- g. Crisis Counseling Counseling and support are
provided to students and their families facing emergency
situations.
- h. Referral Students may be referred to alternate
professional resources within the school or community.
B. ADVISEMENT Middle school students are involved
in the Middle School Advisory Program during 10 minute
homeroom meetings daily and a weekly 45 minute scheduled
advisory period. The students may also set up an individually
scheduled counseling session with their advisor. Additional
time with students may also be planned during regular
instructional classroom periods. This program creates
a “home base”
within the school for students and provides them with
a familiar teacher contact.
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| MIDDLE SCHOOL
ADVISEMENT PROGRAM CURRICULUM OUTLINE |
TABLE SHOWING QUARTERLY THEMES FOR WEEKLY ADVISEMENT
PERIODS
1st. QUARTER 2nd. QUARTER 3rd. QUARTER 4th. QUARTER
GRADE 6 ORIENTATION GOALS & PERSONAL SOCIAL DECISION
DEVELOPMENT: DEVELOPMENT:
MAKING SELF-ESTEEM FRIENDSHIP
GRADE 7 ORIENTATION GOALS & PERSONAL SOCIAL SCHOOL
DEVELOPMENT: DEVELOPMENT:
SUCCESS SELF-AWARENESS COMMUNICATION
GRADE 8 ORIENTATION GOALS & PERSONAL SOCIAL FUTURE
DEVELOPMENT: DEVELOPMENT:
PLANNING COPING WITH PEER-HELPING CHANGE
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| COMPONENTS OF
THE MIDDLE SCHOOL ADVISEMENT PROGRAM |
1. Daily Homeroom Period (10 mins.)
Used mainly to check attendance, give notices, distribute
letters to parents, but may also provide opportunities
for recognition, positive reinforcement, student representation
issues, ‘pep’ talks, etc.
2. Weekly Advisement Periods (45 mins.)
Used for student-centered activities to promote the
social and personal development goals of the Program.
Whilst outlines and materials are provided, advisors
are free to consult with the coordinator to vary these.
3. Individual Conferences (Advisor available at least
30 mins.per week)
Used to give students an opportunity to discuss academic
and personal issues with their advisor, in the context
of a caring and essentially confidential context. Appointments
may be scheduled or ad hoc. Group sessions may also
be arranged as required.
4. Workshops (day or overnight)
Used for activities to further promote the Program’s
goals, but also to give a better opportunity for advisor/advisees
to get to know one another more effectively, to build
trust, and to promote team-spirit.
5. Staff Development (as arranged)
Used to monitor the Program’s effectiveness, share ideas
and problems, adapt the Program to changing circumstances
and needs, and generally evaluate for improvement.
6. Contact with Parents
In addition to Parent-Teacher Conference Days, advisors
are encouraged to maintain appropriate contact with
parents, with due regard to the bond of trust with the
advisee.
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