Note that the Internship Supervisor for First Year School Psychology Intern Staff positions are available only to those who are licensed to provide school psychology services in the state of Iowa.
As you may know, each year a number of school psychologists who are completing the internship requirement of their school psychology graduate program are hired as first year Heartland AEA employees. Keeping this in mind, the Agency is looking for multiple staff members who would like the opportunity to support the growth and career development of school psychology interns through internship supervision. While a number of other staff will also be involved in supporting first year school psychologist who are interns (regional directors, job-alike facilitators, colleagues, etc.), the internship supervisor is responsible for intern-specific support and ensuring all university program requirements are met.
Over the past few years, the responsibility of school psychology internship supervision has primarily been supported by the school psychology job-alike facilitators. Our job-alike facilitators will be supporting new and veteran staff members through our internal learning structure in a different way than in the past. The time requirements for supporting individual interns is significant, and given the roles of our job-alike facilitators in our internal learning structure, it is no longer feasible for our job-alike facilitators to provide this supervision alone.
Given these factors, the Agency is extending this opportunity for leadership to multiple individuals. While the specific internship requirements vary between universities, first year school psychology staff who are interns typically require two hours per week of contact with their intern supervisor. Because interns and intern supervisors are staff who have full-time caseloads with service commitments to children and educators, intern supervision contact hours may need to be scheduled outside of typical work hours (e.g., at the beginning of the day, over lunch and/or at the end of the work day). Given these additional time requirements, those individuals serving as intern supervisors for first year school psychology interns will be provided a stipend of $3,000/year. Below are the qualifications and anticipated duties of the position.
Qualifications
- Standard and current Iowa license in school psychology
- Three years successful experience as a school psychologist in Iowa (preferably at Heartland AEA)
- Demonstrates deep understanding and successful application of Heartland AEA’s framework for problem solving in systems level and individual student level work
- Knowledge of NASP standards of practice (preferred)
- Successful experience mentoring (preferred)
- Ensure that each intern receives the support required by his/her program. The intern supervisor doesn't have to provide all the support, but communicate and support the intern in accessing supports from others such as the regional director, job-alike facilitator, colleagues, etc.
- Provide documentation, summaries, reviews and evaluative feedback as requested by the intern’s university program. This documentation may be done in collaboration with the job-alike facilitator.
- Meet one-on-one with the intern a minimum of two hours/week.
- Provide other support as needed.
- Communicate and support fellow intern supervisor colleagues as needed.
- Engage in professional learning to support his/her own growth and skill development.
- Participate in regular meetings with job-alike facilitators and others to understand and apply the scope and sequence of new staff learning and support the typical phases of first year staff learning to ensure consistency of supervision supports for all Heartland AEA first year school psychology interns.
- Complete all mentor requirements as detailed in Heartland AEA’s Mentoring Guide.
If you have any questions, contact Martha Condon, Director of Professional Learning.
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