Guidance
The role of the Guidance Counsellor is to provide support for the school community, particularly students, their parents or guardians. Guidance Counsellors are registered teachers and possess appropriate post graduate qualifications.
How this is achieved
The Guidance Counsellor offers a confidential counselling service for students, parents and guardians. The Guidance Counsellor also liaises with a network of agencies and individuals, both within and outside the school.
Issues addressed by the Guidance Counsellor
The issues addressed can be categorized under three broad areas:
- Career: e.g. information about post-school options, course and career selection.
- Academic: e.g. subject selection, time management, study skills.
- Personal & Social: e.g. relationship problems, problems at home, coping with stress.
How to contact the Guidance Counsellor
- The school counselor can be reached by students in school and parents via their students or main office.
- Students and parents/guardians can arrange to see the Guidance Counsellor either separately or together. Appointments are usually 12:05, 13:30, 3:30 or 4:00.
- If you are a university/educational institution and want to visit/present your program/s to students at CIS, please complete booking.
Further information
Career:
- Careeronestop contains self-assessments and career information which can help someone choose a career path:
www.careeronestop.org/ExploreCareers/explore-careers.aspx - The College Board has clear and updated information on university and visa entry requirements from an international perspective:
http://international.collegeboard.org/study-around-the-world - Career Cruising is a self-exploration and planning program that helps people of all ages achieve their potential in school, career and life:
http://public.careercruising.com/en/ - AccreditedOnlineColleges.org is a resource for finding online educational opportunities:
http://www.accreditedonlinecolleges.org/
- Online Study Materials for ACT/SAT
- Examination for Japanese university admission
http://www.jasso.go.jp/en/eju/index.html
- CIS Graduation Requirements
Academic:
- Below are some websites with information on study skills:
http://howtostudy.org/
http://www.palgrave.com/studentstudyskills/
http://www.how-to-study.com/
https://www.khanacademy.org/
Personal/Social:
- TELL is dedicated to providing effective support and counseling services to Japan's international community and its increasing mental health needs:
http://telljp.com/ - This directory contains a list of organizations which provide services for the international community in Japan:
http://www.bluejava.com/tell - Smiling Mind is modern meditation for young people. It is a unique web and App-based program, designed to help bring balance to young lives:
http://smilingmind.com.au/ - Sane has information on Mental Illness:
https://www.sane.org/ - COPMI promotes better outcomes for children and families where a parent experiences mental illness:
http://www.copmi.net.au/kids-young-people - Beyond Blue aims to reduce the impact of depression and anxiety by raising awareness and understanding, empowering people to seek help, and supporting recovery, management and resilience:
https://www.beyondblue.org.au/ - Mood Gym can help people learn cognitive behavior therapy skills for preventing and coping with depression:
https://moodgym.anu.edu.au/welcome - Anxiety BC Youth is a website with information on anxiety and coping skills:
http://youth.anxietybc.com/ - Canteen is a resource for people with cancer and those around them:
https://www.canteen.org.au/im-a-young-person/ - Bullying No Way! is a website about bullying for teachers, young people, students, and parents:
http://bullyingnoway.gov.au/ - PBS Parents is a resource filled with information on child development and early learning:
http://www.pbs.org/parents/ - Triple P gives parents simple tips to help manage the big and small problems of family life:
http://www.triplep-parenting.net/glo-en/home/