Resources

Here you will find links to various resources from trainings we have provided, our summer leadership institutes, and other links.

Surveys

SCARS. School Counselor Activity Rating Scale. Useful tool for collecting time analysis/process data regarding your school counseling program.

Online ASCA Readiness Survey. Online survey to assess your district's readiness to implement the ASCA National Model. Creates a score report to help you interpret the survey.

Stakeholder Perception Surveys. Set of surveys for school counseling program stakeholders.

Implementation Survey. 18 item survey designed to assess ASCA National Model implementation.

Presentation Handouts

ACES Conference, October 2005
                   -Link to PowerPoint handout on "Evidence-Based Practice and School Counselor Education" HERE
                   -Link to "Evidence-Based Practice and School Counselor Education" bibliography HERE
                   -Link to PowerPoint "Changing Research and Evaluating Training in School Counselor Education" HERE
                   -Link to Evidence-Based Practice Learning Objectives HERE
                   -Link to PowerPoint handout on "Changing Research and Evaluation Training in School Counselor Education HERE

ASCA 2004 Presentation Handouts - Handouts from six presentations at the ASCA 2004 National Convention in Reno, Nevada

2004 Summer Institute - Link to the Second Annual School Counseling Leadership Institute page. You can access the PowerPoint materials directly by clicking HERE

2003 Summer Institute - Link to the PowerPoint materials from the First Annual School Counseling Leadership Institute

MCRN Resources - Link to the technical assistance page for current (2004-2005) MCRN career development program participants

RISCA Resources - Link to resource page for RISCA Professional development initiative. Includes surveys useful for assessing parent, student, teacher, administrator, and counselor perceptions of the school counseling program

New Hampshire School Counselor Association Conference 2005 - Handouts used in NHSCA conference on April 18th, 2005.

• Planning Tool - worksheet used to help "ask and answer a question with data" (Word document, 29kb)
• PowerPoint Handout - Printable file of the PowerPoint presentation (PDF, 957kb)

ACA 2005 - Handouts provided to participants at the 2005 ACA Convention in Atlanta, GA.

• National Evidence-Based Practice Panel Report - PowerPoint handout provided to audience summarizing rationale and scope of work of the panel (PDF, 327kb)
• Evidence-Based Practice Manual - DRAFT - Working draft of the EBP coding manual to be used in the evaluation of school counseling outcome research (Word document, 34kb)

Wisconsin Careers Conference Handouts - Handouts from the workshop "Building Accountability into your Career Development Program"

• You can link to the National Career Development Guidelines documentation HERE.
• Download the PowerPoint handouts (PDF, 865kb)
• Download the Planning Tool (Word document, 29kb)
• Email the presenter for other information if you were a conference attendee

Arizona Regional Training Materials - Handouts from the Regional Trainings presented in February 2005 in Tucson, Mesa, and Flagstaff

• PowerPoint Handout (PDF, 1,491kb). This handout contains a "bonus" survey development set of slides at the end.
• Action Plan - School Improvement (link to Nebraska DOE website)
• Action Plan - Curriculum (link to Nebraska DOE website)
• Parent Surveys (link to sample parent surveys on our website)
• Email the presenter for other information if you were a conference attendee

Recommended Readings & Resources

• Marzano, R.J., Norford, J.S., Paynter, D.E., Pickering, D.J., & Gaddy, B.B.
  (2001). A handbook for classroom instruction that works. Alexandria, VA: ASCD.
• McTighe, J. & Wiggins, G. (2004). Understanding by design: Professional
  development workbook. Alexandria, VA: ASCD.