Learning · Career guidance
Our Guidance Counsellors help students to make good decisions about their subjects, their studies, their careers and their lives.
They work with the Principal, Deputy Principals, Chaplains, Year Heads, parents, resource teachers and subject teachers, so that students are informed and supported, can make the most of their learning and overcome any difficulties.
Three areas of guidance
- EducationalSupporting First Years as they move to post-primary school, subject choice advice before Second and Fifth Year, and study skills.
- VocationalTimetabled careers classes in Transition Year and Sixth Year, individual careers interviews and careers presentations.
- PersonalThe Guidance Counsellor is available to meet individual students and talk about anything affecting them. Workshops may also run on stress management and mental health.
Our Guidance Counsellors
Ms Anne WemyssCareer Guidance Counsellor
Mr Brian DowlingCareer Guidance Counsellor
Assessment in guidance
Assessment is an integral part of the guidance programme. It brings together inventories, psychometric tests, interviews, scales and other techniques that measure a student’s abilities, aptitudes, interests, personality, values, attitudes, achievements and skills. The Guidance Counsellor maintains professional standards in giving, interpreting and sharing tests and results.
Want to talk to a Guidance Counsellor?
Students can ask to meet them in school. Parents can contact the school office: 056 776 1707 or school@stkieranscollege.ie.