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APPENDIX K
Grade Point Average Correlation with ASCA Model
Domain Standard Competency Indicator ASCA ID
Academic
Students will acquire the attitudes
knowledge and skills that
contribute to effective learning in
school and across the life span
Improve Academic
Self-Concept
Take pride in work and
achievement
AA13
Identify attitudes and behaviors that
lead to successful learning
AA15
Acquire Skills for
Improving Learning
Apply knowledge and learning
styles to positively influence school
performance
AA24
Students will complete school with
the academic preparation essential
to choose from a wide range of
substantial post-secondary options
including college
Improve Learning Apply the study skills necessary for
academic success at each level
AB13
Use knowledge of learning styles to
positively influence school
performance
AB16
Plan to Achieve Goals Develop and implement annual
plan of study to maximize
academic ability and achievement
AB23
Understand the relationship
between classroom performance
and success in school
AB26
Students will understand the
relationship of academics to the
world of work and to life at home
and in the community
Relate School to Life
Experiences
Understand that school success the
preparation to make the transition
from student to community
member
AC15
Understand how school success and
academic achievement enhance
future career and vocational
opportunities
AC16
Career
Students will employ strategies to
achieve future career goals with
success and satisfaction
Identify Career Goals Demonstrate awareness of the
education and training needed to
achieve career goals
CB21
Students will understand the
relationship between personal
qualities education training and
the world of work
Acquire Knowledge to
Achieve Career Goals
Understand the relationship
between educational achievement
and career success
CC11
Apply Skills to Achieve
Career Goals
Demonstrate how interests
abilities and achievement relate to
achieving personal social
educational and career goals
CC21
Personal-
Social
Students will make decisions set
goals and take necessary to
achieve goals
Self-Knowledge
Application
Use persistence and perseverance in
acquiring knowledge and skills
PSB111
Adapted from
American School Counselor Association (2003) The ASCA national model A framework for
school counseling programs Alexandria VA Author
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APPENDIX L
Dealing with Racism Correlation with ASCA Model
Domain Standard Competency Indicator ASCA ID
Academic Students will
acquire the
attitudes
knowledge and
skills that
contribute to
effective learning
in school and
across the life span
Acquire Skills for
Improving Learning
Demonstrate how effort and persistence
positively affect learning
AA22
Achieve School Success Demonstrate the ability to work cooperatively
with other students
AA32
Career Students will
acquire the skills to
investigate the
world of work in
relation to
knowledge of self
and to make
informed decisions
Develop Career
Awareness
Learn how to interact and work cooperatively in
teams
C A14
Develop Employment
Readiness
Learn about the rights and responsibilities of
employers and employees
CA24
Learn to respect individual uniqueness in the
workplace
CA25
Acquire Knowledge to
Achieve Career Goals
Understand the importance of equity and access
in career choice
CC16
Apply Skills to Achieve
Career Goals
Learn to work cooperatively with others as a
team member
CC23
Personal-
Social
Students will
acquire the
knowledge skills
attitudes and
interpersonal skills
to help them
understand and
respect self and
others
Acquire Self-Knowledge Recognize personal boundaries rights and
privacy needs
PSA17
Identify and discuss changing personal and
social roles
PSA111
Acquire Interpersonal
Skills
Respect alternative points of view PSA22
Recognize accept respect and appreciate
individual differences
PSA23
Recognize accept and appreciate ethnic and
cultural diversity
PSA24
Students will make
decisions set goals
and take necessary
action to achieve
goals
Self-Knowledge
Application
Identify alternative solutions to a problem PSB13
Develop effective coping skills for dealing with
problems
PSB14
Know how to apply conflict resolution skills PSB16
Demonstrate a respect and appreciation for
individual and cultural differences
PSB17
Identify alternative ways of achieving goals PSB110
Students will
understand safety
and survival skills
Acquire Personal Safety
Skills
Learn about the relationship between rules
laws safety and the protection of rights of the
individual
PSC12
Demonstrate the ability to set boundaries rights
and personal privacy
PSC14
Learn techniques for managing stress and
conflict
PSC110
Learn coping skills for managing life events PSC111
Adapted from
American School Counselor Association (2003) The ASCA national model A framework for
school counseling programs Alexandria VA Author
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APPENDIX M
Knowledge Acquired in a Field Correlation with ASCA Model
Domain Standard Competency Indicator ASCA ID
Academic
Students will acquire the attitudes
knowledge and skills that
contribute to effective learning in
the school and across the life span
Achieve School
Success
Develop a broad range of interests
and abilities
AA33
Share knowledge AA35
Students will complete school with
the academic preparation essential
to choose from a wide range of
substantial post-secondary options
including college
Improve Learning Seek information and support from
faculty staff family and peers
AB14
Organize and apply academic
information from a variety of
sources
AB15
Plan to Achieve Goals Identify post-secondary options
consistent with interests
achievement and abilities
AB27
Students will understand the
relationship of academics to the
world of work and to life at home
and in the community
Relate School to Life
Experiences
Seek co-curricular and community
experiences to enhance the school
experience
AC12
Understand the relationship
between learning and work
AC13
Demonstrate and understanding of
the value of lifelong learning as
essential to seeking obtaining and
maintaining goals
AC14
Understand that school success is
the preparation to make the
transition from student to
community member
AC15
Understand how school success
and academic achievement enhance
future career and vocational
opportunities
AC16
Adapted from
American School Counselor Association (2003) The ASCA national model A framework for
school counseling programs Alexandria VA Author
189
Knowledge Acquired in a Field Correlation with ASCA Model
Career
Students will acquire the skills to
investigate the world of work in
relation to knowledge of self and to
make informed career decisions
Develop Career
Awareness
Develop skills to locate evaluate and
interpret career information
CA11
Pursue and develop competency in
areas of interest
CA18
Develop hobbies and vocational
interests
CA19
Demonstrate knowledge about the
changing workplace
CA23
Students will employ strategies to
achieve future career goals with
success and satisfaction
Acquire Career
Information
Apply decision-making skills to career
planning course selection and career
transition
CB11
Identify personal skills interests and
abilities and relate them to current
career choice
CB12
Use research and information
resources to obtain career information
CB15
Describe traditional and nontraditional
career choices and how they relate to
career choice
CB17
Understand how changing economic
and societal needs influence
employment trends and future training
CB18
Identify Career Goals Demonstrate awareness of the
education and training needed to
achieve career goals
CB21
Select course work that is related to
career interests
CB24
Maintain a career-planning portfolio CB25
Students will understand the
relationship between personal
qualities education training and the
world of work
Acquire Knowledge to
Achieve Career Goals
Understand that the changing
workplace requires lifelong learning
and acquiring new skills
CC14
Apply Skills to Achieve
Career Goals
Demonstrate how interests abilities
and achievement relate to achieving
personal social educational and
career goals
CC21
Apply academic and employment
readiness skills in work-based learning
situations such as internships
shadowing or mentoring experiences
CC24
Personal-
Social
Students will make decisions set
goals and take necessary action to
achieve goals
Self-Knowledge
Application
Use a decision-making model and
problem-solving model
PSB11
Identify alternative solutions to a
problem
PSB13
Develop effective coping skills for
dealing with problems
PSB14
Identify alternative ways of achieving
goals
PSB110
Use persistence and perseverance in
acquiring knowledge and skills
PSB111
Students will understand safety and
survival skills
Acquire Personal
Safety Skills
Identify resource people in the school
and community and know how to seek
their help
PSC16
Adapted from
American School Counselor Association (2003) The ASCA national model A framework for school counseling programs
Alexandria VA Author
190
APPENDIX N
Academic Motivation Correlation with ASCA Model
Domain Standard Competency Indicator ASCA ID
Academic
Students will acquire the
attitudes knowledge
and skills that contribute
to effective learning in
school and across the
life span
Improve
Academic Self-
Concept
Articulate feelings of
competence and
confidence as learners
AA11
Acquire Skills for
Improving
Learning
Demonstrate how effort
