School Counselor of the Year Award 2026

This Award will be presented during our Annual Conference on Nov. 12, 2026 at the Turning Stone Resort & Convention Center.

This award is meant to recognize individual school counselors who devote their careers to serving as advocates for New York students, addressing their academic, social-emotional, and career development. In addition, we hope to be able to recognize school counselors in each region. These individuals influence the school counseling profession through leadership, advocacy, and collaboration and will be encouraged to represent New York at a national level once recognized.

*The counselor nominated must be a member of NYSSCA to be eligible to win.*

Nomination Questions:

1) How has the counselor used data in their comprehensive school counseling program to provide equity and access to all students? Please be specific, provide data or examples

2) How has the school counselor demonstrated leadership in the school community? Please be specific and provide examples.

Possible examples could be a particularly effective collaborative effort with stakeholder populations such as administrators, faculty, parents and/or the community.

3) How are students different as a result of the school counseling program? Please be specific.

4) How has the school counselor advocated for the profession based on the ASCA School Counselor Professional Standards & Competencies?

M 1. Every student can learn, and every student can succeed.
M 2. Every student should have access to and opportunity for a high-quality education.
M 3. Every student should graduate from high school prepared for postsecondary opportunities.
M 4. Every student should have access to a school counseling program.
M 5. Effective school counseling is a collaborative process involving school counselors, students, families, teachers, administrators, other school staff and education stakeholders.
M 6. School counselors are leaders in the school, district, state and nation.
M 7. School counseling programs promote and enhance student academic, career and social/emotional outcomes.

Nomination Instructions:

Fill out the form below to submit your nomination online.

Submission deadline-October 9, 2026

Recipients will be notified by October 30, 2026

If you have questions, please email questions to Awards Chair at awards@nyssca.org

Nominee

First Name

Last Name

E-mail

Phone Number-include area code

Nominee Address

Institution (School) Name

Street Address (If Work: School or Business Address)

Address Line 2

City

State

Zip Code

Nominee Position Title

Nominee Work Setting

County of School

Nominator's Name

First Name

Last Name

E-mail Address

Phone Number Including Area Code

Relationship to Nominee

Nominator's Address

Institution (School) Name

Street Address (If Work: School or Business Address)

Address Line 2

City

State

Zip Code

Nominator's Position Title

Nominator's Work Setting

How has the counselor used data in their comprehensive school counseling program to provide equity and access to all students? Please be specific, provide data or examples

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How has the school counselor demonstrated leadership in the school community? Please be specific and provide examples.

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How are students different as a result of the school counseling program? Please be specific.

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How has the school counselor advocated for the profession based on the ASCA School Counselor Professional Standards & Competencies?

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Attachment Letter of Recommendation 1(No More Than 3)

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Attachment Letter of Recommendation 2

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Attachment Letter of Recommendation 3

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Attachment for Additional Supporting Documents (no more than 5 pages)

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Name of Your Local Newspaper

Name of Your Superintendent or Supervisor

Thanks very much for your School Counselor of the Year Award Nomination. For more information and registration instructions for the NYSSCA Conference, please visit www.NYSSCA.org