GROUP GUIDANCE PROGRAM Developed by Samuel B. Batara

Group Guidance Program Developed by Samuel B. Batara

General Objectives Group guidance is just a fraction of the entire Guidance Program. It can, however, serve the following purposes: 1. To organize groupings among faculty and students that will pursue research, study, and discussion on subjects and pursuits of common interest; 2. To provide factual sources for the discussion of growth and development concerns peculiar to the group; 3. To stimulate student’s thoughts about his biological, psychological and sociological worlds, and to provide a forum for the sharing of such thoughts; 4. To promote member cooperation, the planning and attainment of group goals and group unity as well as individual development; 5. To facilitate open communication and interaction that center upon current concerns and interests of group members; 6. To develop leadership roles and responsibilities among group members; 7. To disseminate information that will assist students to make effective use of the school environment and develop a strategy for the attainment of long-term educational and vocational goals; and 8. To orient the students to the availability of guidance services and other growth opportunities. FIRST SESSION: ACQUAINTANCE AND ORIENTATION Specific Objectives Activities/Discussion Topics Through the session, students ENCOUNTER a. Familiarize with each other by name, A. Acquaintanceship likes and dislikes, roots and wings, B. Orientation on Group talents and interests Guidance Program: b. formulate and decide group rationale, Explanations and Open Forum basic ground rules, member roles and *“Introductions” responsibilities “Alphabetical Order” c. discpver and avail themselves of C. Information on Guidance basic guidance services available in Services Offered, Guidance the school officers introduced d. talk about and list down basic D. Listing and prioritizing of problems, issues and concerns common concerns / interests commonly encountered “Wishing well” e. express themselves, their thoughts, E. Voicing out of members’ wishes and desires, and find their expectations and roles Make place, roles and responsibilities list on a board

Persons Involved Group members Group leaders Facilitators Resource people Guidance officers School Administrators

Time Frame 2nd Saturday of semester if possible a whole day affair, before, over, and after lunch

Logistics P250 Hall and light provided by the school Pack lunch or pot luck by members

Materials Needed Room or Hall Tables, chairs Writing board and chalk, markers, eraser, pencils, paper, name cards Audio visual gadgets, charts, posters

SECOND SESSION: LIFE GOALS Specific Objectives Activities/Discussion Topics Through the session, students DECISIONS a. share with each other their dreams, A. Examples of life goals aspirations, models in life “Dreams” b. decide on life-time careers, and assess “Limited life” bases of choices B. Choosing life goals c. formulate and structure basic “Favorites” attitudes, values, outlooks, and means “Calamity Drill” of growing with goals C. Development of life goals Sharing of thoughts “Song, Music and Me” THIRD SESSION: DISTRACTIONS FROM ATTAINING LIFE GOALS Specific Objectives Activities/Discussion Topics Through the session, students REFLECTIONS a. identify and distinguish habits and A. Habits and Vices vices that enhance or destroy one’s “Million-Peso Exercise” goals “Hatred” b. discover pitfalls and distractions B. Alcohol and Drugs social menace like alcohol and drugs Group discussion with present Resource Person(s) c. design attitudes towards love and sex C. Love, Sex and Marriage and values that contribute to happy Group discussion with partnership and marriage Resource Person(s) d. clarify among themselves desirable D. Values Clarification from undesirable values “Priorities” “Importance of Values”

Persons Involved Group members Group leaders Facilitators Guidance officers Class Advisers Placement personnel

Time Frame 5th Saturday of semester

Persons Involved Group members Group leaders Facilitators Guidance officers Resource Speakers: Pastor/Minister Social Worker Medical Doctor Values Educator

Time Frame 8 Saturday of semester

a whole day affair, if possible, before, over, and after lunch

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a whole day affair, if possible, before, over, and after lunch

Logistics P250 Hall and light provided by the school Pack lunch or pot luck by members

Logistics P1,000 Hall and light provided by the school Pack lunch or pot luck by members; catered to resource speakers

Materials Needed Room or Hall Tables, chairs Writing board and chalk, markers, eraser, pencils, paper, name cards Audio visual gadgets, charts, posters Materials Needed Room or Hall Tables, chairs Writing board and chalk, markers, eraser, pencils, paper, name cards Audio visual gadgets, charts, Token gifts to speakers Activity materials

FOURTH SESSION: INFLUENCES IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF LIFE GOALS Specific Objectives Activities/Discussion Topics Persons Involved Through the session, students EXPLORATION Group members a. reconstruct past incidents and A. Past Influences Group leaders situations that have contributed to “Past Experiences” Facilitators their present being “Looking Back” Guidance officers b. assess present conditions and B. Present Influences Guests: Parents opportunities that enhance life goals “Television and Me” Social Worker c. visualize coming realities and trends, “Influential Persons” and plan on how to face and C. Future Influences overcome them “Jumping into the Future” Summing Up

Time Frame 11th Saturday of semester a whole day affair, if possible, before, over, and after lunch

FIFTH SESSION: IMPORTANCE OF SUPPORTIVE PEOPLE TOWARDS ATTAINMENT OF LIFE GOALS Specific Objectives Activities/Discussion Topics Persons Involved Time Frame Through the session, students SUPPORT SYSTEMS Group members 14th Saturday of a. treasure the importance of a family in A. The Family Group leaders semester the development of one’s disposition “Family Relations” Facilitators b. prize the roles of friends and indicate B. Friends Guidance officers a whole day means of making and keeping friends “Friendship” Guests: Parents affair, if c. discuss and appropriate the roles of C. Community and Institutions Friends possible, before, other members of the community “Fanatics” over, and after d. appraise one’s social duties and “Limited Life” lunch obligations and determine playing D. Emphasis on Members’ Roles one’s contributions and Responsibilities “Story Writing”

Logistics P250 Hall and light provided by the school Pack lunch or pot luck by members

Logistics P250 Hall and light provided by the school Pack lunch or pot luck by members

Materials Needed Room or Hall Tables, chairs Writing board and chalk, markers, eraser, pencils, paper, name cards Audio visual gadgets, charts

Materials Needed Room or Hall Tables, chairs Writing board and chalk, markers, eraser, pencils, paper, name cards Audio visual gadgets, charts Activity specified materials

SIXTH SESSION: STRENGTHENING DETERMINATION TOWARDS REACHING LIFE GOALS Specific Objectives Activities/Discussion Topics Persons Involved Through the session, students DECISION AND ACTION Group members a. analyze and improve their study, A. Study Habits Group leaders work and play habits “Symbols of School Life” Facilitators b. determine, face squarely, and resolve B. Handling of Problems Guidance officers problems besetting them, and assist “Success” Student Officers each other to work out problems Identification of issues, Administrators c. discuss, analyze and act on pervasive problems and solutions Class Advisers scholastic/ academic concerns C. Academic concerns d. take action on insights and ideas Housekeeping and channeling gained and look positively at the D. Evaluation: Discussion on future session improvement

Time Frame 17th Saturday of semester a whole day affair, if possible, before, over, and after lunch

Logistics P250 Hall and light provided by the school Pack lunch or pot luck by members

Materials Needed Room or Hall Tables, chairs Writing board and chalk, markers, eraser, pencils, paper, name cards Audio visual gadgets, charts Activity specified materials

*NB: Italicized activities in quotation marks are growth group exercises whose mechanics are detailed in a separate book, Fellowship Activity Ideas, by Sam B. Batara

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