- ASCA Mindsets and Behaviors
The "ASCA Mindsets & Behaviors for Student Success: K-12 College- and Career-Readiness Standards for Every Student" describe the knowledge, skills and attitudes students need to achieve academic success, college and career readiness and social/emotional development. Download the program planning tool.
Counselor Keri- https://www.counselorkeri.com/
A mental health counselor turned school counselor and curriculum writer hoping to spark social, emotional, and academic growth! This school counseling blog will deliver fresh ideas to help you deliver your best program yet!EZ Time Tracker
EZAnalyze provides free, Excel-based tools designed to enhance the data-driven work educators engage in. While Professional School Counselors are the target audience for EZAnalyze products, professionals and students in other disciplines also find these tools useful.- Parent Toolkit - www.parenttoolkit.com
Parent Toolkit provides parents with a comprehensive guide to helping their children succeed in school and life, whether they’re just starting out in pre-school or preparing their college applications. It is produced by NBC News Education Nation and supported by Pearson.
- Marco Products - Resources for the Busy Educator
- Education World - The Educator's Best Friend
- Education World Newsletters - Subscribe to 12 free email newsletter lists
- Partnership for 21st Century Skills - Tools, resources and advocacy for 21st Century readiness for every student
- Great Schools - involved parents, successful kids
- Wrightslaw - Articles, cases and resources about dozens of education and special education topics
Iowa School Counseling Networking site on “Moodle” - Utilize this site to share information with other counselors, keep updated on current issues, find professional development opportunities, obtain forms and guidelines for your counseling program, share curriculum resources, and much more. Follow the directions to create an account.
Working with Your Administrator
- Evaluation Supplement for School Counselors Tool
- Annual Administrative Conference: Iowa BOEE has approved the use of the Annual Administrator Conference template as the School Counselor Individual Professional Development Plan (IPDP) for recertification purposes as long as it is adapted to include the same elements required for the IPDP. Click here to make a copy of the adapted administrative conference form for IPDP.
- Enhancing the Principal-School Counselor Relationship Toolkit
- School counselor competencies
- The role of the school counselor
- Appropriate/inappropriate duties
- Infographic: What Does a School Counselor Do?
- School-counselor-to-student ratios (ASCA recommends a ratio of 1:250)
- Effectiveness of school counseling
- School counselor/principal relationship
- Position statements- ASCA
- Position Statements - ISCA
LGBTQ Resources
ISCA has compiled a resource page including the following topics:
- Defining LGBTQ-IA
- ASCA Position Statements
- Manuals and Guides
- Parent Support
- Instructional Resources
- Iowa Resources
- National Resources
Crisis/Natural Disasters
- APA Crisis Information
- Crisis Management Institute
- National Institute of Mental Health Crisis Resources
- National Association of School Psychologists
- School Social Work Association of America
- A very extensive list of resources including a 24-7 multilingual distress-help phone line
- NCTSN
- Includes a "Trauma Toolkit" for educators
- National Institute for Trauma and Loss in Children