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The information below will guide you as you create your School Counseling Program Portfolio.  Please place the documents behind tabs in a three-ring binder as indicated with the submission number clearly marked on each document. 

The application deadline is June 1st of each year.  Portfolios should be mailed to Matt Fleck, Academic & Career Specialist, Indiana Department of Education, Room 229, State House, Indianapolis, IN  46204. 

A panel of trained practitioners will review submitted portfolios.  Award recipients will be notified by email prior to June 30th of each year with a formal presentation made at the Indiana School Counselor Association Fall Conference.

By submitting your portfolio, you are giving the Indiana Department of Education permission to share and reproduced your materials with appropriate citation given to your school.  All documents must be from the current academic year or last year.  Documentation more than a year old will not be accepted.

Binder Tabs

Format:

Tab Name

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Program Standard

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Submission name

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  Notes about the submission

 

Pre-Tab

Pre-Tab

1.

School Demographics

  • School Demographics Chart
2.

Mission Statement

  • Mission Statement Instructions
  • Sample Mission Statement
3.

Gold Star Assurances Page

  • Gold Star Assurances Page

Tab 1: Foundation

1.1
Vision
Statement

4.

Vision Statement

  • Brainstorm
  • Sample
  The vision is a lofty description of what the world would be like if all of our dreams for students came true.  Vision statements are not based in reality.  The vision should include descriptions of a) what all students deserve, b) ideal adult behaviors and attitudes, c) ideal student behaviors and attitudes, and d) ideal student achievement data

1.2
Mission Statement

5.

Mission Statement

  • Mission Statement Instructions
  • Sample Mission Statement
  The school counseling mission statement should support the school mission statement

1.3
Rationale Statement

6.

Exhibit Options

  • Benefits Statement
  • Rationale Statement
  • Sample Benefits Statement
  Statement should include the benefits to students, parents, teachers, administrators, business community

1.4
Advisory Council

7.

Roster

  • Advisory Council Brainstorm
  • Intro Phone Call – Talking Points
  • Sample Intro Letter
  • Roster Template
  The roster should include the stakeholder group(s) represented by each advisory council member as identified by each member
8.

Agendas

 
9.

Minutes

 

Tab 2: Student Data / Priorities

2.1
Student Achievement Data

  1. Student Achievement Data Charts
  • Achievement Data Chart
Student achievement data should be disaggregated by the student groups identified in No Child Left Behind
  1. Student Achievement Priority List
  • Achievement Data Analysis Brainstorm
  • Achievement Instagraph
  • Achievement Priority List

2.2
Student Choices Data

  1. Student Choices Data Charts
  • Student Choice Data Chart
Student choice data reflect those choices that related to high achievement such as attendance, turning in homework, student behavior, and course enrollment.
  1. Student Choices Priority List
  • Student Choice Data Analysis Brainstorm
  • Student Choice Instagraph
  • Student Choice Priority List

2.3
Guidance Data

  1. Guidance Indicator Data Chart
  • Guidance Indicator Mastery Survey
  • Guidance Data Chart
The guidance indicators are based on the Indiana Universal Indicators for Guidance.
  1. Guidance Indicator Priority List
  • Guidance Data Analysis Brainstorm
  • Guidance Instagraph
  • Guidance Priority List

2.4
Counseling Data

  1. Counseling Needs Data Chart
  • School Counseling Needs Survey
  • Counseling Needs Data Chart
  1. Counseling Needs Priority List
  • Counseling Needs Data Analysis
  • Counseling Needs Instagraph
  • Counseling Needs Priority List

Tab 3: Resources

 

Tab 4: Student Goals

 

Tab 5: Guidance

 

Tab 6: Counseling

 

Tab 7: Advocacy

 

Tab 8: Program Management

 

Tab 9: Professionalism

 

Tab 10: Implementation Plan

 

 

 

 RSC Home

DOE Resources

Indiana Standards

Gold Star Award

Lesson Plans

List Serve

ASAI Resources

Redesign Process

Council Meetings

Redesign Manual

Online Portfolio

Additional

Resources

Funding Sources

ASCA RAMP Award

 

Redesigning School Counseling:
Portfolio Guidelines

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