School-Based Practicum: Exploring the Experiences of Student Clinicians, Supervisors, and New Employees

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 269-281
Author(s):  
SallyAnn Giess ◽  
Lauren E. Bland ◽  
C. Colin Farrell
Keyword(s):  
Graduate Students ◽  
Graduate Student ◽  
Graduate Program ◽  
School Setting ◽  
Special Interest Groups ◽  
Clinical Practicum ◽  
New Employees ◽  
New School ◽  
School Based ◽  
Wide Range

Purpose Data collected by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) consistently show that over 50% of ASHA-certified speech-language pathologists (SLPs) are employed in a school-based setting. In such a setting, SLPs address a wide range of disorder areas. Key components of preparation for school-based practice are focused academic coursework, the clinical practicum in a school setting, and practicum supervisors who serve as key figures in training graduate students. This survey focused on the experiences and opinions of three groups: (a) graduate student clinicians who have completed a school-based practicum, (b) supervisors in the schools, and (c) new school-based SLPs. Method Convenience sampling was used to survey newly practicing school-based SLPs and school-based supervisors as well as graduate student clinicians at universities in the mid-south who have completed a school-based practicum. Surveys were posted to two ASHA Special Interest Groups and disseminated by selected graduate program directors to graduate student clinicians. Results were analyzed to measure satisfaction with preparation for school-based service. Surveys were completed electronically and analyzed both qualitatively and quantitatively for consistent themes and trends in responses. Results A total of 252 respondents completed the survey, the majority being school-based supervisors. Graduate clinicians and speech-language pathology supervisors shared similar attitudes regarding graduate clinician preparation for a school-based practicum, with most students indicating they received good or extensive preparation and, similarly, supervisors indicating that graduate students were adequately or well prepared. Differences were found in expectations between groups of what graduate students should know, skills identified as needing better development, and what is important for successful practice in the schools. Conclusions Many factors contribute to the success of a clinical practicum. While students, supervisors, and new employees share beliefs in what is important and have similar confidence in preparedness, there are differences in expectations between groups as well. Communication between university training programs, school-based supervisors, and dedicated coursework to school-based practice are key factors in the successful preparation of school-based clinicians.

Building Creative and Collaborative Toolkits for Graduate Student Funding Pursuits in CSD

2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (10) ◽  
pp. 25-32
Author(s):  
Javad Anjum ◽  
Naveen Nagaraj
Keyword(s):  
Graduate Students ◽  
Graduate Student ◽  
Main Theme ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Funding Opportunities ◽  
Student Funding ◽  
Faculty Mentors

The main theme of this brief tutorial is to assist Communication Sciences and Disorders graduate students and faculty mentors in their independent and collective pursuits of funding opportunities. Readers can make use of the proposed strategies to build creative and collaborative funding toolkits and adopt them to suit their goals of identifying and applying to a wide range of graduate student funding opportunities. Special emphasis will be placed on ways of effectively utilizing the array of cloud-sharing and fund-searching tools to facilitate the fund-seeking process. A primer on drafting successful funding applications and ways of evaluating the integrity of resources will be discussed as well.

scholarly journals Teaching Information Technology to a non-Technical Audience: A Graduate Course on IT for the Historical Profession

10.28945/2721 ◽  
2003 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shawn A. Ross
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Graduate Students ◽  
Graduate Program ◽  
Graduate Course ◽  
Skill Levels ◽  
Class Time ◽  
Research And Teaching ◽  
Software Packages ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Historical Profession

The graduate program in History at William Paterson University explicitly promotes itself as emphasizing information technology. HIST501: Information Technology for the Historical Profession, a course required of all entering graduate students, serves as a foundation for the IT literacy the program seeks to foster. Teaching HIST501 has proved challenging, however, due to the diverse interests and backgrounds of our students and a lack of integration with the broader graduate program. By structuring the course around an historical project—research, composition, and presentation of a thesis proposal— students immediately realize the relevance of IT to their research and teaching. Students learn IT applications and tools by using them to advance their proposal. By devoting class time to discussion of techniques for solving problems, while students learn the details of particular software packages on their own or through individual tutoring, a wide range of skill levels can be accommodated.

