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Canterbury has developed its goals based on the Connecticut School Counselor Association’s Goals and the American School Counselor Association’s Standards. The goals are aligned with the National Career Development Guidelines, The Connecticut’s Common Core of Learning Skills and Competencies, the Canterbury Public School’s Strategic Planning Beliefs and Strategies, and the Canterbury Public School’s District Goals. The goals focus on three broad domains of student development: academic, career, and personal/social.
Academic – Learning to Learn
Activities in the academic content area help young people choose experiences appropriate for them, which will in turn enable them to get the most out of each learning situation. The new basics for the "Information Age" or the "Age of Technology" that we are entering include decision making skills, problem solving, critical thinking, logical reasoning, goal-setting, technological literacy, transition skills, interpersonal skills and the ability to organize and manage information.
Goal 1: Skills for learning
The student acquires the attitudes, knowledge, and skills that contribute to effective learning in school.
Goal 2: School Success
The student employs strategies to achieve success in school.
Goal 3: Academics to Life Success
The student understands the relationship of academics to the world of work and to life at home and in the community.
Career – Learning to Earn
The career content area includes the development of a positive attitude toward work and the development of skills that will assist students in making a positive transition from school to work and from job to job. Additional goals include an awareness of career lifestyle options, occupational information, school and training requirements, and an awareness of how these goals relate to work values, aptitudes, interests, abilities, and personality.
Goal 4: Investigate Careers
The student acquires the skills to investigate the world of work in relation to knowledge of self and to make career choices.
Goal 5: Career Success
The student will employ strategies to achieve future career success and satisfaction.
Goal 6: Relationship between School and Work
The student will understand the relationship between personal qualities, education and training, and the world of work.
Personal/Social – Learning to Live
The personal/social domain includes activities that assist the student in the development of interpersonal skills with individuals and groups. It is based on student goals that relate to education, career, life success, and the development of a strong positive self-concept. Knowledge of self, "Who Am I?" continues to be the major goal of education.
Goal 7: Respect of Self/Others
The student acquires the knowledge, attitudes, and interpersonal skills to help understand and respect self and others.
Goal 8: Goal Setting/Attainment Skills
The student makes decisions, sets goals, and takes action.
Goal 9: Survival and Safety Skills
The student understands safety and survival skills and makes safe and healthy choices. |