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– ensuring that adequate time is scheduled in the school timetable to allow all students to participate in the total guidance and career education program;
– coordinating partnerships in the school com- munity and in the broader local community;
– administering the school’s program- effectiveness survey every three years and analysing and reporting the results to the school’s students, staff, parents, and the school council;
– assigning responsibilities to guidance counsellors;
– assigning responsibilities to teacher-advisers.
GUIDANCE COUNSELLORS, TEACHER-ADVISERS, AND OTHER TEACHERS
All teachers are essential to the effective delivery of the guidance and career education program. The responsibilities of teachers who are guidance counsellors or teacher-advisers are described in the first two columns in the chart on page 28. Responsibilities of all other teachers with regard to the program are described in the third column.
Administrative tasks closely linked to the guid- ance and career education program, such as working on the school timetable, maintaining Ontario Student Records, processing summer school applications, and completing registration procedures, should be carried out by administra- tive assistants, technicians, and other profession- als, making full use of the technology available to schools. (It should be noted that maintenance of the Ontario Student Records must be carried out in accordance with the policies in The Ontario Student Record (OSR) Guideline, 1989.)
STUDENTS
Students also have responsibilities, which increase as they proceed through the school system. These include:
– taking responsibility for their learning;
– taking responsibility for managing their behaviour;
– getting along with others in a variety of settings in the school;
– demonstrating social responsibility;
– completing their annual education plan;
– developing and setting educational and career goals.
PARENTS
Parents have an important role to play in their children’s learning. They can encourage their children’s learning by:
– working collaboratively with the school to help students develop their annual education plan;
– supporting and helping students with critical decision making;
– supporting students’ goal-setting activities;
– monitoring students’ progress and reviewing their progress towards the completion of their annual education plan;
– maintaining contact with students’ teacher-advisers;
– supporting and taking an interest in all of their children’s assignments and activities, both inside and outside the school.
ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
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