Supervision and Mentoring for Professional Employment

Abstract

This article is intended to provide the internship supervisor and advanced graduate student in school psychology with a resource and guide for preparing for professional employment. While the preparation for employment occurs throughout graduate education, final preparatory steps are critical to employment: (1) preparing a portfolio, (2) developing a resume, (3) providing sample psychological reports, (4) interviewing, (5) securing references, and (6) making application for certification. Information is provided on each area, with a sample cover letter and resume included for the emerging school psychologist.

Mentoring School-Based Careers in Graduate Education

“…Curiously, though, while mentoring is an important element in career development (Ellis, 1992), and while recollections of graduate interns reflect disappointment when supervisors do not take sufficient time to explore careers issues (Wulf & Nelson, 2000), mentoring has not assumed a dominant role in graduate education. Crespi, Fischetti, and Gill Lopez (1998) noted that mentoring is a useful way to assist students. In essence, though, a lack of research on mentoring, limited exposure to the conceptual importance of mentoring in graduate training, as well as the labor intensive nature of mentoring on the part of graduate faculty represent explanations as to why mentoring has not become prominent in the literature and practice of graduate education.…”