G.U.I.D.E. for Life and the School Counselor - Andrea Fortner

Andrea Fortner, Guidance and School Counseling Coordinator at DESE, shares practical ways that school counselors can support the G.U.I.D.E. for Life personal competencies in their everyday work with students and teachers.

DESE-2021-Navigating Grief and Loss in the School Setting: Supports for School Counselors (Virtual):
https://www.escweb.net/ar_ade/catalog/session.aspx?session_id=438187

Listen to Andrea on the Arkansas A.W.A.R.E. podcast:
https://www.spreaker.com/episode/43551900

Guidance and School Counseling webpage on the DESE website:
https://dese.ade.arkansas.gov/Offices/learning-services/guidance-and-school-counseling

Andrea Fortner
Email:
andrea.fortner@ade.arkansas.gov

Governor Asa Hutchinson has designated March 15 - 19 as G.U.I.D.E. for Life Week in the state of Arkansas, and the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) is encouraging schools to celebrate with daily activities. DESE has developed a number of sample activities and resources to help schools plan their celebrations and support the personal competency standards in the G.U.I.D.E. for Life.

Sample activities for daily celebrations:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1vhbqXHU6HUcxwH2jcTlnfLRAWRWjgJ5d/view?usp=sharing

I hope that you will actively promote celebrating G.U.I.D.E. for Life in your respective schools. Be sure and tag us on your social media posts so that we can recognize all the amazing things you are doing! I hope this will be a fun way for your school to support your students as you “MARCH” into Spring Break!

Thank you for all that you do for Arkansas Students!

G.U.I.D.E. for Life website:
https://dese.ade.arkansas.gov/Offices/learning-services/guide-for-life

G.U.I.D.E. for Life video:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1IkDogvInAGyDubj0e_Ou3qGG9r3yPKo2/view

G.U.I.D.E. for Life In Focus Blog:
https://dese.ade.arkansas.gov/Offices/learning-services/guide-for-life/guide-for-life-in-focus-blog

G.U.I.D.E. for Life Manual:
https://dese.ade.arkansas.gov/admin/Files/20201229101338_OFFICIAL_GUIDE_for_Life.pdf

Produced by Donnie Lee
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More information: https://dese.ade.arkansas.gov/Offices/communications/dese-podcasts