and persistence
positively affect
learning
AA22
Achieve School
Success
Demonstrate
dependability
productivity and
initiative
AA34
Students will complete
school with the
academic preparation
essential to choose from
a wide range of
substantial post-
secondary options
including college
Improve Learning Demonstrate the
motivation to achieve
individual potential
AB11
Become a self-directed
and independent learner
AB17
Plan to Achieve
Goals
Establish challenging
academic goals in
elementary
middlejunior high and
high school
AB21
Adapted from
American School Counselor Association (2003) The ASCA national model A framework for
school counseling programs Alexandria VA Author
191
Academic Motivation Correlation with ASCA Model
Career
Students will
acquire the skills
to investigate the
world of work in
relation to
knowledge of self
and to make
informed career
decisions
Develop
Employment
Readiness
Develop a positive
attitude toward
work and learning
CA27
Understand the
importance of
responsibility
dependability
punctuality
integrity and
effort in the
workplace
CA28
Students will
employ strategies
to achieve future
career goals with
success and
satisfaction
Identify Career
Goals
Select course work
that is related to
career interests
CB24
Personal-Social
Students will
acquire the
knowledge
attitudes and
interpersonal
skills to help them
understand and
respect self and
others
Acquire Self-
Knowledge
Develop positive
attitudes toward
self as a unique
and worthy person
PSA11
Identify values
attitudes and
beliefs
PSA12
Adapted from
American School Counselor Association (2003) The ASCA national model A framework for
school counseling programs Alexandria VA Author
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APPENDIX O
Balance Score Correlation with ASCA Model
Domain Standards Competency Indicator ASCA ID
Academic
Students will acquire the
attitudes knowledge and skills
that contribute to effective
learning in school and across the
life span
Acquire Skills for
Improving Learning
Apply time-management and task-
management skills
AA21
Students will understand the
relationship of academics to the
world of work and to life at
home and in the community
Relate School to Life
Experiences
Demonstrate the ability to balance
school studies extracurricular
activities leisure time and family
life
AC11
Seek co-curricular and community
experiences to enhance the school
experience
AC12
Career
Students will acquire the skills
to investigate the world of work
in relation to knowledge of self
and to make informed career
decisions
Develop Career
Awareness
Balance between work and leisure
time
CA110
Students will understand the
relationship between personal
qualities education training
and the world of work
Acquire Knowledge to
Achieve Career Goals
Describe the effect of work on
lifestyle
CC15
Personal-
Social
Students will make decisions
set goals and take necessary
action to achieve goals
Self-Knowledge
Application
Understand consequences of
decisions and choices
PSB12
Students will understand safety
and survival skills
Acquire Personal
Safety Skills
Learn techniques for managing
stress and conflict
PSC110
Adapted from
American School Counselor Association (2003) The ASCA national model A framework for
school counseling programs Alexandria VA Author
Vita
J NATHAN ALTHOUSE PhD
123 Gwenedd Court
Pleasant Gap PA 16823
Home (814) 359-3255
jna100psuedu
EDUCATION
PhD Counselor Education Penn State University August 2007
MEd Elementary Counseling Counselor Education Penn State University May 1996
BS Elementary Education Penn State University December 1994
CERTIFICATIONS
Pennsylvania Instructional I Elementary K-6 1995
Pennsylvania Educational Specialist II Elementary School Counselor 1999
WORK EXPERIENCE
Visiting Assistant Professor of Counselor Education Bucknell University Lewisburg PA
August 2006 ndash May 2007
Taught undergraduate and graduate classes in general education and counselor education
Supervising all elementary and secondary school counseling interns
Instructor Department of Bio-behavioral Health Penn State University University Park PA
August 2004 ndash December 2005
Taught BBH 048 - Contemporary Health Topics Affecting Student-Athletes a class on
student-athlete personal health and development
Co-taught BBH 148 - First-Year Seminar for Student-Athletes a required orientation
class for all first-year athletes
Instructor Department of Counselor Education Penn State University University Park PA
August 2004 ndash December 2004
Taught CN ED 595F - secondary school counseling internship supervision seminar for
masterrsquos level counselors-in-training
Academic Mentor Morgan Academic Support Center for Student-Athletes (MASCA)
Penn State University University Park PA
August 2003 ndash May 2006