INDIANAUNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA

Career & Technical Education Leadership Development Program

Competency Guide Sheet

Name: ______Date: ______

Competency Number:900

Competency Title:Implement a Student Assistance Program (SAP)

Revision:August 2008

Background (Theory) Resources: For this competency, you may wish to select an Internet site that addresses one of the following topics. Include the link as the final item on your documentation list. Include a copy of page one of the site with your completed competency.

  1. Student Assistance Team planning
  1. Effect of Drug and Alcohol use on school age students
  1. Laws pertaining to family, student, staff rights and privacy
  1. Development of a system for support and follow-up for Student Assistance
  1. Community Resources available to support school SAP initiatives
  1. Mental Health concerns and issues for school age students
  1. Safe and Drug Free Schools
  1. Pennsylvania Department of Education, Student Assistance

List of Key Points or Key Concepts: What in your reading did you find particularly important or valuable?

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Implementation Plan: Your implementation plan should reflect your key points and should be approved by your resource person(s) before you take any action.

Documentation: As you develop this competency, document your actions. This documentation could include:

  1. Evidence (copy of) you reviewed the current school policies related to SAP
  1. Evidence (copy of) you reviewed the current School Emergency Plan
  1. Evidence (copy of) you have reviewed “Desk Reference Manual for Student Assistance Program Team Members and Other School Staff” by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
  1. Evidence (copy of) you have reviewed FERPA “Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act”
  1. Evidence (copy of) you have reviewed PPRA “Protection of Pupil Rights Act”
  1. Evidence (copy of) you have reviewed Purdon’s Statutes Title 24 Education, Article XIII Pupils and Attendance
  1. Evidence (copy of) Crisis Response Plan Checklist, Pennsylvania Department of Education
  1. Copy of sample agenda for the organizational SAP meeting
  2. Evidence (copy of) you have reviewed the sending school SAP Manual for each SendingSchool in your CTE
  1. Evidence you have contacted a Community Service Provider for training information
  1. Evidence you have contacted your SAP Regional Coordinator
  1. Evidence you have created a flow chart for SAP process
  1. Evidence you have created a letter informing parents/students, content for the

Student and Staff Handbook and a Presentation to the Board and Staff

  1. Evidence you have identified possible Team members and identified their roles
  1. Evidence you have created Case Management Forms
  1. Evidence you have identified the relationship between SAP and discipline
  1. Evidence (copy of) contract agreements to support SAP
  1. Evidence you have identified community resources for in-service training and research that supports issues related to SAP

COMPETENCY # 900

LEADERSHIP PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT FORM

Competency: Implement a Student Assistance Program (SAP)

Criteria: In implementing a Student Assistance Program the leadership intern will:

LEVEL OF PERFORMANCE
N/A / Not Attained / Attained
Evidence (copy of) you reviewed the current school policies related to SAP
Evidence (copy of) you reviewed the current School Emergency Plan
Evidence (copy of) you have reviewed “Desk Reference Manual for Student Assistance Program Team Members and Other School Staff” by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Evidence (copy of) you have reviewed FERPA “Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act”
Evidence (copy of) you have reviewed PPRA “Protection of Pupil Rights Act”
Evidence (copy of) you have reviewed Purdon’s Statutes Title 24 Education, Article XIII Pupils and Attendance
Evidence (copy of) Crisis Response Plan Checklist, Pennsylvania Department of Education
Copy of sample agenda for the organizational SAP meeting
Evidence (copy of) you have reviewed the sending school SAP Manual for each SendingSchool in your CTE
Evidence you have contacted a Community Service Provider for training information
Evidence you have contacted your SAP Regional Coordinator
Evidence you have created a flow chart for SAP process
Evidence you have created a letter informing parents/students, content for the
Student and Staff Handbook and a Presentation to the Board and Staff
Evidence you have identified possible Team members and identified their roles
Evidence you have created Case Management Forms
Evidence you have identified the relationship between SAP and discipline
Evidence (copy of) contract agreements to support SAP
Evidence you have identified community resources for in-service training and research that supports issues related to SAP

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Intern’s Initials Date SLRP’s Initials Date Facilitator’s Initials Date

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