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The Wakulla Middle School Guidance and Counseling Program

Mission

The mission of the Wakulla Middle School guidance program is to work with teachers and staff to promote the formation of productive, responsible, citizens by ensuring the academic, career, personal, and social development of all students.

Counselors work with:

   Parents
   Teachers
   Adminstrators
   Psychologists
   Nurses
   Exceptional Student
     Educational Personnel
   Community and Govt.
     Agencies
   Business and Industry

and many others

Guidance Curriculum Goals

The following topics take into consideration the student's developmental stage, age, and grde.

Personal/Social

Understanding Self
and Others
Understanding Attitudes
and Behaviors
Decision Making, Goal
Setting, Problem Solving
Interpersonal and
Communication Skills

Academic

Understanding the
School Environment
School Success Skills
Relationship to the
World of Work

Career

Career Development and
Educational Planning

Community Involvement

Community Pride and
Involvement

Peer Mediators Practice
Techniques for
Conflict Resolution

Peer Mediators

The program's goals include involvement with

1. Policies and procedures
2. Program & Curriculum
    Integration
3. Guidance Curriculum
4. Transition from School-
    to School and School-to-
    Work
5. Student Information
    Systems
6. Healthy Learning
    Environment
7. Student Performance

Special Programs Include:

Parent/Teacher Conferences
Consultation with Faculty
and Adminstrators
Coordinatin of Testing
program
Drug Abuse Prevention
Orientation of New
Students
Drop-out Prevention
Peer Mediatin/Conflict
Resolution
Parent Education

Peer Mediators