VISION

A sanctuary, which allows the individual's process of being whole.

MISSION

1.) Provide individual and group counseling services to students.
2.) Facilitate the growth of each student taking into consideration the uniqueness of her person.
3.) Design, implement, and evaluate the formation programs for students and parents.
4.) Develop and evaluate programs for special groups of students.
5.) Integrate research and practice in the formulation and implementation of the guidance program.
6.) Serve as consultants to administrators, faculty, staff, and students on student behavioral concerns.
7.) Network with college community specifically the Student Development Formation Cluster and the academic unit in the delivery of its services.
8.) Systematize coordination with psychology experts for referrals.

        The Guidance Program aims to serve the needs of individual students in terms of personal growth and development. It is designed to assist the students in attaining maximum personal adjustment and develop a sense of service so that in turn, they may contribute to the growth and development of others in the community in which they live.

The program is preventive, developmental and humanistic in nature. As such, year level programs are based on developmental, personal, social, and educational and career needs. The Assumption student is helped in the following areas: adjustment to College life; gaining deeper self-knowledge and understanding; identifying and enhancing personal and social skills; going through educational and career planning; and implementing career goals. All programs are coordinated by the Guidance Director and implemented by professional year-level counselors through the following services:

• Counseling. Counseling is aimed at helping the student discover and develop her abilities, interests and potentials in the area of personal and academic decision-making and in her personal and social adjustment. At the same time, counseling aims to help the student become aware of her weaknesses and her limitations, and to accept or minimize them by improving herself in these areas of concern.

• Appraisal. Through psychological tests conducted by the psychometricians and interpreted by the counselor, the student gains a realistic appraisal of her strengths, weaknesses, abilities, interests, and personality. Test records are filed in each student's cumulative folder should the student wish to come for test interpretation with their respective year-level counselor.

• Information. Educational career as well as personal-social information materials are made available for the student to gain a realistic view of herself and of the world, and to help her discover her options that allow for independent decisions.

• Appraisal. Through psychological tests conducted by the psychometricians and interpreted by the counselor, the student gains a realistic appraisal of her strengths, weaknesses, abilities, interests, and personality. Test records are filed in each student's cumulative folder should the student wish to come for test interpretation with the help of the respective year-level counselor.

    
• Consultation. Aside from counseling students, the year-level counselors are also available for consultation by the administration, faculty and parents in order to maximize student progress.

• Placement. Hand in hand with the Placement Office, the counselors help the student in implementing realistic career goals, either for employment or for further studies.

• Research. Descriptive researches are conducted such as group profiles, correlation studies, and surveys which serve as empirical data for improvement of teaching methodologies, curriculum planning and program planning.

• The Guidance Staff works with the non-academic sectors, specifically, Dean of Student Affairs (DSA), Center for Social Concern (CSC), Faith & Spirituality Formation Center (FSFC), Career Management & Alumnae Relations (CMAR), and in coordination with specific programs linked to academics (Theology & Mentoring) through the Student Development Formation Cluster (SDFC). It is committed to the students’ character formation. The primary responsibility of this cluster is to synergize personnel and resources of their various units toward the conceptualization, development, implementation, and evaluation of a Character Formation Program for students toward Assumption servant leadership.

SPECIAL PROGRAMS:

• Peer Facilitators are trained to help the staff in the delivery of the guidance services, as well as extension services to the ASSUMPTION COMMUNITIES. On the other hand practicum students are provided the opportunity for on-the-job experience in the guidance field.

• The International Students of Assumption (I.S.A) is a student group whose members come from different countries. Handled by the Special Programs Counselor, the program is designed to assist foreign students adjust to college life and the country, as a whole.