2017-18 TASSP/TASC Scholarship Application for HS
CRITERIA AND RULES FOR APPLICANT
In recognition of the enormous contributions that student councils make towards assisting principals in meeting accountability measures, demands of state and/or federal mandates), and creating a positive school climate and culture, TASSP will award $1,000 scholarships to two (2) deserving high schools. The two schools receiving the TASSP/TASC scholarships will use the funds to offset the cost of TASC Summer Leadership Workshops within a calendar year of earning the award. The following criteria must be met.
1. Applicant school must be an active member of TASC.
2. Applicant school principal or assistant principal must be an active member of TASSP.
2. Application should demonstrate how, between February 2017 and February 2018, student council helped principals:
a. meet accountability measures;
b. meet demands of state and/or federal mandates; and/or
c. create a positive school climate and/or culture
3. The application must be accompanied by a letter from the student council advisor attesting to the contributions listed in the
application.
4. The application must be accompanied by a letter from the principal attesting to the contributions listed in the application.
5. Must electronically submit the official application, advisor’s letter, and principal’s letter via the TASConline.org website by January 30, 2018. Should you have trouble uploading the application, call for help by the deadline: 512-443-2100 ext. 8520 or ext. 8507 or contact the TASC office by email or by the deadline. Once you have electronically submitted your online application, you will receive an email from TASC confirming receipt of your application.
All applications received will be judged by the State Scholarship Committee using the following point system:
AREA (all 3 areas are required) SCORE (maximum points listed)
1. Application (Parts I and II) 0 - 200 points
2. Principal Recommendation 30 points
3. Advisor Recommendation 20 points
Winners will be recognized at the TASC Annual Conference. The scholarship money will be paid from TASSP to TASC and will remain with the TASC office. The funds will then be applied to offset the winning schools’ summer workshop costs.
Deadline for applications is January 30, 2018.
This form must be submitted online via the website. Print out or save the Advisor’s Recommendation Page and the Principal’s Recommendation Page. If you save those on your computer, you can email them to the correct person for completion. Scan all portions of the application except jpegs into one document to upload. Please complete and submit this application in one sitting as you cannot save a partial application and return to it.
Checklist
Verify, before submitting electronically, that:
Parts I and II are fully completed.
Secure all required signatures.
Letter of Recommendation from student council advisor is completed
Recommendation from principal is completed
All parts of form other than jpegs are scanned into one document and ready to upload.
JPEG/photos file is attached (optional).
NOTE: PLEASE DO NOT ATTACH ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
(I.E., RESUMES). Alteration of this document will result in disqualification.
School Name:Public Private H.S. M.L. All-Level
TASC Member: YES NO TASSP Member: YES NO
TASC District:
TASSP Region:
School District:
Principal’s Name:
Principal’s email address:
Name of Student Council Advisor:
Advisor’s email address:
School Address:
School Phone #:
School Fax #:
Student Council President’s Name:
If my school is awarded one of the two scholarships, I understand that my school will be recognized at the TASC State Conference in April and my school might be invited to the TASSP State Conference in June to accept the award.
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(Signature of Student Council President) Date
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(Signature of Student Council Advisor) Date
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(Signature of Principal) Date
School Name:PART I. Please check at least five (5) areas in which student council helped the principal meet accountability measures. Each area is worth a maximum of 5 points. For Community and Student Engagement (CaSE) project idea examples/suggestions, please see pages 7-9
Place an X in a minimum of 5 areas, but X all areas served / CaSE (Check all that you want considered in the application) / Documentation Included(To be considered documentation must be included) Place an X in the boxes that will be included in Part II. Only 5 boxes will have an X
Fine Arts
Wellness and P.E.
Community and Parent Involvement
21st Century Workforce
Second Language Acquisition
Digital Learning Environment
Dropout Prevention Strategies
GT Programs
Mandates & School Climate(Check all that you want considered in the application)
No Place for Hate
Character Education
Voter Registration
Dating Violence Prevention
Driver Safety
Cyber Safety
Suicide Prevention
Transition Programs (i.e., Fish Camp)
Staff Appreciation
Other:
Other:
School’s Name:
Advisor’s Name:
PART II. Documentation. For 5 of the areas checked in Part I, the school must document how the student council helped a principal meet an accountability measure. Remember only one (1) area is required, but up to five (5) areas can be submitted for consideration. Schools might want to show how, through their student council’s help, an accountability measure showed improvement. For Community and Student Engagement (CaSE), please also provide data showing student council impact, if data is available by application deadline. Please see the last page for more information on CaSE and for possible examples of projects. Photos may be attached to augment documentation, but should not serve as documentation alone. Each area is worth a maximum of 20 points. You may only use one project from an area.
