Advocacy & Adoption Program

IC3 Advocacy & Adoption Program

At the 2018 Annual IC3 Conference in New Delhi, IC3 leadership announced the continuation of IC3 advocacy efforts through the initiation of the IC3 Advocate program for high schools and the IC3 Adoption program for universities.

IC3 Advocacy Program

IC3 Adoption Program

IC3 Advocacy Program

The IC3 Movement aims to appoint and recognize 100 IC3 Advocate Schools in towns/cities across the world. These high schools, many situated in Tier II and Tier III cities, will drive advocacy in the field of career and college counseling. These schools will adopt and showcase the counseling laboratory pedagogy and become hubs of training, knowledge, support, and guidance, while serving as an exemplar for high schools in their region. For schools that wish to become thought leaders in learning and student success, this is a unique opportunity to assume a leadership role in community engagement and development.

How to become an IC3 Advocate School:

High school should follow a nationally/internationally-recognized/accredited curriculum.
High school should be committed to establishing a fully resourced career and college counseling department within the school.
High school should be committed to promoting advocacy in the field of career and college counseling within high schools in the immediate region.
High schools should appoint at least one full-time career and college counselor per 120 students in grade 9 through grade 12.
High school should have at least one individual/counselor trained through the IC3 Institute, equipped to effectively run a fully functional counseling office.
High school will have a well-resourced library, providing access to students of other local high schools.
High schools will apply to become IC3 Advocate Schools. The applications will be reviewed by an IC3 Independent Advocacy body comprised of educators from high schools and universities from around the world.
High schools selected to become IC3 Advocate Schools will be committed to the role for a period of three years in their specific city. Upon completion of the three-year period, other schools in the region that apply for the position will be given preference to become new IC3 Advocate Schools. In the situation that no other school in the region applies, the outgoing IC3 Advocate School will be given the opportunity to reapply to continue serving as the IC3 Advocate School for an additional term of three years.

Roles and Responsibilities of an IC3 Advocate School:

The IC3 Advocate School will hold at least three events per year to bring together educators from the region for training, networking, sharing of best practices in the field of career and college counseling, inviting guest speakers from schools/universities/other organizations to drive learning.
The IC3 Advocate Schools will take an active role in conducting outreach to identify and directly support at least 30 high schools in the vicinity (100 km. radius) that need help from a career and college counseling standpoint, so that such high schools can take advantage of other IC3 impact areas such as the IC3 Institute OR be adopted by an IC3 Global Partner University, that can help through the process of establishing and running a fully functional counseling department.
The IC3 Advocate School will provide access to its infrastructure and library to the identified schools it supports in the region.

Benefits of being an IC3 Advocate School:

Recognition as a thought leader in the global education community of high schools, universities and industry/landscape.
Acknowledged with presence of the high school’s logo on the IC3 Movement website and in appropriate IC3 publications. Coverage in local press releases issued in alignment with IC3 events hosted at the IC3 Advocate School.
Access to exclusive IC3 events and its leadership committees for guidance on advocacy efforts.
Priority funding and support from the IC3 Movement for special counseling-related activities, international travel for professional development, etc.
Complimentary registration for three school delegates to attend the Annual IC3 Conference in the calendar year(s) during the period which the school is designated as an IC3 Advocate School.

Apply to be an IC3 Advocate School

IC3 Adoption Program for High Schools and Universities Around the World

There are 176,000+ high schools in the South Asia, Southeast Asia and Middle East regions that currently operate without an adequate career and college counseling infrastructure. Many of these schools are severely constrained in terms of financial resources, most of which are consumed supporting the basic academic curriculum, not leaving any resources for career and college guidance. Regardless of resources, most lack an understanding of how to structure, resource and efficiently operate an effective counseling department in high schools and support students as early as grade 8/9. In addition, changing programs of higher study and the evolving careers landscape pose a bigger challenge from a staff training and professional development standpoint. The IC3 Adoption Program is aimed at resolving this problem through the support of leading universities from around the world.

If the university chooses to support the school financially, the school and the university will work together directly to facilitate this. (This is completely optional, and not a requirement for participating IC3 Global Partner Universities.)

The IC3 Adoption Program will have two key audiences:

The high schools that need help in establishment, operation of a counseling setup and training/guidance of staff to adequately resource the counseling office.
The IC3 Global Partner Universities that will commit to support the identified high schools in this program.

IC3 Adopted Schools

How to become an IC3 Adopted School:

Schools that currently operate without an adequate career and counseling infrastructure may apply to become an IC3 Adopted School to find an understanding of how to set up, resource and efficiently operate an effective counseling department in the high school, and support students as early as grade 8/9.

