2020-2021 Leadership Essay Contest
Co-sponsored
by Chi Sigma Iota and CACREP
Contest Submission Deadline: November
15, 2020, at 5:00 PM EST
For the seventh year, the Council for Accreditation of
Counseling and Related Educational Programs (CACREP)
and CSI are co-sponsoring a Leadership Essay Contest. Our two organizations
have a strong history of mutual support and cooperative relationships, with a
dual focus on enhancing the counseling profession through recognition of
excellence in our field.
Find more information here:
https://www.csi-net.org/page/Essay_Contest
For the 2020-2021 Leadership Essay
Contest, participants are invited to respond to the following question, as well
as the associated secondary questions, about the current global pandemic.
How do you see the COVID-19 pandemic
changing the landscape of the counseling profession?
- In what ways can CSI and CACREP
help professional counselors and counselor educators to learn from the
pandemic and improve both in-person and telemental health services?
·
How can counselor education programs
ensure the integrity of the profession while also encouraging safe service
delivery within local communities during these uncertain times?
·
What cultural and ethical
considerations do CACREP and CSI need to consider related to the delivery of
online, hybrid, and in-person counseling and supervision?
Essays can be submitted in one of two
membership categories:
- Entry-Level Students
- Doctoral Students/Professional Counselors/Counselor
Educators
Award recipients in each category will
receive:
- First place: $500, a one-year membership renewal in CSI, and publication of the essay in the CSI Exemplar, the CACREP Connection newsletter, and at csi-net.org
and cacrep.org.
- Second place: $200, a one-year membership renewal in CSI, and publication of the essay at csi-net.org.
- Third place: $100, a one-year membership renewal in CSI, and publication of the essay at csi-net.org.
Submission and
Contest Rules
- Only currently active members of CSI are eligible for
the contest.
- Members in any active chapter of CSI may participate,
regardless of the accreditation status of their program.
- First place award recipients from previous years are
not eligible to enter the contest again, but prior second and third place
award recipients can submit another essay.
- All essays will be written by one person and submitted
as sole authored; only one essay submission per member is allowed.
- Essays may not exceed 1000 words; references can be
entered separately and are not included in the word limit.
- All essays must be in English.
- Only original work will be accepted; all contest
participants must verify that their submission is original.
Leadership
Essay Contest submissions will be accepted
online until Sunday, November 15, 2020, at 5:00 PM EST.
Essays will be reviewed by a panel
comprised of leaders from CSI and CACREP. Evaluation criteria will include
originality, clarity, and relevance to the contest theme, both associations'
missions, and the counseling profession.
Essays will not be returned, and any
submissions will become the property of Chi Sigma Iota International. If you
have questions about the contest, please contact Dr. John Harrichand (jharrichand@brockport.edu),
Chair of the CSI Leadership & Professional Advocacy Committee, and Dr.
Stephen Kennedy (stephen.kennedy@csi-net.org),
CSI Chief Operating Officer.
If you are interested in reviewing past
submissions, previous award recipients' essays can be downloaded on CSI's
Leadership webpage.
