COUNSELING AND SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGY
PROGRAM AND STUDENT ASSESSMENT
AUGUST 1993 - JULY 1998

February 26, 1999

FIVE YEAR AVERAGE

1. Summary - Admissions to the Programs in Counseling and School Psychology

At the conclusion of each semester, all students evaluate the professors from whom they took courses using a standard form provided by the College of Education. On a 5-point rating scale, where 5 was the highest rating corresponding to "excellent," the faculty received a mean of 4.70.

Mean Student Rating = 4.72 (5 = Excellent, N = 4808)

3 & 4. Summary - Numbers of Graduate and School Endorsements

The Department produced a total of (259) graduates in three programs: school counseling (elementary or secondary), community counseling, and school psychology. A total of (208) endorsements in school counseling or school psychology were recommended.

Total graduates = 52/year
Total endorsement recommendations = 42/year

As of September, 1996 the State required the Mental Health Practitioner License for Community Counselors.

5. Summary - Internships

During the past five years, there were 277 different internships completed. These internship experiences offered our interns a variety of working and learning situations suited to their counseling and school psychology focus and interests.

School = 24/year
Community = 22/year
School Psychology = 10/year

6. Internship Evaluations

The rating scales used to evaluate site supervisors and interns were developed by members of the Department of Counseling and School Psychology using a Likert type scale as a model. The source of items was the program content requirements as defined by the Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Education Programs (CACREP) for the Community Counseling Program. The item source for the School Counseling program was the program requirements as defined by the Nebraska State Department of Education for endorsement as a school counselor. The rating scales used to evaluate School Psychology interns are taken from the National Association of School Psychologists (NASP).

Community Counseling Site Supervisors Ratings of Interns:

Community Counseling site supervisors rated 22 interns per year (N = 110) with an average rating of 6.33 across a 25 item scale, 7 being the highest possible rating.

School Counseling Site Supervisors Rating of Interns:

School counseling site supervisors rated 25 interns per year (N = 121) with an average rating of 9.14 across a 7 item scale, 10 being the highest possible rating.

School Psychology Site Supervisors Rating of Interns: (no 5 th. year update)

There were 9 school psychology interns per year (N = 34) evaluated on a 19-item scale. The average rating was 4.56, where 5 was the highest rating.

Intern Evaluations (Community Counseling):

There were 22 community counseling interns per year (N = 109) who evaluated their internship site supervisors. On a 7-point scale, where 7 was the highest rating, the supervisors received a mean rating of 6.20.

Intern Evaluations (School Counseling):

There were 23 school counseling interns per year (N = 113) who evaluated their internship site supervisors. On a 7-point rating scale, where 7 was the highest rating, the supervisors received a mean rating of 6.49.

7. Graduate Follow-Up Survey

Program graduates in counseling psychology are offered the opportunity to evaluate the effectiveness of their specific program. 53% of the graduates per year (98 + 19 = 117 surveys returned/174 + 46 = 220 graduates) completed the 29-item Graduate Follow-up Survey.

Community Counseling
          Overall Mean = 4.16 (5 = Excellent, N = 66, 13/year)
School Counseling
          Overall Mean = 4.26 (5 = Excellent, N = 51, 10/year)