This document discusses the history and present state of counseling and guidance in Irish education over the past 50 years. It notes how religious schools were previously segregated by gender in the 1950s-1960s, and how new education concepts were introduced in the late 1980s, including the establishment of counseling and guidance departments in secondary schools. The document asks the reader about their experience with and understanding of counseling and guidance departments and their various roles and activities in schools. It stresses the importance of having the best qualified professionals in teaching positions who are dedicated to helping students and bettering society through education.

1. A
counsellingandguidanceexperien
ce

2. Themes
 Last 50 yearsofeducation in our country: my
ownexperience
 Presentcounsellingandguidancesituation in
secondaryschool
 Weexpect (andneed) youto be the best teachers

3. Education:
A bitofselfhistory
 Yourbrothersandsisters
 Yourparents / uncles / aunts
 Yourgrandparents

4. Education:
A bitofHistory 1
 Thefifties/sixties: Predominanceofreligiousschools
 Segregation girls/boys
 Different stress on curriculum subjects
 Low ratesofHigherEducationstudents

5. Education:
A bitofHistory 2
 The late eighties, firstnineties:
Neweducationconcepts
 IntroductionofCounsellingandGuidance in schools
 Attentiontodiversity
 Compulsoryeducation up to 16: newchallenges

6. How thingshavechanged:
maindifferences
 Whichaspectsofformereducation are
differentfromtheeducationyouhavelived up tonow?
 Which are similar?
 Do youthinkwehaveimproved? In what?
 Do youthinkwe can improve? How?

7. What do you know
aboutthe CGD ?
 Do you know themainareascovered by a
CounsellingandGuidanceDepartment?
 Whatkindofteacherscomposeit?
 Can a primaryteacherbelongtothe CGD?
 Whenshould a teacherapplytothe CGD?
 And a student?
 And a parent?

8. CounsellingandGuidance
Presentsituation
 Components:
Counsellors, Diversification, Compensatory, Integr
ation, IQVP teachersandotherspecialists.
 Activities:
Coordinationofaboveprogrammes, PAT, PAD, Educ
ationandVocationalGuidance, Supporttotutors, teac
hers, teaching/learningprocess, parents, students,
etc.
 Participation in schoolinstitutions:
CCP, QualityProgrammes, Teaching Training, etc.

9. Youandthe CGD
 Whichactivitiesofthe CGD didyou know?
 Whatisyour personal experiencewiththe CGD?
 Evaluatetheimportanceof a CGD in school

10. The best teacherswanted
 Weneedthe best professionalswith:
deepscientificknowledge;
updatedtechnology, goodteachingtechniques;
goodunderstandingoftheworld, adjustedandsensitiv
epersonality
 Butwealsoneedthe best
peoplewhobelievethateducationisthemostimportant
activity in a
society, whowanttohelptheirstudentstobecomecitiz
ensandwhothinkthatwhatthey do can
changetheworld.