Mikeas Kent Esteban Comprehensive Guidance Program and Services

Introduction

The school offers comprehensive guidance program and services designed for the enhancement
and development of the students’ full potential through various programs/services. These
programs/services provides psycho-social and academic assistance to students to improve their
academic skills, set career goals, manage healthy relationships, be social responsible, cope with
their problems, deal with adjustment difficulties and other developmental issues they face in the
school and in the community.

Vision, Mission and Objectives

Vision

The comprehensive guidance program and services aims to develop well-adjusted, self-directive
and productive individuals of the society; and equipped with values that would help them assess
their purpose in life to create fulfilling relationships.

Mission

The comprehensive guidance program and services provides assistance in a holistic attainment and
development of necessary proficiencies and life skills needed by the students through quality
program and services.

Objectives

These comprehensive guidance program and services exists for the students, and it functions in
the service of their interest. Its objectives is to:

1. Offer various services to help students boost their self-esteem and be more self-aware, and to
discover full potential and learn a deeper meaning and purpose in life.
2. Promote the welfare of the students and the whole school community by providing relevant
and adequate services that responds to their needs.
3. Enhance the intellectual and social environment of the campus for the total development of
students.
 4. Assist students in decision-making processes and the development and refinement of their
interpersonal, intrapersonal, and social relations.
5. Provide career and counselling services to students, teachers and employees.
6. Provide a variety of co-curricular and extra-curricular activities which are contributory to the
students’ holistic development and supportive of the school educational objectives.

Guidance Programs and Services

Manpower &
Program/Service Specific Objectives Time Frame
Resources
The school would like to make the students
feel comfortable and important on their first
day of classes. They are provided with
Guidance Office,
information which would help them become
Orientation All Teaching and
aware and acquainted of the academic May - June
Program Non-Teaching
policies and various student support
Employees
services that they need during their stay in
the school, and imbed in them a sense of
belongingness.

This determines the personal, psychological

and social data of the students thru the
student information forms. Data are utilized
Individual
to guide the guidance counsellors in Guidance Office
Student June – August
developing related student programs and and Class Advisers
Inventory
services. This records are kept during the
duration of the students’ studies in the
school until after their graduation

Facilitates student development by

providing social/personal or
educational/vocational/occupational Guidance Office,
Information information. Programs which may be All Year All Teaching and
Services relevant to the students’ adjustment to Round Non-Teaching
school/academic life and in understanding Employees
and dealing with life and career issues are
provided.
To assist the students in exploring his
feelings, values, perceptions, interpersonal
Counselling relationships, fears and life choices. In All Year
Guidance Office
Services doing so, they will be able to understand Round
themselves better to become a self-directive
individual.
 Counsellors link students to other school
personnel/office who can further assist them
with their concerns. The same assistance is
Guidance Office,
given when students or parents/guardians
All Teaching and
can be best helped by outside professional
Referral and Non-Teaching
or agencies. All Year
Follow- up Employees, and
Follow-up sessions are conducted among Round
Services External
students who are counselled and referred by
Affiliations and
faculty, administrators, and other staffs. It
Linkages
ensures that the student has learned
appropriate behaviours and decisions
regarding their problem or need.

This is an appraisal service given to students

to obtain a measure of their ability,
achievements and other characteristics.
All Year
Testing Services These data are used to predict future Guidance Office
Round
performance, diagnose student problems
and learning difficulties, and evaluate
instructional methods and programs.

This assist the students in choosing a career

based upon personal traits, talents, aptitudes
Career Guidance January -
and capacity. This will help students in Guidance Office
Services March
making decision relating to selecting and
utilizing opportunities in their chosen fields.
This component involves activities and
services provided by the counsellors to
Consultation and support other educational programs of the
All Year
Coordination school. These are aimed at facilitating Guidance Office
Round
Service psycho-emotional development, academic
and career adjustments, promoting social
skills and leadership competencies.
These services are designed for students
Seminars,
with or without problem so that they can Guidance Office,
Workshops, Arranged if
gain greater understanding of themselves Class Advisers,
Lectures, and there is an
and the world around them. Such will result and Guest
Training opportunity
in greater self-improvement and self- Speakers
Programs
realization.

This comprehensive guidance program and services is an adaptation from Baliuag University
Student Services Manual.

Reference:
Baliuag University (2017). Student Services Manual. Bulacan, PH: Baliuag University.