The Lone Star Award is an award that recognizes effective and outstanding school counseling programs in the state of Texas. The Lone Star Award prepares school counselors to apply for the national ASCA RAMP award. The Lone Star Awards recognizes comprehensive counseling programs that are data-driven, developmentally appropriate, and delivered to all students with the goal of improving student outcomes, closing achievement and opportunity gaps, and preparing students for post-secondary success.
In 2016, the Lone Star State School Counselor Association developed a progressive awards system that includes three levels: Bronze, Silver and Gold. Each level is met with increased levels of rigor designed to elevate school counselor programs to national recognition through the American School Counselor Association, the RAMP award. ROAD TO RAMP |
BRONZE AWARDComplete all section requirements (1-10)
No reflections are required. | SILVER AWARDComplete all section requirements (1-10)
PLUS the first five reflections are required. | GOLD / RAMP AWARDComplete all section requirements (1-10)
PLUS ALL reflections are required. |
HOW TO APPLY
- The deadline to apply is every September 1.
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We have moved the awards to the Schoology Learning Management System (LMS). The State of Texas purchased Schoology for all districts to use, however districts could have chosen not to use Schoology if they were already using another LMS. You may not be aware that your district is using it because LMS’s are generally used by teachers. Please ask your principal if your district is using Schoology. If your district is using it, please find out how you can access your district account.
Complete survey for Lone Star Awards access: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdojOlCQ9fsTNe78R717Q1jQOLo9T0eAT71rQfyypZtP5tiMQ/formrestricted
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Once you have Schoology access, you will receive an email invitation to your course (Lone Star Bronze Award, Lone Star Silver Award, or Lone Star Gold Award.
Download ASCA templates and rubric in “Start Here” folder of your course.
Completed sections must be uploaded to the corresponding folders in your Schoology course by September 1st at midnight.
Incomplete applications will not be scored.
LONE STAR AWARD RESOURCES
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Lone Star Awards Committee
Monica Dominguez
Co-Chair
Mireya Reyes
Lead Bronze Reviewer
Jennifer Madrid and Crishna Chavez
Lead Silver Reviewers
Rosie Rodriguez and Yvonne Alvarez
Lead Gold Reviewers
