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University of Washington

Updated: 03/19/2024

Ed. Psychology, 322M Miller Hall
Mailstop 353600
Seattle, WA 98195-3600

Program Director: Kristen Missall

E-mail: kmissall@uw.edu

Program Website: http://education.uw.edu/programs/graduate/educational-psychology/school-psychology-edscert

* Our specialist program is the first 3 years of our doctoral program.

Programs Offered and Program Approvals

Doctoral level, NASP Approved/Accredited (full), APA-Accredited
Graduation Credit Hours: 160
Accessible to Working Professionals
Does not offer at least 50% of instruction via distance education
Specialist level, NASP Approved/Accredited (full)
Approved by the State Department of Education
Graduation Credit Hours: 112
Not Accessible to Working Professionals
Does not offer at least 50% of instruction via distance education

Financial Support

	Specialist	Doctoral
Assistantship/Traineeship
Do students in your program have access to an assistantship/traineeship?	Yes	Yes
Total number of students receiving an assistantship/traineeship	2	10
Minimum hours per semester	10.0	200.0
Minimum stipend/salary per week	$333	$200
Minimum tuition waiver (%)	25%	25%
Hourly Work
Do students in your program have access to hourly work?	Yes	Yes
Total number of students receiving hourly work	30	9
Minimum hours per semester	55.0	110.0
Minimum stipend/salary per week	$150	$250
Minimum tuition waiver (%)	0%	0%
Internship
Number of interns who received stipends	17	2
Number of interns who received stipends	$20000	$30000
Additional Information

Student Enrollment Data

2023 / 2024	Specialist	Doctoral
Total Enrollment (including interns)	60	19
# of First Year Students	22	6
# of Male Students	9	4
# of Minority Students*	34	8
# of interns during the academic year	23	2
# of accepted students for 2023 / 2024	32	14
# of applicants for 2023 / 2024	89	68

* Note: Minority students are defined as those from ethnic/racial minorities historically underrepresented in United States colleges and universities.

Faculty

Name	Email	FTE	Minority
Kristen Missall	kmissall@uw.edu	100 %
James Mazza	mazza@uw.edu	100 %
Janine Jones	jjones2@uw.edu	100 %	✔
Alexa Matlack	matlacka@uw.edu	100 %
Elizabeth Holland	holland@uw.edu	80 %
Yoko Shibata	yshibata@uw.edu	30 %	✔
Candice Small	cms35@uw.edu	30 %

Note: Minority faculty are defined as those from ethnic/racial minorities historically underrepresented in United States colleges and universities.

Unfilled faculty positions from the previous academic year?	Yes
Anticipate opening a search for a new faculty member in the upcoming academic year?	No

PRAXIS

No data from program has been submitted.

Respecialization

Specialist

Formal Option for Respecialization?

Doctoral

Formal Option for Respecialization?

Internship Settings

2023 / 2024	Specialist	Doctoral
Total Number of Interns	23	2
Total completing internship entirely in school settings	23	0
Total completing internships partly in school settings		1
Total completing internships entirely outside school settings		1
Total APA Accredited Internships		0
Total APPIC listed meeting CDSPP Internship Guidelines (not APA)		2
Total APPIC listed not meeting CDSPP Internship Guidelines		0
Total meeting CDSPP Internship Guidelines not APPIC listed		0
Total not APPIC listed and not meeting CDSPP Internship Guidelines		0

1. The 2010 NASP Standards for Graduate Preparation of School Psychologists defines a school setting as “…one in which the primary goal is the education of students of diverse backgrounds, characteristics, abilities, disabilities, and needs. Generally, a school setting includes students who are enrolled in Grades pre-K–12 and has both general education and special education services. The school setting has available an internal or external pupil services unit that includes at least one state-credentialed school psychologist and provides a full range of school psychology services.”

Multicultural Settings

Program offers a bilingual specialization (i.e. students graduate beign eligible for a bilingual school psychologist certification or designation).	No
Program or department provides the following graduate preparation activities related to multicultural responsiveness.	A specific required course on multicultural responsiveness Inclusion across some (not all) required courses Inclusion across all required courses (excluding statistics) Extracurricular Events (e.g., Town Halls, Institute Days) Research Opportunities (e.g., Faculty-led PAR, CBPR) Facilitated community or clinical opportunities
Additional graduate preparation activities related to multicultural responsiveness	We have a student-led Equity Caucus.
Program or department provides the following graduate preparation activities related to social justice that align with the NASP definition and extends beyond cultural awareness into action.	A specific required course on social justice Inclusion across some (not all) required courses Inclusion across all required courses (excluding statistics) Extracurricular Events (e.g., Town Halls, Institute Days) Research Opportunities Community or clinical opportunities
Additional graduate preparation activities related to social justice.	We have a student-led Equity Caucus and Student Association of School Psychology.

Student Outcome Data

2021 / 2022	Specialist	Doctoral
# of students completing program (including internship)	13	6
Mean # of years to complete the program	3	3.6
Median # of years to complete the program	3	4
# of students who transferred to a School Psych Doctoral Program	4
# of students that left the program prior to graduation	2	1
# of graduates employed by schools	9	0
# employed in settings other than schools	0	6
# employed in a faculty position	0	0
# entering other fields	0	0
# continuing formal education	4	0
# not employed or continuing education	0	0