LOGAN-ROGERSVILLE R-VIII COUNSELING CURRICULUM

MIDDLE SCHOOL

COURSE RATIONAL

The Guidance and Counseling program in the Logan-Rogersville School District strives to assist students at various grade levels to become life-long, independent learners who are capable of making appropriate decision and good life choices; who can become positive contributors to society; and who can communicate effectively. Realizing that students must live in a global society, the Guidance and Counseling program helps students develop life skills and plan for the future. Through the Guidance and Counseling program , which strives to liberate the intellect and emphasizes development of the whole child, students develop through self-actualization and personal growth.

COURSE DESCRIPTION

Guidance and Counseling are integral parts of the Logan-Rogersville Greene County R-VIII School District’s total educational program. The program is developmental by design and includes sequential activities organized and implemented by certified school counselors with the support of teachers, administrators, students, and parents. The guidance program includes curriculum, individual planning, responsive services, and system support. The program is designed to address the needs of all students by helping them to acquire competencies in Career Planning and Exploration, Knowledge of Self and Others, and Educational and Vocational Development.

COMPETENCIES

By the end of grade 8, students will be able to

1. demonstrate understanding of exploring and planning for careers including the following.
1. Know how to explore careers in which he/she may be interested.
2. Understand his/her interests and abilities and how they help make career choices.
3. Understand how to prepare for careers in which he/she may be interested.
4. Understand the importance of making plans for the future.
2. prepare for finding jobs including using the following skills.
1. Know what employers expect of workers.
2. Know how to apply for a job.
3. Know job interview skills.
3. plan for school and beyond including the following.
1. Understand high school credit and graduation requirements.
2. Know how to select high school courses that help meet his/her needs, interests, and career goals.
3. Know how academic knolls such as math, reading, and science relate to career goals.
4. Understand how completing high school will better prepare him/her for the job market.
5. Understand how completing high school will better prepare him/her for further education.
6. Know the classes offered by the area vocational technical school.
4. demonstrate improved study and learning skills including the following.
1. Know how to organize time.
2. Know how to listen and ask questions.
3. Know how to organize class and homework materials.
4. Be able to take good notes.
5. Know how to start and finish assignments well.
5. demonstrate knowledge of the effects of alcohol and other drugs including the following.
1. Know what drugs and alcohol do to one’s body and mind.
2. Know how to help a friend.
3. Know where to get help for himself/herself or a friend who has a problem with drugs or alcohol.
4. Know how to say “No” when friends or other people try to get him/her to use drugs or alcohol.
5. Know how the use of drugs and alcohol may affect one’s relationship with others.


6. demonstrate understanding of and getting along with others including the following.
1. Understand friends and classmates.
2. Know effective ways of communicating feelings and thoughts.
3. Know how to be a good friend.
4. Respect other people even though they may be different.
5. Be able to talk to someone when he/she needs to.
7. make decisions using the following skills.
1. Know how to identify the real problem when worried or upset.
2. Know how to come up with many possible solutions to a problem.
3. Know what is important in setting goals.
4. Know how to make good decisions.
5. Know how to evaluate decisions and/or change them.
6. Know how to accept responsibility for decisions.
8. demonstrate understanding of and accepting self using the following skills.
1. Understand what is important to him/her (values).
2. Be able to state his/her own ideas.
3. Understand how thoughts and feelings affect their behavior.
4. Know how to handle problems or where to get help.
5. Understand the physical, social, and emotional changes of growing up.

Grade or Class: Counseling Middle School

Last Revision: 1999-2000

Writer: Fran O’Quinn

By the end of grade 8 students will be able to

District Competency1: demonstrate understanding of exploring and planning for careers.
Sub-competencies a. Know how to explore careers in which he/she may be interested.			b. Understand his/her interests and abilities and how they help make career choices.		c. Understand how to prepare for careers in which he/she may be interested.		d. Understand the importance of making plans for the future.
Graduate Goals	Content Standards	Performance Standards		Activities		Assessments		Resources
1.1, 3.2, 4.2, 4.5, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4	CA6 SS4 SS6 M1 S8	1.1, 1.2, 1.4, 1.10, 2.3, 2.6, 2.7, 4.5, 4.6, 4.8		- Scheduling - CHOICES Career program - IDEAS Career inventory - Holland self-directed search - Developing 4-year high school plans - Career day - Exploring careers unit		- observation - discussion		- computerized programs - career inventories: IDEAS SDS - community resources - Model Guidance - Videos

By the end of grade 8 students will be able to

District Competency 2: Prepare for finding jobs.
Sub-competencies a. Know what employers expect of workers.				b. Know how to apply for a job.	c. Know job interview skills.
Graduate Goals	Content Standards	Performance Standards	Activities			Assessments	Resources
1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 1.6, 2.1, 2.4, 2.6, 3.2, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 4.5, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4, 5.5, 5.6, 5.7, 6.1, 6.2, 6.4	CA1 SS4 M1	1.2, 1.4, 1.10, 2.3, 2.6, 2.7, 4.1, 4.3, 4.4, 4.5, 4.6, 4.8	- Career day - CHOICES career program - Exploring careers unit			- observation - discussion	- community resources - videos - Model Guidance Program - Computerized programs

