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Internship handbook

(Table of Contents)
Chpt 1: Introduction & prerequisites
Chpt 2: Basic definitions
Chpt 3: Starting search for an internship site
Chpt 4: Matching interests with sites
Chpt 5: Selecting an on-site supervisor
Chpt 6: To the supervisor
Chpt 7: Concept form
Chpt 8: Expectations
Chpt 9: Responsibilities
Chpt 10: Contract form
Chpt 11: The evaluation process
Chpt 12: Looking ahead: graduation & post-graduation

(Online Forms)
Internship "quiz"

Internship concept form

Internship contract form

Internship evaluation

Master of Arts in Counseling Psychology ("MAC")

The MAC Internship Handbook:
Chapter 11: The on-site evaluation process

Once your contract is signed and approved, you will enroll in Counseling Internship class and begin collecting hours. The bulk of internship reporting will occur orally in MAC 691: "Counseling Internship I" and MAC 692: "Counseling Internship II." You will report to your faculty member and to your peers who will give you supportive feedback on your cases and clinical style. However, t the end of each semester you will will be asked to meet with your On-site Supervisor to fill out an Internship Evaluation form. Thus, the On-site Supervisor will evaluate your progress.

This sometimes causes alarm in the student. Remember that your On-site Supervisor may not be an educator, per se, and that different supervisors will have different standards. Thus, he or she will not determine the grade you earn in either of the internship classes. Of course, the On-site Supervisor will play a role in the grading by serving as another source of data for the decision that will be made by the core MAC faculty member..

Obviously, if the On-site Supervisor is concerned with something, then we are also concerned. Note, also, that you should have an opportunity to discuss the evaluation with the On-site Supervisor. The evaluation is meant to be mutually agreed upon. This means that we expect you to sit down with the Supervisor and discuss what the evaluation will say. It should not be a surprise!

The Internship Evaluation Form can be printed out and then filled in by the On-site Supervisor. When it is completed, please submit it to the MAC Office.

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