WELCOME TO THE NTC GUIDANCE AND PLACEMENT
DIVISION!
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The Guidance and
Placement Center of The National Teachers College Manila works a fundamental
part of the total educational process. It mainly provides for the holistic
development of the student to the fullest actualization of their potential
while extending its services to families, alumni, and members of the
community.
The Center’s program is developmental, preventive and humanistic in nature.
It offers developmentally designed activities for each level on the areas of
personal, social, educational and career.
VISION
The Guidance and Placement Center, as an integral part of the National
Teachers College, joins in the realization of NTC’S Vision – Mission by
providing significant programs and services that will empower and equip
students in bringing out their maximum potential towards national
productivity and world-class competitiveness. As serving professionals, it
aims to produce and promote a holistic growth to NTCian students by
providing responsive and preventive guidance programs and interventions to
support their personal, social, career, and educational progress.
MISSION
The Guidance and Placement Center aims to assist students in meeting all
their guidance needs. The Center aims to provide services that help students
attain optimum adjustments in all areas of school life. Inspired by the
ideals of social equality and intellectual responsibility, the Center offers
and implements various programs and activities which help students attain
finest adjustment in the personal, educational, social and emotional aspects
of life through relevant guidance program.
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INDIVIDUAL
INVENTORY SERVICE
Students’ personal data are collected and recorded to serve as
a reference of the students’ academic, personal, and psychological profile. Such
information can be used in proper diagnosis, predicting progress and behaviours,
accurate placement, program evaluation and referrals. Pertinent information such
as test results, routine interview notes and academic performance reports are
filed and updated annually.
INFORMATION
SERVICE
The Guidance and
Placement Centers’ Information service provides students with personal-social
information that will help them develop their personality and social life; with
educational-academic information that would help them choose the proper academic
setting and program; knowing the requirements and the opportunities; and with
vocational-occupational information that would help them learn about the world
of work and careers so that they can make appropriate decisions that will
prepare them for the future.
COUNSELLING SERVICE
This is the heart of the Guidance Services. This service
provides a helping relationship between the counselor and the client. The
counselor interprets the data gathered about the client and relates them to the
information about the world outside the individual in order to contribute growth
and adjustment, problem-solving and decision making. This can be done
individually or in groups.
PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTING AND ASSESSMENT
Through the use of
standardized tests, evaluation of students’ strong points and weak points in the
areas of intelligence, aptitude and personality are being employed. This service
provides assessment of the intellectual ability, interest, potential,
personality and achievement level of students. It seeks to identify students’
individualism that will contribute to a deeper awareness and understanding of
oneself.
CAREER PLACEMENT
This service
provides assistance to the student’s progress to the appropriate educational or
occupational level or program; entry into the appropriate co-curricular and
extracurricular activities; pursuit of further education or other employment
upon leaving the institution.
Counselors assist the students to make the transition from school
to the world of work. Counselors help graduating students prepare for future job
screening by employing exit interviews. The data gathered from these interviews
will be used by the counselor to provide honest feedback regarding students’
strengths and weaknesses that will help in assessing the nature of work a
student will most likely fit. Programs such as Job Hunting Skills, Mock
Interview, Job Fairs and Power Dressing are just some of the activities for
graduating students. The Center also takes care of its graduate students by
posting in the job placement bulletin board job vacancies and sending their
contact information to prospective employers.
REFERRAL
This service offer’s assistance to the clients in obtaining
services from other people or agencies that might be more effective in helping
them with their special needs. Normally, referrals are made to other
individuals, particularly specialists, who might be in a better position in
handling the case and responding to the peculiar needs of the student or the
client.
FOLLOW-UP SERVICE
This service helps
determine the status of the students who received assistance and what other
assistance must be rendered so that the service is complete and holistic.
Through this service it can determine the adequacy and sufficiency of the
programs and services extended in meeting the needs of its students.
RESEARCH AND EVALUATION
This service evaluates on the data available at the Center as a
tool to aid curriculum and program development. Research is a service oriented
activity conducted to discover new ideas, to advance the present knowledge, and
to substantiate theory. It seeks to discover new techniques, strategies and
interventions that might be helpful for the client. Likewise, it attempts to
unveil the needs of the school community as well as to establish the need to
improve programs and interventions.
FACULTY AND PARENT CONSULTATIONS
The Center is always open to consultations made by the faculty
members, school personnel and parents regarding school and family matters.
PEER FACILITATOR'S GROUP
The Peer Facilitators Group serves as the arm of the
Guidance Center. The goal of the Center is to tap and train students with better
potential of establishing peer helping relationship and who are capable of
assisting the office in realizing its goals by taking part in every program of
the Center. The members are equipped with basic counseling skills seminars and
other self – enhancing seminars to facilitate group peer counseling and other
significant activities. The program develops the students’ hearts for volunteer
work and the value of service. The Guidance and Placement Center provides
opportunities for the students to volunteer their services in assisting their
peers and developing themselves fully by acting as implementing partners of the
GPC.
OUTREACH PROGRAMS
To give the students the firsthand experience about the
realities of life outside the school and to draw out from them the genuine care
and concern for other people, the students are encourage to take part in
different community outreach programs, such as visiting adopted communities.
OFFICE HOURS
MONDAY TO FRIDAY
7:30 AM -- 5:00 PM
SATURDAYS
7:30 AM -- 12:30 PM |
OFFICE ADDRESS:
Guidance & Placement Center
Room 212
Administration Building, The National Teachers College
629 J.Nepomuceno Street, Quiapo Manila, Philippines
Tel. No. 734-56-01 loc.
119
Telefax No. 734-18-85 |
Counselors
Grace Ayessa C. Bernabe
Tertiary level
Ma. Kristina A. Rancudo
Tertiary level
Arlin Gacilo
Tertiary level
Rachel Arce
Basic Education |
