The wait is finally over! CSCA is ready to release the nominations application for the 2026 School Counselor of the Year award.
The nomination deadline is APRIL 30, 2026.
We have a new platform to collect nominations this year. Please use the link below to access our awards site. You will need to create an account to submit nominations. Once you create an account you can nominate school counselors. In the nomination you will enter the school counselor's information, which will send them an invite to complete their portion. You will also be asked to include the school counselor's administrator contact information and the district coordinator information (if applicable), as the system will send them an email to advise them of a submission of a nomination.
LINKThe nomination application remains the same as in the past, you will be asked to provide information on how the school counselor advocates for the school counseling profession and evidence shows the school counselor implements a comprehensive school counseling program.
As always, something we like to note regarding nominations - please consider including in the nomination data to reflect the work the school counselor is doing, as well as pictures and other uploads (videos, etc) to showcase the work of the school counselor. This can be included as a file upload in the nomination. If you provide a link to a google folder, please ensure that anyone with the link can view the folder and contents.
This inclusion of data and artifacts make the nominations stronger and has allowed our SCOY reviewers the opportunity to visually see the work the counselors are doing that support the strong words of the nominator as well as their letters of recommendation.
Please note if your nominee has been nominated for School Counselor of the Year in the past 2 years you will have to wait to re-nominate them. We ask that nominees are only nominated once every 2 years. If your nominee has won the School Counselor of the Year level award they are not eligible for re-nomination.
If you have any questions, please reach out to the CSCA Professional Recognition Co-Chair, Amy Prouty at any.prouty@
We look forward to seeing your nominations and to seeing you at the awards ceremony at the CSCA annual conference in Keystone in October!
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