Resources
Natural Disasters
American
Psychological Association
National
Institute of Mental Health—Coping
with Traumatic Events
Accreditation Visits
Useful information sources
- American School Counselor Association—Professional development, publications, research and advocacy for professional school counselors
- Iowa Department of Education—Providing oversight, supervision and support for the state education system
- Teaching Tolerance—A project of the Southern Poverty Law Center
- Love and Logic Institute—Tools for promoting healthy relationships and positive discipline
- Marco Products—Resources for the busy educator
- Education World—The educator's best friend
- Stop Bullying Now!—Practical, research-based strategies to reduce bullying
- Partnership for 21st Century Skills—Tools, resources and advocacy for 21st Century readiness for every student
- Education World Newsletters—Subscribe to 12 free e-mail newsletter lists
- Love Our Children USA—Keeping children safe, strengthening families
- The ACT—The ACT Web site for students
- ACT News You Can Use—Subscribe to e-newsletter that provides short articles to inform students and parents about college and career planning
- GreatSchools—Involved parents, successful kids
- Center for Mental Health in Schools—School mental health project of UCLA
- ASCD— Programs, products and services essential to the way educators learn, teach and lead
- Wrightslaw—Articles, cases, and resources about dozens of education and special education topics
- LearningBase—insights into the learning challenges that students face
- ICAN–Iowa College Access Network—Free information and support to help Iowa students at all levels reach their educational goals
- I Have a Plan–Iowa—Education, post-secondary and career planning for Iowa students
Electronic Tools
- ASCA National Standards (pdf)
- ASCA Ethical Standards (pdf)
- Program Audit (xls)
- Time-Task Analysis (xls)
- Developmental Crosswalk (xls)
- Curriculum Crosswalk (xls)
- Curriculum/Intentional Guidance Action Plan Template (doc)
- Curriculum/Intentional Guidance Action Plan Template with IACC (doc)
- Curriculum/Intentional Guidance Results Report Template (doc)
- Pre-Post Survey Results Template—50 Students (xls)
- Pre-Post Survey Results Template—100 Students (xls)
- GPA Graphs (Office Mac 2004) (xls)
- GPA Graphs (Office Mac 2008) (xlsx)
- GPA Graphs (Office PC 2003) (xls)
- GPA Graphs (Office PC 2007) (xlsx)
- Grades/Absences (Office Mac 2004) (xls)
- Grades/Absences (Office Mac 2008) (xlsx)
- Grades/Absences (Office PC 2003) (xls)
- Grades/Absences (Office PC 2007) (xlsx)
