Langstaff Guidance Services
The Guidance office is open daily from 8:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Please call ahead to make an appointment with a counsellor.
Our goal is to equip students with to tools that they will need to find success in school, in the workplace and in their daily lives. The Guidance and Career Education Department offers a wide range of services and information, courses and transition programming.
Guidance Staff Listing Extension
• T. Matias, Administrative Assistant 126
• R. Chidiac, Department Head, 194
• M. Schmidt, Guidance Counsellor 192
• S. Starkman, Guidance Counsellor 193
1. Guidance and Career Education Services
Educational Planning
- Short Term Personal Counselling
- Referrals to community agencies and programs
- In house professional counselling by Family Services of York Region
- Consultation with parents and teachers
- Intervention with students experiencing difficulties
- Tutor information
3. Guidance and Career Education Courses:
Grade 9 Skills for Success, GLS1O (1 credit, elective)
Assists students with the transition to high school by equipping them with the skills that they will need to be successful in high school. Study skills, communication skills and team work skills are among the topics covered in this course.
Grade 10 Career Studies, GLC 2O (0.5 credit, compulsory)
Provides students with an opportunity to learn about their skills and interests, to set educational and career goals, to explore different types of work and to prepare for their post secondary destination.
4. Guidance and Career Education Transitions
The Guidance department is responsible for helping students transition from the elementary panel into high school as well as from high school to post secondary destinations. We facilitate a number of Orientation activities for grade 8 students in our Family of Schools as well as Exit Program activities for graduating grade 12 students.
Please utilize our "Career Center" in the Guidance Office. Students can access further career information through a number of computer software programs and Internet sites. Pleast visit
http://www.yrdsb.ca/Programs/Guidance.