RAMP 2024 Toolkit 

Congratulations on your school’s RAMP® designation. This page contains valuable information about the benefits of being a RAMP® school. Each year ASCA awards and celebrates RAMP® recipients and also offers you a number of benefits as a result of your achievement. 

 

ASCA Annual Conference

 

  • A framed plaque recognizing the RAMP® achievement. The plaque is awarded during the RAMP® Awards Dinner (July 15, 2024) at the ASCA Annual Conference in Kansas City, Mo.
  • Two complimentary tickets per school to the RAMP® Awards Dinner. Details about the RAMP® Awards Dinner will be sent to the school’s primary contact in the spring. When registering for the conference, please DO NOT sign up and pay for additional RAMP® dinner tickets unless you require more than two. ASCA will apply the complimentary tickets accordingly. 
  • Discounted conference registration for all school counselors at the RAMP® school. Use the code 24_NewRAMP! to receive the discounted rate of $349. Please register by June 1, 2024.   
  • Free, nontransferable, conference registration for your school’s principal for the 2024 ASCA Annual Conference. This registration is only valid for the current school principal. It is not valid for assistant or vice principals. No exceptions. Please note, the complimentary conference registration for the principal doesn't include a ticket to the RAMP® Awards Dinner. To register your school’s principal, contact Kelly Frey.

 

ASCA Membership

 

  • Free ASCA membership is offered to all school counselors and building directors at the RAMP® school. The free membership begins in October 2024 and remains for as long as your school maintains its RAMP® status. 
  • In August 2024, your school's primary contact (as indicated on your RAMP® application) will receive an email request from ASCA regarding the free membership sign-up process. 
  • Note: The membership is voided if a school counselor leaves the RAMP® school, works in another position outside of school counseling or moves to a school that does not have RAMP® status.  

 
Communication 

 

  • In April 2024, ASCA will notify your school's principal, superintendent, school board members, district director and state school counselor association about your school’s RAMP® achievement.  
  • Access the customizable press release to send to local press here. (ASCA will also send a press release to our press list announcing the new cohort of RAMP® schools.)
  • Access the RAMP® logo for use on business cards, letterhead, website or printed materials here. 
  • ASCA will recognize all RAMP® schools in the July/August  issue of ASCA School Counselor magazine and on the ASCA website. 
  • Note: The RAMP® designation is for your school and not you personally. You develop, implement and evaluate the school counseling program that has earned RAMP® and are a school counselor at a RAMP® school. The phrase “I’m a RAMP® school counselor” is inaccurate and shouldn’t be used. "We're a RAMP® school" is correct.

 

Social Media 

Following are several sample social media posts to share your news with your community and colleagues. Be sure to tag @ASCATweets and #RAMP24 so we can share your messages with the whole ASCA community:.

 

X Sample Posts

Exciting announcement! [School Handle] has officially obtained @ASCATweets RAMP® designation for our #schoolcounseling program. What is #RAMP®? Learn more: https://www.schoolcounselor.org/RAMP

Because of our diligence and dedication to our students, [School Name] has earned RAMP® designation from @ASCAtweets. Learn more about #RAMP: https://www.schoolcounselor.org/RAMP

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Facebook Sample Posts

We’re excited to announce that [School Name] has officially obtained RAMP® designation for our school counseling program from the American School Counselor Association. What is RAMP®? Learn more: https://www.schoolcounselor.org/RAMP 

 

Because of our diligence and dedication to our students, [School Name] has earned RAMP® designation from the American School Counselor Association! Learn more about RAMP®: https://www.schoolcounselor.org/RAMP 

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Instagram Sample Posts

We did it! [School Handle] has officially obtained @WeAreASCA RAMP® designation for our #schoolcounseling program. Learn more about #RAMP: https://www.schoolcounselor.org/RAMP 

 

Because of our diligence and dedication to our students, [School Name] has earned RAMP® designation from @WeAreASCA! Learn more about #RAMP: https://www.schoolcounselor.org/RAMP 

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Questions? 

If you have any questions about RAMP® or the material in this toolkit, please email Deirdra Williams.