This booklet, issued by the South Carolina State Department of Education, provides a step-by-step plan of action to assist new counselors in organizing an elementary guidance program. After a statement of basic guidance goals and a list of counselor program objectives, the booklet consists of the following sections: (1) a brief summary of the state's Guidance-by-Objectives model and the role of the guidance counselor in implementing this model; (2) advice on meeting with the principal, teachers, and support staff before school begins and sample outlines for elementary classroom orientation activities; (3) preparation of the guidance office; (4) advice for the first week of school; (5) public relations activities; (6) counselor activities, e.g., classroom presentations, small groups, individual counseling, and inservice; (7) the parent conference; (8) special guidance events; (9) testing; and (10) accountability. (TE)