ORGANIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION Teacher-Counselor
OF GUIDANCE The pivotal point around which all guidance
services must revolve if desired outcomes
THE GUIDANCE PERSONNEL are to be achieved
Chairman Serve as guidance of the pupils’ behavior
Educational administrator or dean and attitudes.
Stimulation of a guidance-minded attitude
among the members of the guidance staff by Coordinators and Counselors
means of some form of orientation and in- He helps coordinate the guidance services
service education is part of their between the administrator and staff
responsibilities. members.
The dean sets the guidance policies He counsel students
He/She recognizes four closely related He makes and follows up case studies,
phases of the program assists teacher together with counselors.
1. Pupil-personnel relationship “The counselor is like a gardener who
2. Services of specialists prepares the soil and does everything he can
3. Participation of all staff members help each plant grow in its best way”
4. An evolving flexible curriculum as
determined by the pupils changing Specialists
needs Health personnel such as doctors, nurses,
and dentists.
Homeroom/Classroom Teachers And other specialists are psychologists,
Guide in desirable interest areas in order to psychiatrists and social workers.
make the homeroom a real homeroom
(McKnown) Librarian
Guides: Help young people find reference materials
o Orientation Can give assistance to the pupils in meeting
o Educational, health, vocational, moral problems of pupil-adjustment, in the absence
and ethical guidance of someone in whom they can confide their
o Guidance in citizenship problems, difficulties and frustrations
o Personal relations
Parents Organizational Chart – ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Close cooperation between principal or dean
and teachers on one hand and the parents on
the other should be achieved
Community
Most important resource for guidance. Local
civic, professional, health and welfare
agencies like the Rotary Club have rendered
valuable cooperation with the school in
carrying out the guidance program. Organizational Chart – HIGH SCHOOL
Basic Organizational Principles
It should be based upon the goals or aims of
the program
Definition of authority and line of
responsibility must be clearly defined
Operation has to be systematic with the
extent of control that is well-established.
Good leadership and human elements must
be indicated
Organizational Chart – COLLEGE
Factors in the Development of a Guidance Program
Age at school level
Size of the school
Available facilities
Attitude toward guidance
Forms of Organization
Non – centralized Guidance Program
Centralized Guidance Program