  {"id":4101,"date":"2014-11-21T13:37:34","date_gmt":"2014-11-21T18:37:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/carleton.ca\/esp\/?page_id=4101"},"modified":"2026-04-09T15:51:29","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T19:51:29","slug":"esp-reference-form","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/esp\/esp-reference-form\/","title":{"rendered":"ESP Reference Form"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        ESP Reference Form\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<p>Applicants to the Enriched Support Program are asked to provide two academic references (from two teachers, or a teacher and a guidance counsellor). Please note: the forms below are intended for teachers and guidance counselors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For applicants who have been away from studies for 3 or more years and who are providing <em><strong>community, or workplace references<\/strong><\/em>, please consult&nbsp;our <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/carleton.ca\/esp\/esp-reference-guidelines\/\">Reference Guidelines<\/a><\/strong> instead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"online-reference-form\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Online Reference Form<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Please be sure to <em><strong>provide a valid school board or education institution email address<\/strong> <\/em>when completing a Reference Form.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/esp\/reference-form\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Complete Academic Reference<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"pdf-form-for-download\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">PDF Form for Download<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Download our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/esp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2026\/04\/Reference-form-web-1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Reference form<\/a>\u00a0as a pdf file\u00a0and email it to <a href=\"mailto:esp@carleton.ca\">esp@carleton.ca<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Please email the completed form from your school board\/college\/university email (as applicable) address.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Note&nbsp;that the form will not save if it is completed in the web browser instead of Adobe Reader.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>Steps to make sure the .pdf form saves correctly:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Download our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/esp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2026\/04\/Reference-form-web-1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Reference form\u00a0<\/a>as a pdf file.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Open it in Adobe Reader. (Do not complete the form in a browser window; it will not save correctly.)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Fill out the form.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Save it.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Email&nbsp;the saved document&nbsp;from your professional email account to <a href=\"mailto:esp@carleton.ca\">esp@carleton.ca<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Applicants to the Enriched Support Program are asked to provide two academic references (from two teachers, or a teacher and a guidance counsellor). Please note: the forms below are intended for teachers and guidance counselors. 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