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ACES CALL FOR AWARDS 2007-2008 As a matter of official policy, ACES has adopted Guidelines and Procedures for regularly recognizing and honoring accomplishments and contributions to the Association and to the counseling profession. Nominations are welcome for the following 11 awards.
Categories 1-11 require nomination packets to include:
The nominator is solely responsible for making the nomination, gathering support material, and sending in the nomination packets. The Awards Committee reserves the right to refuse to grant any award based on the selection criteria even though one or more nominations may have been made in a particular category. All materials submitted become the property of the Awards Committee and cannot be returned. The following will NOT be accepted: ringed binders, photographs, individual or separated letters, incomplete packets, uncollated packets, faxed materials, and packets received after January 15, 2008. Please note that Awards Committee members and members of the ACES Executive Council may not be involved in the nomination process or write letters of recommendation for nominees. Awards will be presented during the ACES Awards Luncheon at the American Counseling Association World Conference in Honolulu, Hawaii. WHAT IS DUE AND WHEN: Seven (7) collated copies of the entire nomination packet (i.e., completed nomination form, cover letter from nominator, supporting data, and at least 5 letters of recommendation) must be received by January 15, 2008. Please send to: Dr. Mary Hermann, Department of Counselor Education, DESCRIPTION OF THE ACES AWARDS AND RECOGNITION 1. DISTINGUISHED PROFESSIONAL SERVICE AWARD: (One award to a counselor educator and one award to a counselor supervisor.) To honor outstanding service by a counselor educator and a counselor supervisor. Service should be to ACES and/or the cause of counselor education and supervision, which is of national importance to the profession. The service may be in the following areas:
2. PROFESSIONAL LEADERSHIP AWARD The Professional Leadership Award honors excellence in leadership by an officer, committee person, or other leader or major contributor to ACES at the state, regional, or national levels. Leadership involves:
3. RESEARCH IN COUNSELOR EDUCATION & SUPERVISION AWARD The Research in Counselor Education & Supervision Award honors a significant research project by a member (or members) of ACES within the past five (5) years that specifically addresses issues concerning the education and supervision of counselors. Research must be in publishable form and nominations must include an abstract (approximately 800 words in length) outlining the rationale, procedures (e.g., participant recruitment and selection, description of participants, instrumentation), selected research methodology and data analyses (e.g., ethnographic inquiry, Q methodology, multivariate analyses, etc.) results, and implications for further research and practice within counselor education. Examples of issues addressed in the research project are:
4. PUBLICATION IN COUNSELOR EDUCATION AND SUPERVISION AWARD The Publication in Counselor Education and Supervision Award honors a significant publishing effort by an ACES member focusing on the education and supervision of counselors within the last two (2) years. A publication is conceptualized to mean book, journal article, video, CD-ROM, or DVD that specifically contributes to the body of knowledge in counselor education, counseling supervision and/or counseling. Priority will be given to those works whose intended audience is comprised primarily of counselor educators, counseling supervisors, and counselors (e.g., publication in American Counseling Association sponsored journals). Examples of publications are:
5. DISTINGUISHED MENTOR AWARD The Distinguished Mentor Award honors an individual who has been a significant mentor to graduate counseling students, emerging counseling educators, supervisors and counselors. Such a person assumes the role of coach, confidant, role model, and resource. Such a person exemplifies:
6. ROBERT FRANK OUTSTANDING COUNSELOR EDUCATION PROGRAM AWARD The Robert Frank Outstanding Counselor Education Program Award honors a counselor education program that exemplifies the importance of excellence through standards (which was the essence of Robert Frank's career as a counselor educator) and innovation. Such excellence is shown through:
7. OUTSTANDING GRADUATE STUDENT LEADERSHIPAWARD* The Outstanding Graduate Student Leadership Award honors a graduate student who is a member of ACA and ACES and has provided outstanding leadership to counselor education and ACES and the counseling profession. Such leadership activities are as follows:
* This award includes a ticket to the ACES luncheon at the ACA Convention. 8. OUTSTANDING DISSERTATION AWARD* The Outstanding Dissertation Award honors a counseling graduate student who is a member of ACES at the time of the nomination or was a member for the year preceding nomination, and whose dissertation was successfully defended during the past academic year. The nomination is to be submitted by the nominee's doctoral committee chair of major professor with a copy of the dissertation abstract/summary (approximately 275 words) and a minimum of three (3) and maximum of five (5) letters of support. In describing the research attention should be given to the rationale, research question, procedures (e.g., participant recruitment and selection, description of participants, instrumentation), research methodology and data analyses (e.g., ethnographic inquiry, Q methodology, multivariate analyses), results and implications for further research and practice within the profession of counselor education and counseling. The research must be in publishable form and/or approved as having met the requirements for a doctoral dissertation from a counselor preparation program. * This award includes a ticket to the ACES luncheon at the ACA Convention. 9. ROBERT O. STRIPLING AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN STANDARDS Dr. Robert O. Stripling was recognized by the Association for Counselor Education and Supervision(ACES) as one of two individuals who has been the greatest influence in developing counselor education programs at universities throughout the United States during the 50 year period from 1940-1990. This award, in memory of Dr. Stripling, is given to a person who has shown commitment to:
10. COUNSELING VISION AND INNOVATION AWARD The preparation of counselors, counselor educators, and counseling supervisors for the coming generations requires both historical foundation and forward thinking. To do as we've always done relegates us to a repetition of the past; to venture beyond comfort, to risk, to dare to be different are required of the stewards for professional preparation. This award honors the individual who has:
11. LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD Award recipients need to be ACES members, as well as counselor educators and supervisors for a minimum of 15 years to be eligible for this award. To be given for outstanding service to ACES and the field of Counselor Education and Supervision as demonstrated by:
2007-2008 ACES AWARDS NOMINATION FORM Award Category: (for categories 1-11) _______________________________________ Name of Nominator: _____________________________________________________ Title: _________________________________________________________________ Agency/School of Nominator: ______________________________________________ Address w/ Zip code: ____________________________________________________ Nominator's Work Phone: ___________________ Home Phone: __________________ Email: ________________________________ Nominee (person or organization): __________________________________________ Employment Address of Nominee: __________________________________________ Home address of Nominee: _______________________________________________ Nominee's Work Phone: ___________________ Home Phone: ___________________ Email: ________________________________ Title and Present Position of Nominee or Type of Organization: ___________________ ______________________________________________________________________ Educational Background (for individual nominees): _____________________________ Professional Memberships and Affiliations (of individual nominees): ________________ ______________________________________________________________________ A cover letter from the nominator describing the achievement(s) or merit(s) of those nominated, plus supporting data and at least five (5) additional letters of recommendation should accompany this nomination form. DEADLINE: Materials must be received by January 15, 2008. Mail seven (7) copies of collated nomination packets to: Dr. Mary Hermann Department of Counselor Education Virginia Commonwealth University 1015 West Main Street Room 3096A P.O. Box 842020 Richmond, VA 23284-2020 |
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