High school should follow a nationally/internationally-recognized/accredited curriculum.
High school should be committed to establishing a fully resourced career and college counseling department within the school.
High school should have at least one individual/counselor trained through the IC3 Institute, equipped to effectively run a fully functional counseling office.
High school will be open to providing a dedicated space for a library and career office.
High schools must apply to become an IC3 Adopted School. The applications will be reviewed by an IC3 Independent Advocacy body comprised of educators from high schools and universities around the world.
High schools selected to become IC3 Adopted Schools will be committed to the role for a period of three years, supported by an IC3 Global University Partner.
The choice of the IC3 Global Partner University assigned to an IC3 Adopted School will be at the sole discretion of the IC3 Independent Advocacy body.

Roles and Responsibilities of an IC3 Adopted School:

IC3 Adopted Schools will show progress through provision of a six-month report, meeting benchmarks on criteria defined by the IC3 Advocacy leadership team, including improvement in having its students understand their study options.
IC3 Adopted Schools will hire/appoint at least one full-time career and college counselor.
IC3 Adopted Schools will open a library/counseling office space in the school, with clear branding of the name of the supporting IC3 Global University Partner and the IC3 Institute.

Benefits of being an IC3 Adopted School:

Receive professional development, advisory support to set up, resource and efficiently operate an effective counseling office in the high school.
Acknowledged with presence of the high school’s logo on the IC3 Movement website and in appropriate IC3 publications.
Access to exclusive IC3 events and its leadership committees for guidance on advocacy efforts.
Complimentary registration for one school delegate to attend the Annual IC3 Conference in the calendar year(s) during the period which the school is designated as an IC3 Adopted School.

Apply to be an IC3 Adopted School

IC3 Global Partner Universities

How to become an IC3 Global Partner University:

Participating institutions must be accredited two-year, four-year and/or graduate degree-granting institutions.
Participating institutions must support and adhere with NACAC’s Code of Ethics and Professional Practices.
Universities from around the world can apply to become an IC3 Global Partner University. The applications will be reviewed by an IC3 Independent Advocacy body comprised of educators from high schools and universities around the world.
If selected, a university will be an IC3 Global Partner University for a period of three years, and assigned one to five schools to support.
At the end of the assigned three-year period, a university can reapply to become an IC3 Global Partner University again.
The choice of the high schools assigned to an IC3 Global Partner University will be at the sole discretion of the IC3 Independent Advocacy body.

Roles and Responsibilities of an IC3 Global Partner University:

Each IC3 Global Partner University will be assigned up to five high schools to support for a period of three years. The university will assist the high schools with establishing a fully functional career and college counseling office. The university personnel will leverage the IC3 Institute curriculum and the Counseling Laboratory Pedagogy to drive knowledge and establishment of a sound counseling setup in the school.
The university will assign one to two trained admissions personnel who will interact, guide and train the school counselors on global education practices. The assigned individuals must have knowledge of international university admissions policies and procedures. The total time commitment should be a minimum of twelve hours per quarter.
The university will also provide access to faculty members who may provide guidance and knowledge about programs of study and careers over webinars or in person.
The university personnel will commit to visiting the school physically at least once a year and conduct a session for teachers, parents and students about higher education and careers.
The IC3 Global Partner University and its assigned schools will provide an annual update to the IC3 Advocacy Leadership committee.
The IC3 Global Partner University will provide knowledge and resources to support professional development of counseling personnel at assigned high schools by helping them select conferences and forums to attend, and take advantage of selective counselor fly-in programs offered by global universities.
The IC3 Global Partner University admissions personnel will individually deliver workshops or facilitate other speakers to conduct workshops about higher education systems, program of study options, financial aid, the application process, and more. The admissions personnel may also help individual students/parents at the school, at the counselor’s or school’s request, with advising and admissions questions.

Benefits of being an IC3 Global Partner University:

Recognition as a thought leader in the global educator community of high schools, universities and industry.
Acknowledgement with presence of the university’s logo on the IC3 Movement website and in appropriate IC3 publications. Coverage in local press releases issued in alignment with IC3 events hosted at supported high schools.
Acknowledged with the supporting university’s name on the branding of the counseling office in its IC3 Adopted Schools.
Access to exclusive IC3 events and its leadership committees for guidance on advocacy efforts.
High interest to apply to university from students of the five adopted high schools and schools in vicinity.
Key opportunity to understand high school and student profiles in the supported region that will aid in refining internal application and admission policies.
Networking and forming strong relationships with educators in the supported region which will lead to deeper engagement and positive impact to student recruitment from the region.

Apply to be an IC3 Global Partner University