Griswold Community Schools
Guidance Standards
Standard 1: All students will develop educational objectives consistent with their interests, personality, skills, career values, and goals. (Academic Domain)
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2: All students will develop career objectives
consistent with their interests, personality, skills, career values, and
goals. (Career/Occupational Domain)
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3: All students will learn effective
interpersonal communication skills and become more aware of self and
others. (Personal/Social Domain)
1. Benchmark: Students will acquire the attitudes, knowledge, and skills that contribute to effective learning in school and across the life span
a. TLW display a positive interest in learning and pride in work
b. TLW accept and learn from mistakes
c. TLW apply time management and task management skills
d. TLW use communication skills to know when and how to ask for help when needed
e. TLW introduce and apply knowledge of learning styles to positively influence school performance
f. TLW take responsibility and obligation for their actions
g. TLW work independently as well as work cooperatively with other students
2. Benchmark: Students will complete school with the academic preparation essential to choose from a wide range of substantial post-secondary options.
a. TLW learn and apply critical thinking skills
b. TLW apply the study skills necessary for academic success at each level
c. TLW become self-directed and independent learners
d. TLW establish challenging academic goals in elementary, middle school, and high school
e. TLW use problem-solving and decision-making skills to assess progress toward educational goals
f. TLW understand the relationship between classroom performance and success in school and life
g. TLW identify post-secondary options consistent with interests, achievement, aptitude, and abilities
3. Benchmark: Students will understand the relationship of academics to the world of work and to life at home and in the community
a. TLW balance school, studies, extracurricular activities, work, leisure time, and family life
b. TLW seek co-curricular and community experiences to enhance the school experience
c. TLW understand the relationship between learning and work
d. TLW demonstrate an understanding of the value of lifelong learning as essential to maintaining life goals
Standard 2: Career/Occupational Domain
1. Benchmark: Students will acquire the skills to investigate the world of work in relation to knowledge of self and to make informed career decisions
a. TLW acquire employability skills such as working on a team, problem-solving, and organizational skills
b. TLW learn to respect individual uniqueness in the workplace
c. TLW describe the importance of responsibility, dependability, punctuality, integrity, and effort in the workplace
d. TLW describe the importance of planning and its implications in making decisions and goal setting
e. TLW develop skills to locate, interpret, and evaluate traditional and non-traditional career information
2. Benchmark: Students will employ strategies to achieve future career goals with success and satisfaction
a. TLW apply decision-making skills to career planning, course selection, and career transitions
b. TLW identify personal skills, interests, and abilities and relate them to career choices, hobbies, and vocational choices
c. TLW identify the need of education and training to achieve career goals
3. Benchmark: Students will understand the relationship among personal qualities, education, training, and the world of work
a. TLW identify the importance of equity and access in career choice
b. TLW describe the importance of work and how it is a satisfying means of personal expression
c. TLW identify how interests, abilities, and achievement relate to achieving personal, social, educational, and career goals
Standard 3: Personal/Social Domain
Benchmark: Students will acquire the knowledge, attitudes, and interpersonal skills to help them understand and respect self and others
1. TLW develop a positive attitude toward self as a unique and worthy person
2. TLW identify and express feelings, values, attitudes, and beliefs
3. TLW recognize and understand rights, needs, responsibilities, and appropriate behavior
4. TLW recognize, accept, and appreciate individual, family, ethnic, and cultural differences
Benchmark: Students will acquire emotional and physical coping skills which will result in total well being
1. TLW manage life events that can cause stress, conflict, or emotional and physical danger
2. TLW recognize and use community and school resources when experiencing personal and social problems
3. TLW assert personal privacy in relationships with others
Benchmark: Students will make decisions, set goals, and take necessary action to achieve goals
1. TLW use decision-making and problem-solving skills that include an understanding of the consequences of their decisions and choices