Mission Statement
Since
education is a lifetime, dynamic process, the K-12 Guidance Staff
supports the Yarmouth School System in its commitment to “Empower All
Students to Create Fulfilling Lives in a Changing World”. We strive to
provide the necessary and fundamental means by which all students may
work to attain their personal goals.
In
this commitment to excellence, it is our purpose to enhance skills, to
encourage ethical behavior, and to create a learning environment that
fosters intellectual, moral, physical, emotional and social growth. In
so doing, all young people are provided with the means by which they can
develop into open-minded, mature individuals, and responsible members
of society. Thus, they are best equipped to live well-balanced,
productive, and satisfying lives.
Guidance Services
Guidance
counselors are an integral part of each school faculty and work closely
with students, teachers, parents and administrators to meet student
needs. Guidance counselors regularly provide individual and group
guidance services, coordinate group testing, coordinate services with
outside agencies, assist students and parents with placement, school and
class enrollment, awareness of the curriculum, and assist with the
college application process. Guidance counselors regularly facilitate
the development of positive student self-concept, the development of
positive relationships with others, the awareness of personal safety
needs including preventing substance abuse, verbal/physical abuse,
sexual abuse, neglect, as well as related home and community issues.
Additionally, guidance counselors facilitate conflict
resolution and decision – making skills as appropriate.
Career Preparation
Yarmouth's
K-12 guidance counselors have developed a comprehensive career
preparation plan for students K-12. Using the State of Maine's Learning
Results as a guideline for their work, the counselors have developed a
comprehensive career preparation plan for all Yarmouth students.
In
keeping with Yarmouth's mission, "Empowering All Students to Create
Fulfilling lives in a Changing World", the counselors developed a career
education plan which emphasizes the following:
• exposure to career choices and career education
• self knowledge of abilities and skills
• development of basic skills required for job acquisition and advancement
• specific training, career preparation, and technology skills needed in the workplace
• leadership and teamwork skills
• ability to adapt and a commitment to life long learning
Yarmouth
students K-12 participate in an integrated education in the following
areas: Preparing for the Future; Education and Career Planning;
Integrated and Applied Learning; and Balancing Responsibilities. Each
student has a personal career preparation portfolio which they will keep
for their entire school career. When students graduate, the portfolio
is theirs to keep. The portfolio serves two purposes: it will be a tool
to help students increase self awareness and to help them evaluate their
successes. It will also be a tool that counselors use to assess student
progress in the area of career preparation.
Yarmouth's guidance counselors are:
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