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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 Amanda Culhan,
Academic & Career Specialist,
Indiana Department of Education, 151 West Ohio Street, 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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Submission name |
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Notes about the submission |
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Pre-Tab
Pre-Tab |
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School Demographics |
- School Demographics Chart
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Mission Statement |
- Mission Statement Instructions
- Sample Mission Statement
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Gold Star Assurances Page
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- Gold Star Assurances Page
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Tab 1: Foundation
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Vision Statement |
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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 |
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Mission Statement |
- Mission Statement Instructions
- Sample Mission Statement
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The school counseling mission statement should support the school mission statement |
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Exhibit Options
- Benefits Statement
- Rationale Statement
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- Sample Benefits Statement
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Statement should include the benefits to students, parents, teachers, administrators, business community |
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Roster
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- Advisory Council Brainstorm
- Intro Phone Call – Talking Points
- Sample Intro Letter
- Roster Template
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The roster should include the stakeholder group(s) represented by each advisory council member as identified by each member |
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Tab 2: Student Data / Priorities
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- Student Achievement Data Charts
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| Student achievement data should be disaggregated by the student groups identified in No Child Left Behind |
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- Student Achievement Priority List
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- Achievement Data Analysis Brainstorm
- Achievement Instagraph
- Achievement Priority List
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- Student Choices Data Charts
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- Student Choice Data Chart
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| Student choice data reflect those choices that related to high achievement such as attendance, turning in homework, student behavior, and course enrollment. |
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- Student Choices Priority List
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- Student Choice Data Analysis Brainstorm
- Student Choice Instagraph
- Student Choice Priority List
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- Guidance Indicator Data Chart
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- Guidance Indicator Mastery Survey
- Guidance Data Chart
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| The guidance indicators are based on the Indiana Universal Indicators for Guidance. |
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- Guidance Indicator Priority List
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- Guidance Data Analysis Brainstorm
- Guidance Instagraph
- Guidance Priority List
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- Counseling Needs Data Chart
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- School Counseling Needs Survey
- Counseling Needs Data Chart
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- Counseling Needs Priority List
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- Counseling Needs Data Analysis
- Counseling Needs Instagraph
- Counseling Needs Priority List
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Tab 3: Resources
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Tab 4: Student Goals
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Tab 5: Guidance
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Tab 6: Counseling
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Tab 7: Advocacy
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Tab 8: Program Management
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Tab 9: Professionalism
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Tab 10: Implementation Plan
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