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Sumarah, John; Lehr, Ron – Canadian Journal of Counselling, 2002
A province-wide evaluation of the new Comprehensive Guidance and Counseling Program undertaken in Nova Scotia provides strong support for a "program-based model" of counseling. Focus groups provided qualitative data related to counselors' overall impressions of the Program, what was working, concerns, and professional needs. Evaluation…
Descriptors: Comprehensive Guidance, Comprehensive Programs, Counseling Theories, Counselor Attitudes
Synatschk, Katherine O. – 2002
School counselor supervision, evaluation, and professional development are critical to the successful implementation of a school guidance program. This discussion contributes to understanding the benefits and necessity of an appraisal system for counselors that is aligned with the comprehensive guidance program model. This document describes the…
Descriptors: Comprehensive Guidance, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation, Guidance
Madden, Judy – 2002
School counselors' job descriptions leave room for many unexpected and unplanned activities. The Montgomery County Public Schools in Maryland chose to address the challenge of counselors being assigned non-guidance tasks with a combination of approaches. Data collection, development of a transdisciplinary service provision model, revision of the…
Descriptors: Comprehensive Guidance, Efficiency, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Criteria
Maliszewski, Stan J.; Mackiel, John J. – 2002
Results-based evaluation and assessment of guidance and counseling is a difficult task. How to best evaluate whether the comprehensive guidance program was getting the intended results became an issue for Omaha Public Schools. They set about to draft a framework for measuring student behavior or learning resulting from activities associated with…
Descriptors: Comprehensive Guidance, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation, Evaluation Methods
Davis, Diann – 2002
This document presents a model used by the Davis School District (Utah) to revise their comprehensive guidance program. The model addresses the four primary purposes of education (essential learning skills, civic responsibility, career preparation, and personal development). Counselors collaborate with individual students and their parents to form…
Descriptors: Comprehensive Guidance, Educational Objectives, Elementary Secondary Education, Family School Relationship
Taylor, Elizabeth R. – 2002
In the late 1990s the Texas Education Agency advocated the transformation of all counseling services into developmental guidance programs. This document describes the process undertaken and the lessons learned when evaluating a small, rural school district in north Texas in order to begin this model transformation. The purpose of the study was to…
Descriptors: Comprehensive Guidance, Comprehensive Programs, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods
Gysbers, Norman, Ed.; Henderson, Patricia, Ed. – 2002
The purpose of this publication is to focus on issues in development and implementation of comprehensive guidance programs. To achieve this purpose a list of 10 of the most important issues was composed. The top 10 issues, in order of frequency of concern of leaders, are: (1) displacement of non-guidance tasks, including school counselors'…
Descriptors: Comprehensive Guidance, Cross Cultural Training, Educational Innovation, Educational Testing