School Counseling Internship Competency Scale

School counselor educators and practicing school counselors are invited to take part in this research study on assessing the validity and reliability of the School Counseling Internship Competency Scale designed to measure pre-service school counselors’ competencies. The online survey will take approximately 15 minutes. If you are interested in entering a raffle to win one of 150 $15 Amazon gift cards, please leave your contact information at the end of the survey, which will not be linked to your responses for the survey.

To be eligible to participate in this study, you must be:

School Counselors (i.e., site supervisors) who, (1) graduated from a master’s level counseling program with a school counseling focus, (2) are full-time professional school counselors, and (3) are currently (or within the past two years) supervising school counseling interns

OR

School Counseling Faculty (i.e., university supervisors) who, (1) graduated from master’s level counselor education programs with a school counseling focus, (2) earned their doctorate in counselor education and supervision or a related field, and (3) are currently (or within the past two years) supervising school counseling interns at a university setting

Link for the survey: https://odu.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_4JBmsFvUPcr1Px3

Your participation in this study is completely voluntary. You can decide not to participate or withdraw your participation at any time. There are no foreseeable risks for you to participate in this study. The researchers are taking steps to ensure participant responses are anonymous. All information obtained about participants is strictly confidential unless disclosure is required by law. The anonymous data will be kept on researchers’ password protected computers. The anonymous results of this study may be used in reports, presentations, and publications, which will not show any identifying information of the participants. If you have any questions or concerns regarding this study, please contact Ms. Melanie Burgess (mevan032@odu.edu) and Dr. Emily Goodman-Scott, (egscott@odu.edu), Counseling and Human Services Program in the Old Dominion University Darden College of Education. For questions about the protection of human research participants in this study, please contact Dr. Laura Chezan, the current chair of the Old Dominion Darden College of Education & Professional Studies Human Subjects Committee (757-683-7055lchezan@email.com).