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Name of the School/Institution

TWO-YEAR COMPREHENSIVE COUNSELING PROGRAM
AY _____________

Introduction/Rationale

Vision/Mission

Philosophy/Beliefs

Nature of the Program (can be described not in outline form)

The comprehensive counseling program . . .

• is based on students’ needs .
• an integral part of the students’ total educational experience.
• is a holistic approach which empowers students to achieve academic, personal-social,
and career success.
• provides developmental as well as preventive and remedial services.
• includes parent/guardian, faculty and other school personnel, and community
involvement.
• includes counselor’s and faculty members’ professional development necessary to
maintain quality programs.
• shall be evaluated on stated objectives and related student achievement/development.

Priority Needs of Students/ Clients (Briefly discuss the needs)

Goal and Objectives of the Program

The comprehensive psychological and counseling shall assist in the development of
competent individuals endowed with knowledge and skills to become responsible, productive,
and contributing members of the community. It shall specifically aims to:

1. appraise student resources;

2. counsel students with personal-social, academic and career concerns;
3. organize fora for parents, teachers, and students relevant to their needs;
4. orient students, faculty, administrators, and parents to guidance and counseling
programs and services;
5. consult and/or collaborate with parents and faculty regarding students’ concerns;
6. assist school administrators with identifying and resolving student issues, problems,
and needs;
 7. collaborate with other units in the university and community to gather information on
how to serve the students better;
8. network with various sectors in the community to enhance delivery of guidance and
counseling programs and services; and
9. conduct research/evaluation relevant to the effective and efficient delivery of
counseling programs and services.

Components of the Program

Figure 1 shows the schematic diagram of the program components and delivery system.
(Explain the diagram in a more detailed way. Activities may be included based on the priority
needs of students).

• Academic development
– Acquire the attitudes, knowledge, and skills that contribute to effective learning in
school and across the life span
• Improve academic self concept
• Acquire skills for improving learning
• Achieve school success
– Complete school with the academic preparation essential to choose from a wide
range of substantial post-secondary/post-college options
 • Improve learning
• Plan to achieve goals
– Understand the relationship of academics to the world of work and to life at home
and in the community
• Relate schools to life experience
• Personal- Social development
– Acquire the knowledge, attitudes, and interpersonal skills to help them understand
and respect self and others
• Acquire self-knowledge
• Acquire interpersonal skills
– Make decisions, set goals, and take necessary action to achieve goals
• Self-knowledge application
– Understand safety and survival skills
• Acquire personal safety skills
– Understand their role in society
• citizenship responsibilities
• Career Development
– Acquire the skills to investigate the world of work
• Develop career awareness
• Develop employment readiness
– Employ strategies to achieve career success and satisfaction
• Acquire career information
• Identify career goals
– Understand the relationship between personal qualities, education, training and
the world of work
• Acquire knowledge to achieve career goals
• Apply skills to achieve career goals

Delivery System

• Guidance Curriculum
– designed to assist students in achieving the competencies and is presented through
classroom and group activities
• Individual Student Planning
– designed to assist individual student in establishing personal goals and developing
future plans.
• Responsive Services
– consists of activities to meet the immediate needs of students which require
counseling, consultation, referral, peer mediation, or information
• Systems Support
– consists of management activities that establish, maintain , and enhance the total
program
 Mechanics of Implementation- (you may add here procedure on how the
counseling program will be implemented).
1. The two-year program shall be facilitated by Guidance and Counseling Center in
collaboration with the faculty, parents, administrators and community
members/stakeholders.
2. Full support of the School administration is needed for its effective implementation.
3. Budget in the development, implementation and evaluation of the program shall be
financed by the School.
4. Both formative and summative evaluations shall be an inherent part of the program and
shall be conducted periodically.

This is just a sample of the counseling program. You may enhance your
program based on the samples that were previously given to you.