1. How is guidance and counseling currently practiced in your school? What challenges do you face in implementing it?
Guidance and counseling play a very pivotal role in the development of students in my school. It is currently practiced on a need basis, that is to say, when the need arises. Some of the challenges are
Lack of a counseling room: This causes delay in receiving certain information, as discussions are sometimes interrupted by people.
Limited Resources: Some trained school counselor moved to another school
2. The leadership strategies that can help integrate counseling into daily life, especially in schools with limited trained personnel, include
Creating counseling clubs. This works well, as students discuss a lot among themselves peer counseling.
Trained school counselor to provide some basic guidance and counseling skills
3. How do you support teachers and staff to identify and respond to learners' emotional and behavioral needs?
Provide regular trainings to assess and act on urgent needs of the students.
Monitoring and providing feedback. Assist trained teachers to observe students well and provide timely feedback.
Can you share a moment when guidance or counseling made a difference in a learner's life or in your culture?
Sunkary was a student who struggled financially at a tender age, and this resulted in her low performance in school. Being so determined, Sunkary promised herself that despite the struggle, she must fulfill her dream. The trained school counselor became her role model, and her weak areas were soon identified by the counselor. There was progress after a series of counseling, and this helped to shape her academic performance and give her self-esteem which finally made her influential leader.