Elementary School Guidance
Provincial policy requires each elementary school to have a
process to document student learning and career and life planning.
This process is intended to include reviews with teachers,
guidance counsellors and parents.8 However, we found that
very few elementary schools have staffed guidance programs.
Only 14% of Ontario’s elementary schools have a guidance
counsellor, and among that small minority, only 10% have
counsellors that are full-time.