Suggested organizational plan for a guidance program for Trona Junior-Senior High School

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by  Del Sant, Mary Kinsella

SUGGESTED ORGANIZATIONAL PLAN FOR A GUIDANCE PROGRAM
FOR TRONA JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
A Project
Presented to
The Faculty of the School of Education
The University of Southern California
In Partial Fulfillment
of the Requirements for the Degree
Master of Science in Education
by
Mary Kinsella Del Sant
August 1950 "
UMI Number: EP46271
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER PAGE
I. BACKGROUND DATA ........................ 1
Need for the program in Trona................. 1
Procedure ...................................... 2
II. PREVIOUS PERTINENT LITERATURE .................... 4
Review of the literature..................... 4
Conclusions........................... 5
III. BACKGROUND FACTORS IN TRONA ...................... 8
Setting in the community and school ........... 8
Aims in terms of student needs in Trona . . . . 9
IV. FACTORS TO BE INCLUDED.......................... 11
Types of guidance to be offered............... 11
Participants in the program................... 12
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V. ORGANIZATIONAL PLAN............................. 15
Functions of the principal.................... 15
Functions of the teacher-counselors ........... 16
Functions of the social studies teachers . . . 19
The school nurse . . . . . ................... 20
The librarian.................................. 21
All teachers..................... 22
VI. RECORDS AND TESTS................................ 23
The cumulative record .......................... 23
Anecdotal record .............................. 26
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CHAPTER PAGE
Testing........................................ 27
Use of test results............................. 28
VII. IN SERVICE TRAINING............................. . 30
VIII. INITIATING THE ORGANIZATIONAL P L A N .............. 32
IX. SUMMARY........................................... 33
BIBLIOGRAPHY............................................. 36
CHAPTER I
BACKGROUND DATA
The purpose of this study is to outline an organ­
izational plan for a guidance program which can be presented
to the faculty of Trona Junior-Senior High School in
September for discussion.
Need for the program in Trona. The need for the study
grew out of concern on the part of parents and teachers
regarding students whose achievement is inferior to their
estimated capacity. This need is amplified by the rapid
growth of school enrollment in the past five years which has
necessitated the addition of many facilities, new teachers
and staff members. As the facilities grew, though provision
was made for certain guidance services, the faculty group
felt that some organizing force was needed. The subject was
discussed at a number of faculty meetings throughout the
year and the views of parents and community leaders reported.
The consensus of opinion expressed by the group was
that a study should be made by one of the members interested
in such a project and a report made at a special faculty
meeting in the Fall. It is believed that such a procedure
will not only consolidate the work that has been done, but
will also acquaint faculty members who have joined the group
within the past year* or will join in September, with the
guidance program.
The faculty may accept the program as outlined or may
make certain changes as the members decide.
Procedure. The organizational plan presented in this
study is based on a review of recent literature pertinent to
the organization of guidance programs in high schools through­
out the nation and on certain conditions peculiar to the
community and school situation in Trona.
Chapter II reviews pertinent literature which points
out the need for such a program. Attention is brought to
literature written by authorities in the field of guidance
specifying basic "musts1* of a guidance program. The con­
clusion of this Chapter relates the literature to this study
of an organizational plan for a guidance program in Trona.
Chapter III presents factors which make up the setting
for the program in the community and in the school. It also
states aims for the program in terms of student needs in Trona
Junior-Senior High School.
Chapter IV states the types of guidance to be offered
and set up a total school organization by specifying who is
to participate in the program.
Chapter V sets up the organizational plan and outlines
the duties of the participants.
Chapter VI outlines a minimum testing program and
specifies records to be kept.
Chapter VII brings the attention of the administration
to the problem of in-service training.
Chapter VIII deals with a brief plan for initiating
the program.
Chapter IX gives a summary of the organizational plan.
An annotated bibliography of source materials
completes the study.
CHAPTER II
PREVIOUS PERTINENT LITERATURE
Review of the literature. Authorities agree that
there is no Mbestn guidance program for all schools. They
also agree that there is no best way to begin.3 it is
important that a beginning is made. The direction the
program takes will depend on the training, interest and
awareness of need of school administrators, faculty members
and community leaders.
The need for guidance has been stressed by numerous
studies. In Virginia, a survey of 356 our of 480 accredited
schools recommended a more effective program of guidance for
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high schools.x
An experiment was conducted in Washington, D. C., to
discover the difficulties experienced by low achieving high
school pupils and to effect a correction of these difficulties
through the application of various guidance services adapted
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to individual pupil needs. x
The essentials of a good guidance program for
secondary schools have been described by Ruth Strang in her
book The Role of the Teacher in Personnel Work.®
Erickson and Happ^ present an account of what schools of all
sizes and from nearly every section of the country are doing
in the way of guidance and show those activities selected as
most effective and most desirable. Jane W a r t e r s b o o k
analyzes the literature to date and points out developments
in the field of guidance.
In Organization and Administration of Guidance?
Erickson and Smith^ deal with ways in which a guidance
program can be improved or initiated in large and small
schools from the point of view of those responsible for
directing the development of the program.
Hamrin and Erickson'7 present material especially of
value to classroom teachers in relating guidance services to
the every day problems of students.
Techniques in personal guidance? especially in the
field of vocational guidance? are presented by Germane and
Germane in Personnel Work in High Schools.^
Traxler's Techniques of Guidance9 concentrates on
guidance tools including tests. John G. Darley1 also deals
with tests? especially their selection and interpretation
for the purpose of identifying student problems and
disabilities.
The guidance program suggested by the Education
Policies Commission?^ in Education for All American Youth
for the ideal rural and urban high school of the future?
combines the core curriculum and special.counselor plan.
Conclusions. The need for guidance in general seems to