Guidance
I. Overview
At UCAP, we seek to help students develop
the attitudes, behaviors, and habits that are prerequisites to
academic success. The guidance department in the office tries to
coordinate programs related to student life and school culture.
Many of these programs take place during non-school hours;
others take place during the school day. Finally, many
interactions with students take place when students have had
problems in class or in other areas of the school. Whenever
possible, the office and guidance try to help students focus on
their actions. We believe that students need to understand how
their actions affect themselves and others. They must take
responsibility for their actions. They need to recognize their
own strengths and identify ways to improve their weaknesses.
II. STRATEGIES
Expose kids to different things
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Talking to each other to work out they
might not otherwise experience conflicts
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Boys and girls day
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Sexual Education
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Discipline Committee
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Kick out procedure
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Parent involvement/home visits
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Agency coordination
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High school choice
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Address health & emotional needs
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Advisor groups
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Silly Day
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Model behavior of staff
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Dustbusters
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Mediation
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Celebrate student achievement
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Happy grams
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Career day
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College tour
III. Skills
Students need to understand that their
actions impact others and themselves now and in the future.
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Students need to know how to get help.
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Students need to know how to identify when they have a problem.
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Students need to know how to take control of their actions
before they head in a negative direction.
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Students need to recognize and appreciate differences in others.
IV. Evidence of Learning
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Advisor/advisee reports (counseling report)
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Student conduct reports
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Office visits
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Monitoring - attendance, tardiness & detention, suspensions
V. Dialogue with teachers and personal
observation
Demonstrate scientific competence by
completing projects using the following types of work:
Adapted from New Standards
Cuban, L. Oversold and underused: Computers
in the classroom. (2002). Cambridge , MA : Harvard University
Press, p. 179. Retrieved May 12, 2003 from:
http://www.hup.harvard.edu/pdf/CUBOVE.pdf,
p. 168.
Cuban, p. 183.
Wenglinsky, H. (1998). Does it compute? The
relationship between educational technology and student
achievement in mathematics. Princeton , NJ : Educational Testing
Service.
