PO185: Building Capacity for Underserved Districts Through Graduate Education

  • PMD: 8,10
  • Cost: Included in Registration
  • Skill Level: Introduction
  • Poster Session 5: Issues in School Psychology, Education, and Supervision

Learner Objectives

This session will help participants…

  1. advocate for districts to get adequate funding for staffing;
  2. describe the need for training programs to partner with underserved districts for internship opportunities; and
  3. assess what their core needs are when accepting positions within districts.

Description

This study aims to look at how graduate education programs can encourage school psychology students to work in traditionally underserved school districts through looking at common concerns of recent graduates.

Presenter(s)

Angelica M. Torres, Worcester State University
Kristine A. Camacho, Worcester State University
Sara A. Whitcomb, UMass Amherst
Paige Pannozzo, UMass Amherst

Letter to Supervisor

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