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Join Jennifer McKenzie, National Co-ordinator, for an insightful training session on guidance practices. Learn the definition of guidance, its importance in education and life, and explore codes of principles for effective guidance. Understand adult guidance counseling and confidentiality in the guidance process.
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Guidance Awareness Training Jennifer MCKenzie National Co-ordinator AEGI NCGE
Before we get started • What are you expecting from today • What questions do you have about guidance as we start off – if any? • Write them down ….just for you….
Definition of Guidance Guidance facilitates people throughout their lives to manage their own educational, training, occupational, personal, social and life choices so that they reach their full potential and contribute to the development of a better society” National Guidance Forum 2007
Definition of Guidance Guidance refers to a range of activities designed to assist people to make these choices. In the context of adult education these activities include: information; assessment; advice; counselling; teaching/careers education; placement; advocacy; feedback; follow-up; networking; managing and innovating systems change. Learning for Life: White Paper on Adult Education DES (2000)
Guidance Quality Framework (NGF 2007) • Informing • Advising • Counselling • Assessing Teaching & learning • Enabling • Advocating • Networking • Providing feedback • Managing • Mentoring • Innovating systems change
Codes of Principles (NGF 2007) • Accessible • Appropriate • Confidential • Equality of Opportunity • Impartial • Individual Ownership & responsibility • Integrated • Quality Standards of delivery • Team approach • Transparent • Complaints handling
Guidance process • Core issues understand “the why” examples the context • Guidance involves the individual in the exploration • Confidentiality - Guidance Counselling Supervision
Further details Contact me … Jennifer MCKenzie National Co-ordinator AEGI NCGE Jennifer.mckenzie@ncge.ie National Guidance Forum www.ngf.ie National Centre for Guidance in Education www.ncge.ie Department of Education and Science www.education.ie