GUIDANCE & TESTING SERVICES CENTER
The Guidance, Testing, and Career Services complement the instructional program of the University of Southern Philippines Foundation to implement the goals of education and the Vision-Mission of USPF.
Admission Services
GTCS conducts admission tests and pre-intake interviews with the new pupils/students, returnees, and transferees.
Individual Inventory Services
GTCS collects pupil's’/students’ personal records through an intake interview, accomplished personal information sheets, and psychological testing to better understand the pupil/student.
Information Services
GTCS provides the pupils/students with information related to their educational, vocational, and personal-social needs through small group sessions, room-to-room activities, lectures, awareness campaigns, and seminars.
Student Development Activities
GTCS provides needs-based activities such as Structured Learning Activities, training, and symposiums.
Counseling Services
At the heart of the Guidance program is counseling. GTCS assists pupils/students in i) identifying goals and potential solutions to problems that cause emotional turmoil, ii) improving communication and coping skills, iii) strengthening self-esteem, iv) promoting behavior change, and v) working toward optimal mental health.
Psychological Testing Services
GTCS helps identify the strengths and weaknesses of students, their learning style, behavioral characteristics, and cognitive skills such as memory, problem-solving skills, and intellectual functioning.
Follow-up Services
GTCS monitors referred pupils/students with academic, personal-social, and behavioral concerns.
Referral Services
GTCS refers clinical cases to an appropriate specialist or agency for definitive treatment.
Placement Services
GTCS ensures that pupils/students are in the right place at the right time and helps them find an environment that contributes to their physical, mental, emotional, spiritual, and well-being. Our counselors also assist students in gaining skills they need to transition from study to work and become work-ready graduates.
Educational Placement Services
GTCS assists pupils/students in finding appropriate educational settings in terms of special needs, course placement, level placement, group placement, co-curricular and extracurricular placement, scholarships, and financial grants
Community Outreach
GTCS also conducts programs and activities to meet the needs of the community in collaboration with the University’s Community Extension Services.
Research and Evaluation
GTCS conducts research utilizing the data obtained from pupils/students, parents, and faculty to evaluate the effectiveness of the guidance services and to develop/improve relevant programs.
Other services – “Peer Facilitators”
GTCS also offers a “peer facilitators” program, which involves trained support systems that provide support to the learning and personal-social needs of our students. Peer facilitators serve as “extension arms” of the GTCS.
