Is there a disconnect between counselors and educators in technology and vocational education? What is counseling, and what is a school counselor's role in a secondary school setting? How can one work with his or her guidance staff to ensure that students better understand your course offerings? The development of relationships, knowledge, and…

Details the origin, plan, and benefits of a high school program which created a bridge between classroom teacher, guidance counselor, and student. (DD)

Presents an integrative approach which combines language arts and school guidance or counseling. Offers examples intended to serve as suggestions to counselors and language arts teachers interested in working together in such an approach. Discusses benefits of a language arts-counseling program. (NB)

Intended as a basis for the development of cooperation between school counselors and reading personnel, this paper discusses counselor involvement in secondary school reading programs. The various sections of the paper contain the following: (1) an overview of the role of the school counselor at the secondary school level, (2) an overview of…

Describes an effective secondary school scheduling and counseling system in which students, with parents' help, take responsibility for their academic program. Presents methods to reduce scheduling changes and provide in-service training for teachers to improve ninth-grade parent/teacher conferences for planning students' high school program of…

The teacher has an important part to play in the development of counselling in the schools. The paper emphasizes a model known as the integrative approach showing the characteristics that are necessary for sound relationships. This article was presented as a paper at the Convention of Canadian Guidance and Counselling Association, June 1973.…

Discusses teacher-adviser programs tailored to personal learning needs of secondary school students and designed to complement professional counseling services. Outlines the elements of successful advisement programs, highlighting the beneficial effects of teacher-counselor collaboration on school climate, job satisfaction and academic…

Urges transition teams to have stronger interaction with school counselors, who possess expertise in assessment and planning for success in post-school domain. A Transition Intervention Model for School Counselors is provided that offers possible systemic alternatives that facilitate access to counselor expertise within transition-team structures.…

Presents counselor role expectations registered by teachers in 1972 and 1980 from two school systems. Results showed teachers were more certain of the counselor's role in 1980, although 35 percent were still undecided. More in 1980 viewed the counselor as ineffective and thought the counselor had an easier job. (JAC)

Discusses the role and responsibilities of the school counselor for guidance programs. Indicates that these programs must be comprehensive, planned, and sequential in nature, and require collaboration of all staff to be most effective. Presents implications for the development and implementation of these programs. (JOW)

Examines the attitudes toward suicide of trainee teachers from a large metropolitan university. Results indicate that while trainees endorsed the metaphor representing suicide as a cry for help, they also perceived the communicative intent of suicide as being primarily manipulative in nature. Discusses results with reference to training and…

Reports the perceptions of parents, members of the business community, school administrators, and counselors regarding the role and function of secondary school counselors. The research was presented as a part of a symposium at the Annual Conference of the American Personnel and Guidance Association, St. Louis, Missouri, 1981. (Author/JAC)

Identified entering secondary students' perceptions of their school-related problems and attitudes. Examined intervention strategies from a diagnostic prescriptive child-study team approach. Developed a comprehensive plan of action and intervention to change the outcome of students' self-defeating behaviors and to enhance the achievement and…

Guidance task performance data from 303 secondary vocational teachers and 265 secondary guidance counselors in Tennessee were collected through a mail survey. Results showed vocational teachers perform tasks (appraising, consulting, counseling, presenting educational and occupational information, and placing graduates) to a higher degree than do…

Discusses the reorientation of school guidance to involve teachers and assesses the attitudes of secondary vocational teachers toward school guidance systems. Teachers believe career guidance is important; however, they have an unfavorable disposition toward the adequacy of school guidance systems in providing students with career guidance.…