You are limited to 1,000 characters (approximately 200 words) for each area. Please type in a word document that counts characters. Then copy and paste into this form.
For the areas below (no more than five (5), first type the area’s name (i.e., Area 1: GT Programs), then under each area follow the format listed below to document how your council addressed the area (you may list only one project per area):
Date:
Title of Project:
Objective:
Description of Project:
Area 1:
Area 2:
Area 3:
Area 4:
Area 5:
advisor’s Statement
School’s Name:Advisor’s Name:
Advisor’s statement should be limited to this one page or a one page, attached letter of recommendation.
1. Please describe how student council, the student body, and/or the community have improved through student council’s programs aimed at helping principal’s meet accountability ratings?
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(Signature of Advisor) (Date)
PRINCIPAL’S RECOMMENDATION
School’s Name:Advisor’s Name:
Is the principal a current member of TASSP?
The Principal’s Recommendation must be:
1. Composed on the school’s letterhead
2. Signed by a principal
3. Scanned and submitted at the same time as the rest of the application.
4. Focused on answering the one question listed below
1. In what ways has the student council helped you, as principal, meet accountability measures set by the state, federal government, accreditation agencies, or governing boards?
EXAMPLES OF PROJECTS BY CaSE AREA
When submitting your application, do not include pages 7-9. Use these pages as a reference.
House Bill Five Section 46 requires schools to evaluate areas where their Community and Student Engagement (CaSE) are exemplary and areas where their CaSE needs improvement in 8 specific areas.Areas / What principals are asked to do: / How Student Councils can help principals do it:
Fine Arts / Establish and sustain a school culture conducive to the education of fine arts such as band, orchestra, art, dance, and theatre. / · Support fine arts by student participation in special assemblies, club, performances, community based fine arts programs.
· Fundraise for fields trips to museums, community theater, opera, etc.
· Promote the development of fine arts clubs.
· Sponsor a showcase for fine arts at a pep rally
· Usher and provide refreshments at fine arts events
· Provide day care at fine arts events
· Work with the art department to create posters and other publicity items
· Showcase art work
· Advertise and "did you know" flyers for fine arts events
· Sponsor a fine art gallery night
· Sponsor "student of the week" for band, theater, etc.
· Host a talent show
· Make spirit signs for fine arts groups
· Have StuCo night out at various performances (theater, band, choir, etc.)
· Wear fine arts t-shirts on particular days to promote those events
Wellness and PE / Establish programs and initiatives which promote student health and safe choices. / · Host open gym events
· Provide information about immunization requirements
· Organize health fairs and wellness clinics
· Participate in voluntary health/wellness programs fairs (night at gym)
· Establish fun runs, walk-a-thons, and community runs
· Fundraise for a cause
· Participate/coordinate in district causes (Pink Out, Special Olympics, etc.)
· Host a field day or sport tournament (kickball)
· Promote an anti-bullying environment and suicide prevention
· Hold blood drives
· Establish DARE/Red Ribbon activities
· Create texting while driving awareness/drunk driving awareness day
· Provide bike safety information.
· Help with Safety Fair
· Promote Dating Violence Awareness
· Water Walk
· Dodge ball tournament
· Work with feeder elementary schools promoting safety
· C.A.R.E week (cancer awareness)
· Make videos showing students making healthy lunch choice
· Provide only water at concessions
· Sponsor self-defense course to address dating violence
· Driver safety seatbelt check
· "Toilet Talks" with health facts and safety tips
· "Dum-Dum's" for safety/traffic violations/"Smarties" for proper safety
· Promote lab safety
· Promote teacher healthy living/wellness activities
Community/ Parent Involvement / Communicate and partner with school and community members to promote student learning and growth. / · Host back to school orientations
· Promote extracurricular events
· Partner with charities
· Host Veterans Day and 9/11 assemblies
· Create school climate surveys of parents and community
· Hold cultural fairs
· Hold food drives
· Meet the teacher events
· Host awards nights with community participation
· Community wide pep rallies
· Tutor feeder schools
· Partner with College and Career partnerships
· Organize freshmen orientations
· Create beautification projects and clothing drives
· Establish initiatives aimed to increase parent involvement (donuts with dad)
· Work with animal shelters and senior centers, etc.
