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INTERNSHIP YEAR
INTERNSHIP YEAR
Approximate Start and End Dates:
August 18, 2025 - May 22, 2026
Approximate Start and End Dates:
August 18, 2025 - May 22, 2026
Length of Fieldwork Experience:
Academic school year
Length of Fieldwork Experience:
Academic school year
Graduate students needing 1 semester of placement will not be considered
Graduate students needing 1 semester of placement will not be considered
INTERNSHIP week
INTERNSHIP week
We are open 7:30am-4:00pm Monday through Friday which allows for flexibility in your internship week.
Expected Hours Per Week:
Minimum of 16 hours / 2 days per week
Expected Hours Per Week:
Minimum of 16 hours / 2 days per week
Program Description:
Program Description:
This internship offers placements at TK-8 campuses and/or Comprehensive High Schools within the Alhambra Unified School District. Interns will contribute to academic, social/emotional, and career development for students, staff, and families. Interventions may include individual and group academic support, Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports (PBIS), Social Emotional Learning (SEL) presentations, parent training, and college/career exploration. Common areas of need include truancy, homelessness, mental health concerns (depression, anxiety, grief, etc.), academic support, and behavioral challenges. The primary goal is to maximize the developmental potential of all students.
Intern Activities:
Intern Activities:
School Counseling Interns will:
Provide 1:1 and group services to students, school staff and families in the areas of academic, social/emotional and career development.
Utilize Tiers 1, 2 and 3 prevention and intervention strategies to help improve individual and schoolwide academic achievement, attendance, behavior and engagement.
Work with multidisciplinary personnel at the school site for the purpose of meeting the needs of the whole child.
Assist with school events and programming.
Attend a mandatory training week at the start of their fieldwork experience. This training week includes an orientation, suicide assessment, threat assessment, crisis response, child abuse mandated reporter, academic counseling, attendance, parent engagement, etc.
Orientation
Orientation
Our placement offers a week long joint internship orientation that familiarizes you with our district, our populations, and information you will need to know in order to work efficiently within our schools. Our orientation week is a requirement of our internship program and is usually conducted the third week of August.
Supervision
Supervision
Our placement offers 1 hour of individual supervision a week with your Site School Counseling Supervisor and 2 hours of group supervision once per month with the School Counseling Internship Coordinator.
TrainingS
TrainingS
AUSD offers trainings to our interns in order to best equip you with tools, skills, and knowledge to support your work! Professional competency is valued and important to our program, here are some topics we have covered:
Classroom Management
Working with Small Groups
Restorative and Community Circles
Equity, Diverstiy and Inclusion
Working with Special Populations
Caregiver, Staff, and Student Engagement
LGBTQIA+ Awareness and Inclusivity Training
Suicide & Self Harm Intervention and Prevention
Threat Assessment Protocols
Child Abuse Reporting
SEL Curriculums in Schools
A-G and High School Graduation Requirements
College and Career Planning
Attendance Data and Monitoring
Data in School Counseling
Tier II Interventions
Marketing and Branding
university partners
university partners
Our School Counseling Internship Program is partnered with the following universities:
Asuza Pacific University
California State University, Dominguez Hills
California State University, Los Angeles
California State University, Long Beach
Chapman University
Concordia University (Irvine)
Grand Canyon University
Loyola Marymount University
National University
Point Loma Nazarene University
University of La Verne
University of Southen California
If you attend one of these universities and are interested in placement with AUSD, please be sure to follow the application procedure outlined below.
want to join the team?
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APPLICATION PROCEDURE
APPLICATION PROCEDURE
Graduate Students should email their CV/Resume to Ni’Kysha Johnson at johnson_nikysha@ausd.us beginning January 6, 2025. Interviews will be scheduled after review of the CV/Resume. The district will consider an unlimited number of applications to fill 10 open positions.
Graduate Students should email their CV/Resume to Ni’Kysha Johnson at johnson_nikysha@ausd.us beginning January 6, 2025. Interviews will be scheduled after review of the CV/Resume. The district will consider an unlimited number of applications to fill 10 open positions.
The applicant is not obligated to accept an offer for placement, if one is extended.
The applicant is not obligated to accept an offer for placement, if one is extended.
School Counseling Internship Coordinator
School Counseling Internship Coordinator
Ni'Kysha Johnson, MA, PPS
626-943-3410
Onboarding
Onboarding
If you are offered placement with our agency and you accept, onboarding will occur during the summer months. The program coordinator will reach out to with specific information and steps but here is an overview of what you will need to provide:
Proof of a CLEAR TB test within the last 24 months. (At cost of the intern).
Interns must complete and pass a DOJ & FBI Livescan Clearance after accepted offer of placement. (At cost of the intern).
AUSD will provide you with the documentation to complete the Livescan. Other Livescans you have completed in the past or with other agencies will not be accepted.
Proof of their full dose of the COVID19 Vaccine. (At cost of the intern).
Interns may be required to drive to the district office and other sites for trainings, supervision and crisis support. Reliable means of transportation is required for our placement.
Failure to provide the required onboarding documentation may result in AUSD rescinding their offer for placement.
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