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Prince William County has a Guidance & Counseling
Curriculum with objectives for every grade level. Counselors will teach 12 lessons
a year in your child's classroom, beginning with an introductory lesson on
the guidance program. Below are the objectives for each grade level. Letters
are sent home at the beginning of each guidance unit containing more specific
information about the content of the lessons.
Guidance & Counseling Grade-Level Objectives
PRE-K/K:
Self-Understanding, School Entry Transition
Academic
KA.1: Recognize responsibilities of being a student worker in
school.
Career
KC.1: Identify areas of
interest.
KC.2: Develop awareness of
careers in the community.
Personal/Social
KP.1: Recognize and appreciate one's unique abilities.
KP.2: Identify and understand the meaning of various feeling
words.
KP.3: Develop awareness of empathy.
KP.4: Distinguish between appropriate and inappropriate behavior
in school.
KP.5: Use appropriate communication skills to ask for help when
needed.
GRADE 1:
Self-Understanding, School Adjustment
Academic
1A.1: Develop skills and positive work habits (including task
completion) to successfully meet school requirements.
1A.2: Understand that mistakes are essential to the learning
process.
1A.3: Understand the importance of goal setting.
Career
1C.1: Develop an understanding of roles and contributions of
workers in school, home, and community.
1C.2: Identify personal skills, abilities, and interests in the
areas of academic, career, and personal/social development.
Personal/Social
1P.1: Describe how to express feelings in constructive ways
(i.e. "I statements.")
1P.2: Develop an awareness of the importance of personal safety
(i.e. Know telephone number, home address, emergency contact information,
Stranger Danger).
1P.3: Identify situations requiring adult professional help.
GRADE 2:
Goal-Directed Work, Relationships
Academic
2A.1: Develop awareness of goal-setting steps.
2A.2: Recognize the relationship between goal setting and
accomplishing work.
2A.3: Work independently to achieve academic success.
2A.4: Identify and utilize test-taking skills.
Career
2C.1: Learn about the variety of traditional and non-traditional
occupations in a changing work place.
2C.2: Identify resource people in the school and community and
understand how to seek their help.
Personal/Social
2P.1: Identify forms of communication (e.g., listening,
speaking, body language, etc.)
2P.2: Develop awareness of individual differences.
2P.3: Define "friend" and describe what is meant by
"friendship."
2P.4: Recognize how personal behavior affects group dynamics.
2P.5: Recognize peer pressure and bullying situations.
2P.6: Recognize different coping strategies to deal with
situations.
GRADE 3: Responsibility, Communication
Skills, Cooperation
Academic
3A.1: Set realistic short-term goals.
3A.2: Recognize the relationship between learning/achievement
and personal effort.
3A.3: Identify and utilize study, organizational, and
test-taking skills.
3A.4: Display a positive work ethic (persistence,
self-motivation, punctuality, etc.)
3A.5: Identify how group participation contributes to learning.
Career
3C.1: Demonstrate how a positive outlook regarding self,
education and work enhances potential and increases productivity.
3C.2: Recognize that skills, abilities, and interests are
considerations in the choice of careers.
3C.3: Understand that jobs with similar characteristics may be
grouped as job families or career clusters.
Personal/Social
3P.1: Identify different modes of interpersonal communication
(verbal, non-verbal).
3P.2: Positively communicate thoughts, feelings, and needs to
others in a variety of situations.
3P.3: Demonstrate and accept responsibility for individual
behavior and how it affects others.
3P.4: Demonstrate self-control.
3P.5: Demonstrate how to communicate positively in a conflict
situation.
3P.6: Explain the skills needed to function effectively in
groups.
3P.7: Identify the decision-making process.
3P.8: Understand that diversity exists in the United States of America and appreciate the similarities
and differences of all ethnic backgrounds.
GRADE 4: Decision-Making,
Problem-Solving1 Coping Skills
Academic
4A.1: Identify and describe how decision-making,
problem-solving, and coping skills support or interfere with academic
achievement.
4A.2: Identify and utilize effective test-taking skills.
4A.3: Demonstrate time management and organizational skills.
4A.5: Understand how personal learning styles can impact school
achievement.
Career
4C.1: Identify hobbies and interests.
4C.2: Relate each step of the decision-making/problem-solving
process to career development (awareness, exploration, and preparation).
Personal/Social
4P.1: Evaluate methods of expressing feelings.
4P.2: Identify and describe the steps in a
decision-making/problem-solving process.
4P.3: Identify factors that influence personal decisions.
4P.4: Generate alternative solutions to problems and
consider/evaluate consequences.
4P.5: Demonstrate the decision-making process.
4P.6: Recognize that group members may have differing opinions.
4P.7: Demonstrate different coping strategies for various
situations and life changes.
4P.8: Identify factors that impact personal safety and
well-being (i.e. substance abuse, etc.).
4P.9: Demonstrate self-reliance.
GRADE 5: Conflict Resolution, Middle
School Transition
Academic
5A.1: Set realistic long-term goals.
5A.2: Apply personal learning style.
5A.3: Recognize the benefits of individual initiative and
teamwork.
Career
5C.1: Compile a list of personal abilities.
5C.2: Describe how personal strengths in school work affect
future goals and career options.
5C.3: Understand that the changing workplace requires lifelong
learning and acquiring new skills.
5C.4: Acquire employability skills such as teamwork,
problem-solving, and organization.
5C.5: Identify career choices through various means of
exploration.
5C.6: Describe changes as inevitable and necessary to adapt to
new situations, (e.g., middle school).
Personal/Social
5P.1: Describe how verbal and non-verbal behavior influence
interpersonal relationships.
5P.2: Demonstrate how to communicate with others.
5P.3: Demonstrate appreciation and respect for similarities and
differences in opinions.
5P.4: Describe strategies for getting along with others.
5P.5: Demonstrate how to disagree with other without provoking
them.
5P.6: Demonstrate appropriate responses to ease a conflict
situation.
5P.7: Demonstrate effective responses to peer pressure and bullying
situations.
5P.8: Identify and analyze group dynamics in a variety of
situations.
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