By the end of grade 8 students will be able to

District Competency 3: Plan for school and beyond.
Sub-competencies a. Understand high school credit and graduation requirements.				b. Know how to select high school courses that help meet his/her needs, interests, and career goals.	c. Know how academic skills such as math, reading, and science relate to career goals.
d. Understand how completing high school will better prepare him/her for the job market				e. Understand how completing high school will better prepare him/her for further education (vocational technical education, military, and college).	f. Know the classes offered by the area vocational technical school.
Graduate Goals	Content Standards	Performance Standards	Activities			Assessments	Resources
1.1, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4, 5.5, 5.6, 5.7, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4	SS4 M1 S8	1.1, 1.2, 1.4, 2.6, 3.5, 3.7, 3.8, 4.5, 4.6, 4.8	- Scheduling - Developing 4-year high school plans - Career day - Advisor/advisee meetings - Duke University testing - OTC trip			- Observation - Discussion	- Community resources - Model Guidance Program - Videos - Computer programs - Faculty

By the end of grade 8 students will be able to

District Competency 4: demonstrate improved study and learning skills.
Sub-competencies a. Know how to organize time.		b. Know how to listen and ask questions.		c. Know how to organize class and homework materials.	d. Be able to take good notes.		e. Know how to start and finish assignments well.
Graduate Goals	Content Standards	Performance Standards	Activities			Assessments		Resources
1.4, 4.3, 5.4, 6.3	CA1 CA5	1.5, 1.6, 1.8, 2.3, 3.1, 3.2, 4.5	- Advisor/advisee meetings - Student assistance team - Classroom lessons - Individual counseling			- Observations - Discussion		- Model Guidance Program - Videos - Faculty

By the end of grade 8 students will be able to

District Competency 5: demonstrate knowledge of the effects of alcohol and other drugs.
Sub-competencies a. Know what drugs and alcohol do to one’s body and mind.		b. Know how to help a friend.		c. Know where to get help for himself/herself or a friend who has a problem with drugs or alcohol.	d. Know how to say “No” when friends or other people try to get him/her to use drugs or alcohol.		e. Know how the use of drugs and alcohol may affect one’s relationship with others.
Graduate Goals	Content Standards	Performance Standards	Activities			Assessments		Resources
1.3, 1.6, 2.1, 2.4, 2.6, 4.1, 4.3, 4.4, 4.5, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4, 5.5, 5.6, 5.7, 6.3, 7.1	H/PE2 H/PE3 H/PE5 H/PE7	1.1, 1.2, 1.5, 1.7, 1.10, 2.2, 3.1, 3.2, 3.4, 3.5, 3.6, 3.7, 3.8, 4.1, 4.3, 4.6, 4.7	- Red ribbon week activities - Classroom lessons - Group counseling - Individual counseling - Referrals			- Observation - Discussion		- Community resources - Model Guidance Program - Videos - Outside agencies

By the end of grade 8 students will be able to

District Competency 6: demonstrate understanding of and getting along with others.
Sub-competencies a. Understand friends and classmates.		b. Know effective ways of communicating feelings and thoughts.		c. Know how to be a good friend.	d. Respect other people even though they may be different.		e. Be able to talk to someone when he/she needs to.
Graduate Goals	Content Standards	Performance Standards	Activities			Assessments		Resources
1.3, 1.4, 1.6, 2.1, 2.4, 2.6, 4.1	CA6	2.2, 2.3, 4.3	- Classroom lessons - Individual counseling - Group counseling			- Observation - Discussion		- Model Guidance Program - Videos

By the end of grade 8 students will be able to

District Competency 7: Make decisions.
Sub-competencies a. Know how to identify the real problem when worried or upset.				b. Know how to come up with many possible solutions to a problem.	c. Know what is important in setting goals.
d. Know how to make good decisions.				e. Know how to evaluate decisions and/or change them.	f. Know how to accept responsibility for decisions.
Graduate Goals	Content Standards	Performance Standards	Activities			Assessments	Resources
4.4, 4.5, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4, 5.5, 5.6, 5.7, 6.2, 6.3	CA7 H/PE2	3.1, 3.2, 3.3,3 .4, 3.5, 3.6, 3.7, 3.8, 4.1, 4.5	- Classroom lessons - Individual counseling - Advisor/advisee meetings			- Observation - Discussion	- Model Guidance Program - Videos

By the end of grade 8 students will be able to

District Competency 8: demonstrate understanding of and accepting self.
Sub-competencies a. Understand what is important to him/her (values).		b. Be able to state his/her own ideas.		c. Understand how thoughts and feelings affect their behavior.	d. Know how to handle problems or where to get help.		e. Understand the physical, social, and emotional changes of growing up.
Graduate Goals	Content Standards	Performance Standards	Activities			Assessments		Resources
1.3, 2.6, 4.1, 4.5, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4, 5.5, 5.6, 5.7, 6.3, 7.1	CA1 CA6 SS6 H/PE7	2.3, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5, 3.6, 3.7, 3.8	- Classroom lessons - Individual counseling - Group co