Upon completion of the internship, school counseling interns must be exposed to activities that allow SC interns to demonstrate the following competencies:
- Classroom Curriculum: Teach at least one developmental counseling class on a topic from one of the three domains. Have someone observe the session and gather feedback from Class presentation may come from your curriculum project. Optional: Collect feedback from students on the session.
- Group Experience: Lead a minimum of 4 group sessions with a co-leader or on your own. Write up a brief report on the type of group and pertinent information about the group. Optional: Get feedback from group members
- Exceptional Students: Attend at least two IEP or 504 meetings and discuss with your supervisor the different roles of stakeholders.
- Assessment and/or Evaluation: Spend time talking with your supervisor about doing an assessment at your school that will help bring information about student (or faculty or parent) need to the attention of your counseling Build upon what you learned in class. Organize, design, total your findings and report them to the chair or supervisor of the counseling program. Document this on your time sheet and with your university supervisor. Discuss what counselors could do to respond to these needs. Optional: present this to the principal of the school.
- Consultation: Document interactions with parents and how the issues were Consult at least once with a teacher over a student/classroom concern.
- Career Counseling: Conduct at least three career counseling sessions. Do these conjointly if Discuss this experience with your supervisor and in your journals.
- Crisis Plan: Read the crisis plan for your Discuss with your supervisor what your role is as a counselor when there is a crisis. Document that you have done this with your university supervisor.
- Suicide Response: Discover what the protocol is for students who are suicidal or talk about suicide ideation in a session. Discuss this with your supervisor.
- Classroom/Teacher Visits: Visit at least two representative classes in your school to familiarize yourself with what you don't know about curriculum. Write about these in your journal. You must visit at least two classrooms from varying arenas such as vocational education, physical education, special education, dual credit courses, etc.
- College Counseling: Meet with at least three students to discuss college Write about these in your journal. Consider what resources you need to do this effectively.
Recommended Experiences for SC Interns
- Systems Support: Review with supervisor the management activities that establish, maintain, and enhance the total guidance and counseling program. Participate in meetings, plans, or evaluations of such supports if possible.
- Educational/Employability Planning: Administer and interpreting test and inventory results, and assist students with school-to-work transition
- Professional Development: Participate in service training activities, counseling staff meetings, and relevant teacher in-service meetings. Attend outside conferences or workshops designed for professional school counselors.