Analysis On Orientation And Trends Of Career Development Of College Counselors

It has always been an urgent issue for colleges and universities to figure out what kind of talents to cultivate and how to train them. The stage of college life is a critical time for students to develop their right values, outlook on life and world outlook during which the outcome of student management has a direct impact on positive development of college students. College counselors are key component and backbone in administrative work. Since its founding, counselor system has been playing an essential role in student's ideological and political education for more than fifty years. With the deepening of reform and development of higher education and the rapid expanding of our reform and openging-up which results in far-reaching changes in society, college counselors'responsibilities and qualifications also need to take on a new look. In order to adapt themselves to the changed situation, it is indispensable for inctructors to develop a correct understanding of the transformation under such a new situation. The achievemrnt of helping counselors to enhance their qualities, gain a new perspective of their responsibility and be commitment to their duties will guarantee the work of strengthenig the construction of instructors at universities.Since the enactment of "The opinion of further strengthening and improving the university political education level of university student" (No.16 Document by the Party's Central Committee) and " the provisions on construction of college tutors in universities"(No.24 Document by the Ministry of Education), the ideological education has obtained a great-leap-forward and a creative development within the whole country. This essay aims to give us a systematical illustration about the career of instructors from several aspects including the development, the characteristics and the requirements. The author has an inside look at the trend and request of building up a team of excellent counselors, offering a considerably far-sighted outlook of the mission.In the 1st Chapter, the writer concentrates on defining and unscrambling the occupational identity of collefe tutors. He mainly puts forward an summary on the counselor system in China, describing the college students affairs management in America, Britain, Hongkong and some other regions. He also develops a prospective view about the specialization, the professionalization and the socialization on the direction of its development.This essay focus on analysing the orientation and features of college instructors in Chapter 2. The author sets forth his own comprehension of counselor's position, regarding them as a disseminator, a educator, a supervisor, a guide, a consultant, a instroctor, a server, a persuader and a information acquirer. At the same time, he illustrates their typical traits. To be more specific, in his opinion, as a counselor, one must be political, educational, initiative, servise and fundational with substantivity and universality.In 3rd Chapter, the writer details the ability and quality of a instructor, explaining a counselor's individual quality, vocational diatheses and overall quality respectively. He demonstrates the required professional capabilities for a counselor and explicates the access for them to promote their quality and ability.