career guidance
Guidance Service
Guidance refers to a range of learning experiences provided in a developmental sequence, designed to assist students to make choices about their lives and to make transitions consequent on these choices.
The Guidance Department in Athlone Community College is a part of the Student Support Service. Guidance provides this suppport in the following areas;
PERSONAL
- Personal and social skills
- Problem solving
- Self-Awareness
- Decision Making
- Planning
CAREER
- Employment awareness
- Educational choices
- Training choices
- Job getting Skills
- Career Growth Skills
ACADEMIC
- Subject choice
- Course choice
- Study skills
- Exam skills
Some of the services we provide in Athlone Community College are:
- Guidance
- Counselling
- Career Library
- Career Events
- Internet resources
- Computer Assisted Guidance
- The Guidance Counsellor works alongside other staff members, parents and professionals outside the school setting to provide a service to meet student needs.