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National Certified School Counselor (NCSC) Award:
Celebrating Extraordinary Efforts During COVID-19
Please use the application below to share information about your work and student needs.
Eligibility Requirements:
Eligible applicants must:
hold an active NCSC with no pending ethics complaints
be a practicing school counselor or a counselor educator with an active partnership for engagement with a school counselor
Deadline for Application Submission: March 10, 2021
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First Name of Applicant
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Last Name of Applicant
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Certification #
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Email Address
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PK-12 School Affiliation (Partner School for Counselor Educators)
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School Counseling Department/Program Website
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Professional Status
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I am a practicing school counselor, employed full-time.
I am a practicing school counselor, employed part-time.
I am a counselor educator with an active partnership with a practicing school counselor.
If you are employed in some other capacity, please explain below. If you are a counselor educator, please list your university affiliation.
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Please upload a copy of your resume or vita.
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Over the last calendar year, as your students and school community have dealt with COVID-19, have you implemented special initiatives or innovative actions to address mental health and academic needs within your school community? If so, please describe actions, initiatives, or opportunities that you have implemented to address student, family, and stakeholder mental health and academic needs.
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Yes, I have implemented special initiatives or innovative actions to address mental health and academic needs within my school community.
No, I have not implemented special initiatives or innovative actions to address mental health and academic needs within my school community.
Please describe special or innovative actions, initiatives, or opportunities that you have implemented to address student, family, and stakeholder mental health and academic needs. Please share specific examples if possible. If you have not implemented any special or innovative actions, please simply enter - None Implemented.
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School counselors have a unique and highly important vantage point regarding the mental health and well-being of students. From your position, have you observed pressing mental health needs within the student population you serve? If so, please describe your students’ most current, pressing mental health needs and how, if at all, these needs are related to COVID-19 in your professional opinion.
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Yes, I have observed pressing mental health needs within the student population I serve.
No, I have not observed pressing mental health needs within the student population I serve.
If you have observed pressing mental health needs in the student population you serve, please describe the most current, pressing mental health needs and how, if at all, these needs are related to COVID-19 in your professional opinion. If you have not observed pressing mental health needs, please simply enter - Not observed.
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If you were to be selected to receive this $1,000 award, would you be able to use the money to advance your work with students? If so, please describe how you would use the money.
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Yes, I would be able to use the award money to advance my work with students.
No, I would not be able to use the award money to advance my work with students.
If I were to be selected to receive the award, I would plan to use the award to advance my work with students in the ways described below:
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Please upload a letter of support from an administrator at the school where you are engaged with students and stakeholders.
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Thank you for your completion of this application for the
NCSC Award.
Your submission will be reviewed and you will receive a response in the coming month.
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