Individual Planning includes counseling activities to assist all students to plan, monitor, and manage their own academic achievement as well as their personal and career development. The purpose of the program is to meet the individual student's immediate needs usually necessitated by situations and conditions in the student's life.
Individual planning emphasizes test interpretation, informal counseling, educational counseling including pre-college and post-secondary vocational-technical planning, and career planning.
(TEC Sec. 33.005 (3) Individual Planning; TEC Sec. 33.006 (b)(5) Interpret standardized test results; TEC Sec. 33.007 Counseling Regarding Post-Secondary Planning)
Academic concerns
Acquisition of student skills
Awareness of educational opportunities
Appropriate course selection
Lifelong learning
Utilization of test scores
Personal-social
Development of healthy self-concepts
Development of adaptive and adjustive social behavior
Career
Knowledge of potential career opportunities
Knowledge of career and technical training
Knowledge of positive work habits
Guidance
Consultation
Assessment
Professional Standards
Elementary: 5 to 10
Middle: 15 to 25
High: 25 to 35