Academic Vocabulary for Guidance
Academic Development Vocabulary:
K-2:
POSITIVE:
PRIDE:
CONFIDENCE:
COMPETENCE:
BEHAVIOR:
SEQUENCING:
READINESS:
Confident, optimistic and focusing on good things rather than bad;
acceptance, certainty and affirmation
Sense of one’s own proper dignity or value; self-respect and
satisfaction taken in an achievement
Feeling of one’s own powers or self-reliance/trust and faith in a
person or thing
Feeling of one’s powers or self-reliance/trust or faith in person or
thing
Manner of behaving or acting; observable activity
Following of one thing after another; succession
Prepared or available for service, action or progress. state or quality
of being ready-promptness, aptitude, willingness
3-5:
ACHIEVEMENT:
FRUSTRATION:
SUCCESS:
FOCUS:
EDITING:
GOALS:
INDEPENDENT:
ATTITUDE:
A measure of the quality and or the quantity of the success one
has in the mastery of knowledge, skills, or understandings
Defeated, disappointingly unsuccessful
Achievement of one's aim or goal
Concentration of attention or energy on something
Act of amending, improving or correcting a piece of work
An ambition that a person plans or intends to achieve
Not relying on another or others for aid or support
6-8:
The way a person views something or tends to behave towards it,
often in an evaluative way
MOTIVATION:
Desire to do; interest or drive
SELF-MONITORING: To watch closely for purposes of control; keep track of; check
continually
RESPONSIBILITY: The state or fact of being responsible
PERSEVERANCE:
Steady persistence in a course of action, a purpose, a state, etc.,
especially in spite of difficulties, obstacles, or discouragement
SELF-DIRECTED:
Guiding, regulating, or managing one’s self
9-12:
TRANSCRIPT:
An official record of a student’s academic grades
GRADE POINT AVERAGE (GPA):
The average grade earned by a student, figured by
dividing the grade points earned by the number of credits
CLASS RANK:
A measure of how a student's performance compares to other
students in his or her class as determined by GPA.
GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS:
The specific credits a student must earn to graduate
with an Epping High School diploma
POST-SECONDARY: Any type of education that occurs after graduating from high
school
SAT:
Scholastic Aptitude Test, a college admissions test required by most
four year colleges that measures a student’s reading
comprehension, mathematical reasoning, and writing skills
PSAT:
A practice test for the SAT that is typically taken in the fall of junior
year
SCHOLARSHIP:
Money awarded for college for any number of reasons (financial
need, merit, athletics…) that does not need to be repaid
Personal/Social Development Vocabulary:
K-2:
VALUES:
FLEXIBILITY:
FEELINGS:
SELF-CONTROL:
COOPERATION:
ACCEPTANCE:
DIFFERENCES:
Relative worth, merit, or importance
Ability to adapt to new, different or changing requirements
Expressing emotion, sympathetic
Ability to control one’s own emotions, behaviors and desires
Working together to achieve a common goal
Willingness to believe that something is true
Features that distinguish one person or thing from another, quality of
being different from or unlike something or somebody else
3-5:
Personal feelings or opinions of oneself
The ability to adjust to fit changed circumstances
The feelings or perceptions resulted from a situation
Guidelines, rules or limits that a person creates, that are reasonable,
safe and permissible ways for other people to behave around them
STRENGTH:
An asset of special worth
WEAKNESS:
Difficulty or lacking in some skill
COMMUNICATION: A process of transferring information from one person to another
SELF-ESTEEM:
ADAPTABILITY:
EMOTIONS:
BOUNDARIES:
6-8:
SELF-CONCEPT:
The idea or mental image one has of oneself and one's strengths,
weaknesses, status, etc.; self-image
CONFIDENTIALITY: Spoken, written, or given in confidence; secret; private
DIVERSITY:
The state or quality of being different or varied
CONFLICT:
A state of opposition between ideas, interests, etc.; disagreement or
controversy
SOLUTIONS:
The act of solving a problem, question, etc.
PEER PRESSURE:
Social pressure by members of one's peer group to take a certain
action, adopt certain values, or otherwise conform in order to be
accepted
CONSEQUENCES:
An act or instance of following something as an effect, result, or
outcome
9-12:
STRESS MANAGEMENT: Techniques for controlling and reducing internal and external
tension
RELATIONSHIPS:
Connections or associations between two or more people
ORGANIZATION:
An efficient and orderly approach to tasks
EMPATHY:
Identifying and understanding someone else’s feelings
SYMPATHY:
An expression of compassion or sorrow for the distress of another
person
TIME MANAGEMENT: A range of tools and techniques used to help a student make the
most of his time
Career Development Vocabulary:
K-2:
INTEREST:
SKILLS:
INFORMATION:
CAREER:
TEAM MEMBER:
Something that someone enjoys doing, quality that attracts attention
Proficiency, facility or dexterity that is acquired or developed through
training or experience
Communication or reception of knowledge or intelligence,
knowledge obtained from investigation, study or instruction
Long-term or life-long job, a chosen pursuit, a profession or
occupation
A member of a group of individuals with the goal of completing a
task or project; operating with a high degree of interdependence,
sharing authority and responsibility for self-management, working
toward a common goal, and sharing rewards
3-5:
PREFERENCE:
ABILITIES:
RESEARCH:
OCCUPATION:
LIFESTYLE:
DEPENDABILITY:
PUNCTUALITY:
INTEGRITY:
WORKPLACE:
JOB SHADOW:
The selection of one thing or person over others
A person's capacity to perform a physical or mental function
Inquiry into a topic to discover or revise facts or add to knowledge
about the topic
The kind of work a person does to earn money
A manner of living that reflects the person's values and attitudes
6-8:
Capable of being depended on; worthy of trust; reliable
Observance in keeping engagements; promptness
Adherence to moral and ethical principles; soundness of moral
character; honesty
A person's place of employment.
Observe an occupation or profession to gain practical experience
9-12:
APTITUDE:
VOCATION:
RESUME:
INTERVIEW:
INTERNSHIP:
The inherent capacity, talent or ability to do something
A particular occupation, business, or profession
A written document that highlights your education, experience, and
skills; typically used for employment purposes
A formal meeting between an employer and prospective employee
to assess the prospective employee’s qualifications
A supervised work experience in your field of interest, usually unpaid