This guide provides a comprehensive guidance program evaluation or it can be used to evaluate selected parts of a program. Chapter 1 "What Is Guidance Program Evaluation? by Sharon K. Johnson, introduces evaluation concepts. Chapter 2 "Results-Based Guidance Programs" by C. D. Johnson introduces the elements common to results-based guidance…

School counselors are expected to enhance the school environment so that students can reach their full potential. Some of the tools that counselors need to implement a comprehensive school counseling program are detailed in this resource manual. It offers specific ideas on how to start programs and it includes sample instruments for gathering data…

Schools in the United States continue to experience rapid growth and substantial changes. Some of the directional shifts in school counseling programs in North Carolina over the last 16 years, and new directions for these programs, are presented in this manual. It opens with an overview of the philosophy and history of school counseling in the…

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…

This document presents a brief overview of each of the following components of the system of state and local district evaluation of the Missouri Comprehensive Guidance Program (MCGP): program evaluation, personnel supervision and evaluation, and results evaluation. Appendixes constituting approximately 90% of the document contain the following:…