This article focuses on a few of the criteria that principals consider in the evaluation of school guidance personnel. (Author)

An inservice program was conducted to train 24 visiting teachers in group techniques and to furnish added guidance as they established groups of pupils with similar problems (e.g., truancy or discipline or poor self image) and worked with the parents and teachers of these pupils. Participants met in two groups for a series of 14 sessions on the…

Pupil personnel workers must understand not only children, but children in a school setting, and their common base should be an understanding of, and experience with, the educative process. (Author)

The elementary school guidance specialist must be aware of his role if he is to implement needed change within the school. He needs more specification than is suggested by a loosely defined role, and less rigidity than is provided by an inflexible statement of role. (Author)

This article presents an analysis of the vocational interest patterns of a selected sample of 75 vocational counselors employed in the public schools. (Author)

This article, written by two high school students, describes the role of the guidance counselor in terms of student needs. (HMV)

The existence of a widespread perceptual structure of occupations is postulated. One hundred and twenty-five adolescent boys from five schools rated all pairs of 12 representative job names for overall similarity, and then ranked them for preference and prestige. The group similarity ratings were highly reliable. (Author)

For optimal effectiveness counselors must have accurate knowledge of the cultural, ethnic, and family backgrounds of the children and youth they seek to help. Counselors working in a complex school society which draws its students from various cultures must possess special personal qualities. (Author)

The author describes, and gives rationale for, a model for the delivery of counseling services to black youths through community organizations instead of schools. (RP)

The author of this article feels that there is a great need for more directors who are oriented toward counselor education, and he focuses on three areas in which this type of director can have a great impact on school counseling. (Author)

Several useful innovations in school district practice occurred during consultation in some districts. Consultants would have in mind a flexible blueprint of priorities by which to determine sequence consultation with each of the three categories of personnel: specialized auxiliary, administrative and teaching. (Author)

The author concludes that if the profession is to be a viable, socially responsive one that attempts to serve school age children, some of the nonservice overtones that have crept into present thinking about professional preparation need to be reexamined. (Author)