A Professional Development School Counseling Internship

• Past experience

• Design of new internship model

• Proposal and meetings Donald Trump “You’re Fired”

• Feedback: 1st semester of new model

• Feedback: 2nd semester of model

Past experience• 100 to 600 hr evolution

• Rural geographic area 0-70 miles

• 1 intern per school

• Difficult placement process

• Difficult quality control

Design: PDS Model for SCsRemodel program while living in it

• Teacher Ed PDS

• Plan replication for SCs

• Anticipated benefits for:• School district & SCs• Interns• Counselor Education

Partnership Schools

Proposal and Process• Discussions with SCs• Request to meet with Supt.

• Meeting with Admin teamAnxieties new Supt and new teamMis-steps Assumed matching needs

• Meeting with SCs• Placement time pressure

Benefits to District SCsLogistics• University-based supervision• Site-supervision responsibility • Orientation of interns• Veteran peer influence • Multiple talents• Time coverage• Stability & consistency

sustainability

Value-added• Address barriers to academic success• Initiation of Student Success Skills curriculum• Collection and analysis of data• Facilitation of RAMP status

Benefits to interns

• Easier placement fewer sites

• Placement close to university less than 5 miles

• Less pressure shared with peers

• Orientation• Time coverage flexible• Peer collaboration on-site & at university

• More contact with university-based supervisor

Benefits to SBU Counselor Ed

Placement easierInterviews with Admin and SCsBoard of Ed approval

Supervision more efficientVisitsContact with SCs

Quality control easier

Initial Experiences

• Orientation multiple interns at once

• Find place to congregate

• 4 selected interns and 4 SCs

• Understand needs of SCs

Second year experiences • Not enough communication • among SCs and interns; too relaxed; can’t read minds

• One intern “fired”

• New interns added too many?

Added new school (elementary) 9 on 5

1. RtI System

2. School Climate Survey

3. Collaboration with Families & Community

4. Narrow Achievement Gap

5. Raise Graduation rate

6. Achieve “Adequate Yearly Progress” in ELA & Math

7.Increase # of students scoring 4 (distinction) on the NYS Assessments in English

Q & A