• PHILOSOPHY •
Aldine ISD is dedicated to the belief that the Guidance and Counseling Program
is an integral part of the total educational experience for all students.
The program is developmental in content and process
and is integrated within all educational areas and grade levels.
Developmental guidance supports the efforts of faculty and parents/guardians in promoting:
• Academic Success
• Awareness of Career
• Personal and Social Development
• MISSION STATEMENT •
Aldine ISD counselors facilitate instruction
by removing impediments to student learning by such methods as
classroom guidance, career planning, individual and group counseling,
and appropriate academic course selection.
In addition, Aldine ISD school counselors share the common goals and objectives of the district:
to prepare ALL STUDENTS academically and socially to be critical thinkers, problem solvers,
and to become responsible and productive citizens.
• TEXAS COMPREHENSIVE DEVELOPMENTAL
GUIDANCE AND COUNSELING PROGRAM •
GUIDANCE AND COUNSELING PROGRAM •
The Aldine ISD counseling department follows the
Texas Comprehensive Developmental Guidance and Counseling Program
which is an integral part of the total educational program.
It provides a systematic, planned approach for helping all students acquire and apply basic life skills
by making optimal use of special knowledge and skills of school counselors.
This program is based on four components, which are as follows:
Guidance Curriculum
The purpose of the guidance curriculum is to help students acquire
age-appropriate knowledge and skills within the scope of the following content areas:
• self confidence
• development
• motivation to achieve
• decision making
• goal setting
• planning
• problem solving skills
• interpersonal effectiveness
• communication skills
• cross-cultural effectiveness
• responsible behavior
Responsive Services
The purpose of the responsive services component is to intervene
on behalf of those students whose immediate personal concerns or problems
put their continued personal-social, career and/or educational development at risk.
Individual Planning
The purpose of the individual planning system is to
guide all students as they plan, monitor, and manage
their own educational career and personal social development.
System Support
This component describes services and management activities which indirectly benefit students.
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