Leadership - Defined Roles for Professional Staff
8.1.18 Leadership - Defined Roles for Professional Staff
The two systems were also asked about policies on the roles of key support personnel related to preventive health services. Education ministries and school districts were asked if there were guidelines on the role of guidance counselors in providing information on sexual health issues. Based on these results, it does not appear that the guidance counselor has been directed by policy to play an active role.
Figure 67
| Have Guidelines on Information Role of Counselor in Sexual Health | Yes |
No |
In Part |
Don’t Know |
Not Role |
| MOE - 28a | 9.1 |
36.4 |
9.1 |
18.2 |
27.3 |
| SD -28a | 18.8 |
50.2 |
20.6 |
10.4 |
n/a |
As well, education ministries and school districts were asked if they had guidelines on the role of guidance counselors in referring students to sexual health services. A minority of education respondents at both levels reported that they have guidelines for such referrals to sexual health services.
Figure 68
| Have Guidelines on Referrals to Sexual Health Services | Yes |
No |
In Part |
Don’t Know |
Not Role |
| MOE -28b | 9.1 |
36.4 |
0.0 |
18.2 |
36.4 |
| SD - 28b | 34.3 |
36.7 |
18.7 |
10.3 |
n/a |
School principals were asked if they had reviewed these roles with their guidance counselors. Very few reported that they did so. They replied as follows:
Figure 69
| Have Reviewed Role with Counselors | Planned |
Regularly |
Once in last 3 yrs. |
Once in last 4-10 yrs. |
Never |
Don’t know |
No Response |
| SP-22 | 1.5 |
1.2 |
7.7 |
1.8 |
30.7 |
6.4 |
0.7 |
Education ministries and school districts were asked if they had a policy stipulating a ratio of guidance counselors to students. About one-third of education ministries and less than one-half of school districts did so.
Figure 70
| Stipulated Counselor Ratio | Yes |
No |
No Response |
| MOE - 31 | 36.4 |
63.6 |
0.0 |
| SD - 30 | 45.1 |
50.5 |
4.4 |
Figure 71
| Have Guidelines on Role of PHN with Schools |
Planned |
Regularly |
Once in last 3 yrs. |
Once in last 4-10 yrs. |
Never |
Not role |
Don’t Know |
No Response |
| MOH -15S | 0.0 |
33.3 |
8.3 |
0.0 |
41.7 |
8.3 |
8.4 |
0.0 |
| PHU - 11p | 5.3 |
53.2 |
5.6 |
5.0 |
23.1 |
5.6 |
1.1 |
1.1 |
As well, health ministries were asked if they had a policy stipulating the ratio of public health nurses to youth or schools. A minority said that they did have such a ratio stipulated.
Figure 72
| Have PHN Ratio to Youth | Yes |
No |
Don’t Know |
In Part |
| MOH - 24 | 25.0 |
50.0 |
16.7 |
8.3 |