RAMPING up Your School Counseling Program

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RAMPING up Your School Counseling Program

• Eric Sparks
• Past President
• American School Counselor Association

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Objective

• School Counselors in Alaska will receive the RAMP
  Award!

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Whats In It For You?

• Gives you the confidence that your program aligns
  with a nationally accepted and recognized model
• Helps you evaluate your program and areas for
  improvement
• Increases your skills and knowledge of school
  counseling
• Enhances your program's efforts toward academic
  achievement and student success
• Identifies your school as an exemplary
  educational environment

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Step 1 - Online Portion

• Contact information for your school, principal,
  superintendent and school board chair
• School demographic information
• number of students in school and district,
  percent on free/reduced lunch
• number served per counselor
• racial breakdown of students
• number of special education students
• Top three issues your school is dealing with
• Philosophy statement
• School counseling mission statement
• School mission statement

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Step 2 - Materials on CD

• 10 Sections
• Scoring Rubricfor each section

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1. Foundation
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2. School Counseling Program Goals (3 Goals)
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3. Management Agreement
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4. Advisory Council

• Appointed to review counseling program results
  and to make recommendations
• Includes representatives of all stakeholder
  groups students, parents, staff, community
  members
• School counselors make final decisions

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5. Calendar
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6. Classroom Curriculum
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7. Small Group Curriculum
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8. Guidance Curriculum Results Report
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9. Closing the Gap Results Report
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10. Program Evaluation Reflection

• How does your comprehensive school counseling
  program use advocacy, leadership, systemic change
  and collaboration to make a difference for
  students?
• (Responses should be 500-1,500 words.) 

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Step 3 Signature Page
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Step 4 Payment Sheet
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Step 5 Mail!

• Signature page
• Payment sheet
• Four copies of the CD (each with your school name
  written on the CD itself) to
• ASCA RAMP Applications,
• 1101 King St., Suite 625,
• Alexandria, VA 22314.
• Materials must arrive by Feb. 1. 

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Dates

• Feb. 1 - 4 CDs
• June RAMP Award Luncheon

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Celebrate Your RAMP Award!

• An engraved plaque, suitable for display on your
  office wall or in the school's trophy case
• Letter sent to your school board, principal and
  superintendent
• Template press release for you to individualize
  and send to local press
• Use of RAMP logo for your business cards,
  letterhead, Web site or printed materials
• Recognition at ASCA's annual conference
• Two tickets to the RAMP Awards Luncheon at ASCA's
  annual conference
• Recognition in ASCA School Counselor magazine and
  on ASCA's Web site

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Questions or Comments?

• Eric Sparks
• ericsparks4_at_aol.com