ERIC Number: EJ1327098
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2022-Mar
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An Analysis of the Workforce Pipeline in School Psychology
Morrison, Julie Q.; Davies, Susan C.; Noltemeyer, Amity
Contemporary School Psychology, v26 n1 p14-21 Mar 2022
Shortage of school psychologists in the USA jeopardizes the capacity of schools to meet the needs of struggling students. The aim of the study was to evaluate the progression of school psychologists through the professional preparation--to practice pipeline for attracting, preparing, and retaining school psychologists. Descriptive research methods were used to retrospectively track three annual cohorts of graduate students from eight school psychology programs as they progressed through key milestones in their preparation and early professional practice. The results indicate that a large percentage of students completed their graduate program and continued to work in the field 1-, 3-, and 5-year post-internship for a sample that was predominately White and female. The implications of the study reinforce previous calls for graduate programs to engage in targeted, personalized efforts for recruiting graduate students with minoritized cultural identities to better meet the needs of students from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.
Descriptors: School Psychology, School Psychologists, Counselor Training, Graduate Students, Outcomes of Education, Education Work Relationship, Internship Programs, Racial Differences, Gender Differences, Minority Group Students, Student Recruitment, Diversity
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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