[Counselor_Educ] FW: call for ACES Awards

Thu Apr 21 15:27:03 EDT 2011

Tracy Leinbaugh, PhD, NCC, PCC-S
Associate Professor and Chair, Department of Counseling and Higher Education
Ohio University
The Gladys W. and David H. Patton College of Education and Human Services
205 McCracken Hall
Athens, OH 45701

Phone: 740-593-0846
E-mail: leinbaug at ohio.edu<mailto:leinbaug at ohio.edu>

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Subject: call for ACES Awards

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 award categories.

 1.  Distinguished Professional Service Award (2 awards)
 2.  Professional Leadership Award
 3.  Research in Counselor Education and Supervision Award
 4.  Publication in Counselor Education and Supervision Award
 5.  Distinguished Mentor Award
 6.  Robert Frank Outstanding Counselor Education Program Award
 7.  Outstanding Graduate Student Leadership Award
 8.  Outstanding Dissertation Award
 9.  Robert O. Stripling Award for Excellence in Standards
 10. Counseling Vision and Innovation Award
 11. Lifetime Achievement Award
Nomination packets are to include:
Completed nomination form

 *   A cover letter from the person making an award nomination that describes the    achievement(s) or merit(s) of the person or organization being nominated
 *   Supporting data
 *   At least five (5) additional letters of recommendation, unless otherwise noted.
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 or plastic binders, photographs, individual or separated letters, incomplete packets, uncollated packets, faxed materials, and packets received after June 1, 2011.
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 announced during Regional ACES Conferences.
WHAT IS DUE AND WHEN: Seven (7) collated copies of the entire nomination packet (e.g., completed nomination form, cover letter from nominator, supporting data, and letters of recommendation) must be received by June 1, 2011.  Please send to: Dr. Mary Hermann, Department of Counselor Education, Virginia Commonwealth University, 1015 West Main Street, Room 3096A, Box 842020, Richmond, VA  23284-2020.
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:

 *   Education and supervisory innovation and program development
 *   Standards implementation and credentialing
 *   Pre-service or in-service supervisory practices
 *   Continuing education and professional development of counselors
 *   Advancement of the cause of counseling in society at large through such means as public media or political action
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:

 *   Scholarship such as: innovative research, publication activities, or professional presentations directly related to counselor education and counseling
 *   Program development in university or counseling work settings
 *   Involvement in professional organizations (e.g., ACES, state licensure boards, CACREP team member assignments)
 *   Role modeling leadership for current and future ACES members for the sake of developing future leaders in ACES
 *   Influence, communication and public relations within society concerning counselor education
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:

 *   Counselor and supervisee characteristics and effectiveness in the practice of counseling
 *   Appropriate and/or "effective" methods for counselor preparation, supervision, and continuing education
 *   Specific instructional and/or supervisory practices that facilitate counselor competencies and professional counselor/counselor educator identity development
 *   Counselor educator/faculty and supervisor characteristics and effectiveness in the practice of teaching, mentoring, and supervising
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:

 *   A book or journal article conceptualizing trends in the history of the profession     of counselor education
 *   A video relating to any aspect of counselor education and/or supervision
 *   ACD-ROM or DVD interactively teaching counseling or supervision skills
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:

 *   Caring as a person: genuine and sincere, empathic, accessible, and culturally sensitive
 *   Possessing and sharing knowledge, skills, and talents valued by protégés
 *   The ability to facilitate and support the realization of personal and career goals of those mentored
 *   Committed to the profession of counselor education and counseling and advocating a strong professional counselor educator/counselor identity
 *   Active member of ACES for at least three (3) years
 *   Self-nominations will not be considered
 *   Supporting letters from at least three other professionals (not including the nominator) in the field are required
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:

 *   Faculty members' commitment and contributions to ACES and the counseling profession
 *   Program commitment not only to standards but also to their improvement and development
 *   Faculty members' mentoring a clear and strong counselor and/or counselor educator identity
 *   The program's influence and relationship not only to students, but also to the university and surrounding community
 *   Unique and innovative ways to provide education and supervision of counselors and/or counselor educators
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:

 *   State, regional or national level activities that are directly relevant to the advancement of counselor education and ACES and the counseling profession
 *   Assuming leadership positions in university organizations related to counselor education and counseling
 *   Scholarship such as: innovative research, publication activities, or professional presentations directly related to counselor education
 *   Involvement in professional organizations (e.g., ACES, Chi Sigma Iota, ACA)
 *   Role modeling leadership for current and future ACES members for the sake of developing future leaders in ACES and the counseling profession
 *   Influence, communication and public relations within society concerning counselor education
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.
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:

 *   Leadership in the advancement of standards for counselor education and supervision
 *   Program development and counselor preparation
 *   The enhancement of the profession through competency-based credentialing
 *   Establishing a history of excellence in the formation and implementation of professional standards in counseling, counselor education and supervision
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:

 *   Shown exemplary commitment, vision, creativity, and future thinking
 *   Tolerated ambiguity and fear during innovations in preparation and practice
 *   Championed transformational leadership
 *   Defended visionary writing or publication
 *   Promoted trend-setting practice
 *   Advocated for change in contemporary and futuristic service
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:

 *   Extraordinary Teaching and Academic excellence (Demonstrated through program development, student and peer evaluations, academic and administrative responsibilities to CACREP, NBCC, etc.)
 *   Significant publication and/or research history
 *   Manifest commitment and service to ACES as evidenced by committee membership, offices held, task force involvement, advocacy and volunteerism within the organization
 *   Outstanding commitment to the advancement of Counselor Education and Supervision through the education, supervision and mentoring of students and/or new professional counselors
Nomination Form attached or can be downloaded from the website.

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