Writing for Fun, Recognition, and Advocacy Discover Your Talents, Develop Your Creativity, and Disse

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Writing for Fun, Recognition, and Advocacy-
Discover Your Talents, Develop Your Creativity,
and Disseminate Your Message

• CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL COUNSELORS
• ANNUAL CONFERENCES
• Spring 2005
• Dr. Jackie M. Allen
• CASC Newsletter Editor
• Associate Professor
• College of Education and Organizational
  Leadership
• University of La Verne

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What is writing?

• Creative
• Informative
• Advocating
• Communicating
• Collaborating
• Of vital importance to the ongoing support and
  improvement of our profession

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Writing is Creative

• New Ideas
• New Expressions
• Original works
• Therapeutic activity

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Writing is Informative

• Put thoughts into writing
• Provide new information
• Provide new ways to think
• Provide new ways to act

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Writing is Advocating

• Showing passion for your beliefs
• Providing public relations for your profession
• Letting others know how much you care about what
  you do

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Writing is Communicating

• Telling others what is happening
• What, when, where,why
• How you recommend organizing your program
• The student outcomes of your program

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Writing is Collaborating

• Giving others an opportunity to understand your
  experience
• Sharing common goals and accomplishments with
  others
• Inspiring others to try something new

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Writing is Important

• A service to your profession
• A statement of personal experience
• A summary of your accomplishments
• An opportunity to share with others
• Advocacy for school counseling
• A means of self expression and creativity
• A joy and meaningful experience

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Opportunities for Writing

• A book
• Chapters in a counseling book
• A monograph
• Newsletter article
• Newspaper article
• Web site contribution
• Journal article

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5 Ps of PRODUCTIVE WRITING

• PASSION
• PLAN
• PERSPECTIVE
• PERSISTENCE
• PATIENCE

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PASSION

• Writing is a spiritual experience of sharing the
  window of your soul with the world
• Believe in yourselfbelieve in your writing
• Your audience wants to know what you care about
• Personal inspiration manifests itself in reader
  interest

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PLAN

• Develop a general plan of your project
• Write on a daily basis
• Plan for warm up time and meaningful breaks
• Provide opportunity for your creative muse

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PERSPECTIVE

• Your personal opinion is valuable and worthy of
  sharing
• Writing your perspective enhances your
  communication skills
• Unique opinions make for interesting reading
• Your major literary contribution may be your
  personal perspective

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PERSISTENCE

• Keep on going-write often-writewritewrite
• Peak writing periods vary with the individual
• Persist in communicating your thoughts to others
• Enhanced effort provides you with a product you
  will be proud of

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PATIENCE

• Writing is a process perfection takes time and
  practice
• Personally become part of your creative process
• Give yourself permission to create without
  judging your work
• Honing your craft takes time and patience

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Monograph Ideasfrom CASC Board Members

• Develop a monograph on successful school
  counseling programs
• Prepare the monograph for publication
• Have the monograph available for distribution in
  2005
• Provide the monograph for CASC members as a
  service or as a charge
• Put the monograph online

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How can you help?

• Write a description of your replicable
  outstanding school counseling program that you
  would like to share with other school counselors
• Submit the program summary to the editor
• Revise as requested
• Be recognized as contributing to your profession

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Best Practices Program

• Name of School
• Level- Elementary Middle Secondary
• Grades
• Type of Counseling program
• Coordinated services
• Standards based ASCA and NCLB
• Comprehensive
• ASCA National Model
• Results based

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Best Practices Program continued

• Description of program
• Include three or four paragraphs describing the
  program explain the organization, staffing, goals
  and objectives, administrative support,
  outstanding aspects, etc.
• Student outcomes
• How did you evaluate your program to demonstrate
  student success?
• Funding
• Source of funding- general fund, special
  education, grants
• Contact person
• Name, address, phone, E-mail
• Awards/Honors
• What recognition have you received locally,
  statewide, or nationally for your program

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Writing Tips

• Write a clear, understandable description
• Organize your presentation
• Write to create interest of the reader in your
  program
• Have someone who does not know your program edit
  your description
• Explain program components so that another school
  could replicate your program
• Check grammar, spelling, and clarity

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CASC Monograph Outline-COUNSELORS ACHIEVING
RESULTS IN EDUCATION- C.A.R.E.

• Introduction- CASC President Leanne Kruk
• Theme Preface - Editor Dr. Jackie M. Allen
• Three major sections
• Section I Feature Articles from The California
  School Counselor
•  Section II Best Practices 
• Section III Action-Oriented Research

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CASC Monograph Outline

• SECTION I Feature Articles from The California
  School Counselor 
• Career Technical Education in the 21st Century -
  Leanne Kruk
• Cutting - Dr. Chris Simpson
• Food For Thought Investigating A School
  Counselor Career Ladder Dr. Robert Hansen and Dr.
  Jackie M. Allen
• Dragging the Woolly Mammoth School Counselors
  Leading Change Dr. Regina Schaefer 

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CASC Monograph Outline continued

• SECTION II Best Practices
• And What Can The Students Do? Kathy Frazer, Head
  Counselor Hoover High School
• Sweetwater Unified High School District Systems
  of Support
• Oak Avenue Intermediate School Program
  Description
• The Real Game Series In Action - Michael
  Gangitano
• Middle School- It Was A Teachable Moment-Donna
  Cleman
• (Middle School Stories)
• (High School Stories)

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CASC Monograph Outline continued

• SECTION III Action-Oriented Research
• Action-Oriented Research-Dr. Lonnie Rowell
• Survey Shows Need for Support For Teen Drug Use
  and Emotional Problems- Susie Vanderlip and
  Legacy of Hope
• Research Findings On The Effectiveness of CD-ROMs
  In Counseling Children- Dr. Jackie Allen
• A Study of Inland Southern California Schools-Dr.
  Louis Downs et.al
• Research Brief on AB 722

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PROCESS OF REFERRED WRITING

• Decide on the subject of your article.
• Research your subject.
• Write your article using APA Style.
• Send the manuscript using with cover letter to
  editor.
• Editor acknowledges your submission.
• Blind copies of your article are sent to
  reviewers.
• Review of the article based on predetermined
  criteria.
• Reviews are returned to the editor with
  recommendations include in publication, reject,
  include with modifications.
• Edit and revise a process by the author and
  editor.
• Send revised article ready for publication to the
  editor.

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THANK YOU FOR COMING

• For Writing Opportunities
• Contact
• Jackie M. Allen, Ed.D.
• CASC Editor
• Jallen5_at_ulv.edu
• Jallen491_at_comcast.net

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Round Robin Writing Exercise

• Take 15-20 minutes to write your program
  description
• Pass the description to another writer to read
• Generate questions for the writer about the
  program description
• Note questions on paper
• Pass the description to a second review
• Note comments on paper
• Allow 15-20 minutes for revision
• Present final product to group- volunteers

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Writing Exercise

• Pass the description to a second reviewer
• Note comments on paper
• Allow 15-20 minutes for revision
• Present final product to group- volunteers
• Turn in your program description for printing in
  the CASC monograph

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Robert Burns writes

• O wad some Powr the giftie gie us
• To see oursels as others see us.
• It wad frae monie a blunder frie us
• An follish notion.