· Work with feeder schools to present safety, environmental, character education (etc.) programs
· Speak to civic groups about positive events and achievements of the school
· Provide child care at events
· Welcome guests to the building and to events
· Hold voter education nights prior to elections
21st Century Workforce Development / Demonstrate a commitment to educating students in ways which prepare them for job opportunities and education post-secondary school. / · Create Junior Achievement programs
· Promote peer tutoring programs
· Host college day events
· Partner with Workforce Centers
· Host student leadership trainings to include goal setting, problem solving, decision making, communication and team building
· Host an Apply Texas Day
· Mentorship programs
· Create critical thinking program
· Pay for career speakers to present at schools
· Promote College/Career Days
· Host Leadership training
· Ensure projects are student planned (teach problem solving)
· Host Career Night/Science Night/Curriculum Night
· Promote a career/college building program (Naviance/careercruising.com)
· Offer Student Leadership Class
· Adapt sections of Student Leadership Class to incorporate C.A.T.E. objectives
Second Language Acquisition / Promote the development, implementation and evaluation of students learning English as a second language and students learning a foreign language. / · Host open house opportunities for ELL parents
· Aid in the creation of foreign language clubs
· Adopt mentorship programs to assist students in 2nd language acquisition
· Promote multicultural clubs
· Host cultural performances
· Target dropout prevention.
· Tutoring programs
· Citizenship classes
· Invite foreign exchange students to join student council
· International Week or iFEST
· Host a cultural performance program
· Find partners for ESL students using dual language students
· Promote cultural awareness
· Host a cultural food night out
· Provide refreshments for tutorial sessions in the community
Digital Learning Environment / Promote a learning environment conducive to hands on education with the use of technology. / · Promote a B.Y.O.D (bring your own device) campaign
· Aid in student newscasts
· Provide digital safety training for students, teachers, and parents
· Provide training on cyberbullying
· Use social media to communicate to parents and students.
· Sponsor a parent technology night
· Use google docs & google drive to promote collaboration
· Post QR codes for upcoming school events
· Sponsor a family fun night with activities using technology
· Hold a literacy night using digital books
· Promote the use of applications such as Remind, socratic.com, and Twitter
· Fundraise for updated technology
Dropout Prevention Strategies / Work to prevent student dropout rates and educate on real world issues. / · Create a student athlete mentor program
· Help target truancy prevention
· Aid in the implementation of positive behavior systems
· Create homeless education initiatives
· Pay for guest speakers
· Aid in campus-wide discipline programs such as CHAMPS.
· Provide opportunities for all students to be engaged
· Promote student voice and school ownership
· Mentorship program for homeless/low economic students
· Homeless for a Night
· "You're Looking a Future Graduate" above every mirror in the school
· Leadership luncheons with students who usually do not have a voice
· Coca Cola Valued Youth Program
· Have a "buddy reading" at feeder elementary schools, using school leaders from various activities
· Commit to Graduate
· Clothes Donations
· Backpack Buddy Program
· Mentorship Program for incoming freshmen
· Freshman Orientation
· Club RUSH at the beginning of the school year to promote students joining organizations
· Ensure student council activities meet needs of and represents the entire student body
· Ensure the student council is representative of the entire student body
· Senior “walks” at feeder schools
GT Programs / Enrich students involved in the GT program / · Advertise to increase Academic UIL participation
· Help organize/pay for GT enrichment opportunities
· Provide student leadership opportunities for GT students
· Sponsor a chess tournament
· Promote the expansion of clubs/organizations to address needs of GT students
· Develop a mentorship program to help students cope with stresses of upper level courses
· Sponsor a Book Club
· Promote different clubs like a "I Hate Clubs" Club, Fishing Club, Guitar Club
· Create a "Club Friday" and use a pep Rally Schedule to promote clubs. This would be a pep rally for clubs
· Provide snacks for testing
· Peer Tutoring opportunities
· Goodie bags/breakfast for UIL kids
· Encourage GT students to apply for TAGT summer scholarships
· Recognize UIL participants
· Promote clubs during "Mega Lunch"
· Scholarships for AP test fees
· Create a UIL video
Updated August 2017