National Council for the Social Studies

NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR THE SOCIAL STUDIES

GOLD AND SILVER STAR COUNCIL APPLICATION After filling out this form, you may email it to [email protected] or mail Attn: Jordan Grote, NCSS, 8555 Sixteenth St., Suite 500, Silver Spring, MD 20910

(Applications due on or before August 15, 2014)

SUBMITTED BY: (NAME OF COUNCIL)

QUESTIONS IN REFERENCE TO THIS APPLICATION SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO:

POSITION WITHIN COUNCIL:

STREET ADDRESS:

CITY/STATE/ZIP:

PHONE: (B) (H)

EMAIL:

Directions: Indicate your council's eligibility to be recognized as a gold or silver star council by checking the appropriate categories, and providing information as requested. All activities must have been conducted during the previous affiliation year (i.e. since last affiliation term).

1. Democratic Election Procedures (Briefly describe the procedures used by your council to elect officers and board members)

2. Professional Activity (Identify a minimum of two activities.)

 Workshops (Give title/topic, location(s) and date(s).)  Newsletter/Journal (Give name and frequency of publication.)

 Awards Program (Give award names and categories of awards presented.)

 Outreach Program (Describe programs designed to increase membership of underrepresented groups, e.g. elementary school teachers, minorities, etc.)

 Other Professional Activity (Describe fully.)

3. NCSS Participation (Identify a minimum of two activities.)

__ Disseminating information about NCSS awards and grants application opportunities to members.

__ Nominated individuals for NCSS national awards (e.g. Outstanding Social Studies Teacher of the Year, Outstanding Service, Academic Freedom, Programs of Excellence.)

Award: Nominee:

__ Membership brokering project (Please briefly explain below how your council utilized membership brokering below.)

2 __ Representatives attended the Summer Leadership Institute

4. Legislative Advocacy Participation (Identify a minimum of two activities.)

__ Legislative Network (legislative liaison/other officers subscribe to VoterVoice listserv)

__ State Council Legislative Network (legislative liaison/other officers disseminate calls for Federal or state legislative action)

__ State council has a legislative liaison that keeps abreast of state legislative issues related to social studies and serves as the point person for NSS Federal legislative advocacy efforts.

__ State Council legislative liaison/other officers make relationship building efforts with their U.S. Members of Congress. Please tell the names of any U.S. Members of Congress with whom your legislative liaison and/or other council officers keep periodically in touch:

__ State Council legislative liaison/other officers make relationship building efforts with their state legislators. Please provide the names of any State Legislators with whom your legislative liaison and/or council officers keep periodically in touch:

__ State Council has developed and is implementing a legislative advocacy plan. Please give us an overview of your advocacy plan:

5. Contribution to NCSS Fundraising Efforts (Indicate below if your council has made a donation to one or more of the following funds.)

 First Timer Scholarship Fund. *Donations to this fund in any amount will help to create invaluable opportunities for social studies educators to attend the conference for the first time. Contact [email protected] for contribution form and more information.

$______Date ______Check # ______

 FASSE (Fund for the Advancement of the Social Studies)

$ ______Date ______Check # ______

 Christa McAuliffe Reach for the Stars Award Fund

3 $ ______Date ______Check # ______

6. 100% NCSS membership of council officers. (List names of officers, office titles and NCSS member #’s below.)

Name: Title:

NCSS Member No:

Name: Title:

NCSS Member No.

Name: Title:

NCSS Member No:

Name: Title:

NCSS Member No.

Name: Title:

NCSS Member No.

Name: Title:

NCSS Member No.

Name: Title:

NCSS Member No.

7. Have a specific plan for increasing NCSS membership in their state and underrepresented groups in their council. (Please provide us with an outline of your plan in the space below).

4 8. Increase in Joint NCSS/Affiliate Membership

 # of joint members listed in 2013-14 affiliation app: (If you don’t know it, leave blank- we will look for you)

 # of joint members listed in 2014-15 affiliation app: 

 Amount of increase is: _

To meet this requirement, there should be an increase in joint membership each fiscal year of between 5 and 10 percent. Councils with a joint membership of 501+ qualify as long as they have an increase of at least 25 joint members. See the chart below to determine whether you meet the minimum increase based on your joint member # in 2014-15.

Joint Members in 2014-15 Minimum Increase Application 10 - 50 5 51 - 150 10 151- 200 15 201- 300 20 301-400 30 401-500 40 501 + 25

9. Submitted Affiliation Materials by August 15, 2014 Deadline (Sign and date to confirm. Be advised that this is also subject to confirmation by NCSS staff.)

 Yes, I confirm that affiliation papers were completed before deadline. Affiliation Materials (Sent Via Email)  2014-2015 Conference Survey  2014-2015 Legislative Advocacy Survey  2014-2015 Recognition Programs Survey  2014-2015 Council Leadership Survey  2014-2015 Membership Survey  2014-2015 Publications Survey  Submitted your council roster with joint members marked/highlighted.

Signature: Date: