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Some of the additional types of services that could be offered would include: I. The publication of informational data sheet concerning interview tips, glossary of educational tenus, financial aid fact sheet, state college programs in Massachusetts, trade and technical schools in Massachusetts, etc. , etc. II. The publication of a Career Center/Counseling Department Newsletter. III. A regular column in Echo and/or Musket. IV. A Resource Center for teacher planning to include a unit on career educa- tion in their curricula. V. A series of seminars on job-seeking skills, college-seeking skills, College Board tests, the job interview, the college interview, decision-making skills, etc. In order to accomplish the above additional services, it is recommended that a counselor be assigned full-time to the Career Center, that he or she be housed in the present Max Ed office, that the partition between the Career Center and the Max Ed office be removed, that the hours of operation of the Career Center be ex- panded, that the paraprofessional be assigned a 371/2 hour work week, that serious consideration be given to the purchase of mimeograph or similar printing equipment, and that the student-teacher evaluation files be removed to the Records and Cleri- cal Center. Integration of guidance with other school resources - 766. A plan forim- proved coordination of resources for child study, staffing and core evaluations ( was developed last Spring, and is now being implemented. Counselors and house- masters play a key role in organizing for and chairing staffings as well as con- tributing to plans developed for students. Professional Development and Evaluation. The Director of Guidance has been and will continue to be responsible for counselor staff evaluation. Based on a review of staff needs, he will recommend a program for professional development,.