Speech-Language Pathology Graduate Student Experiences of Incivility, Bullying, and Intimidation in the Clinical Practicum Setting: An Exploratory Study

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-25
Author(s):  
James M. Mancinelli ◽  
Meredith Kneavel
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Education ◽  
Graduate Students ◽  
Graduate Student ◽  
Clinical Education ◽  
Phenomenological Study ◽  
Psychological Effects ◽  
Speech Language Pathology ◽  
Clinical Practicum ◽  
Language Pathology ◽  
Education Psychology

Purpose The purpose of this phenomenological study was to describe and interpret the experiences of graduate students in communication sciences and disorders who experienced forms of incivility in the clinical practicum setting. There is precedent for identifying and handling incivility, such as bullying, harassment, and intimidation, in the nursing education, psychology education, medical education, and physical therapy literature. A literature search for incivilities such as bullying, harassment, and intimidation in graduate student education in communication sciences and disorders did not yield any systematic studies. Method Nineteen participants who were interested in participating contacted the researcher; of those, nine participants were ultimately interviewed. A thematic analysis of videotaped semistructured interviews was used to measure outcomes based on the five questions posed to the participants. The participants responded to the five questions designed to understand the lived experience of incivility for graduate students in speech-language pathology practicum settings. Conclusions This study fills a gap in the clinical education literature in speech-language pathology. It was a qualitative study using a phenomenological approach that described and interpreted speech-language pathology graduate students' experiences of bullying, harassment, and/or intimidation during clinical practicums across practice settings. Data analysis yielded five themes based on the participants' responses during the interview. The themes were communication, physical and/or psychological effects, interpersonal dynamics, clinical instruction, and lingering physical and psychological effects of the experience. The authors make recommendations to reduce the probability that incivility, bullying, and/or intimidation will occur during a student's clinical practicum experience.

scholarly journals Librarians Aren’t Born with Information Superpowers: Leveling the Playing Field for Incoming Library Science Graduate Students

2016 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Annette Lamb
Keyword(s):  
Graduate Students ◽  
Graduate Program ◽  
Library Science ◽  
Instructional Materials ◽  
Technology Skills ◽  
Design And Development ◽  
Introductory Course ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Instructional Design And Development ◽  
Information And Technology

Students enter the library science graduate program with a wide range of information and technology skills. Today’s graduate courses require students to be able to build web-based pathfinders, use social media, and search databases. This article examines the design and development of an introductory course for incoming library science graduate students that personalizes instruction and ensures that each student is ready for the rigors of graduate school. Taken during the first semester of the program, this introductory course teaches information and technology skills and concepts that are core to library science. The author explores the process of creating a computer-based course that addresses the diverse needs of this student population. Using a systematic approach to instructional design and development, the author outlines the steps in designing, developing, implementing, and evaluating an online, self-paced graduate course. Based on the Dick and Carey model, the process included identifying the instructional goals, conducting an instructional analysis, analyzing learners and contexts, writing performance objectives, developing assessment instruments, developing instructional strategies, developing and selecting instructional materials, designing and conducting formative evaluation of instruction, revising instruction, and designing and conducting summative evaluation. This process produced effective, efficient, and appealing instructional materials. Les étudiants entament un programme d’études supérieures en sciences de l’information avec une panoplie d’habiletés en matière d’information et de technologie. Les cours d’études supérieures requièrent aujourd’hui que les étudiants puissent créer des guides en ligne, utiliser des médias sociaux et interroger des bases de données. Cet article porte sur la conception et le développement d’un cours d’introduction qui est offert aux nouveaux étudiants diplômés en sciences de l’information et qui cherche à individualiser la formation et à s’assurer que chaque étudiant se sent prêt pour les rigueurs d’une école d’études supérieures. Ce cours d’introduction, offert durant le premier semestre du programme, enseigne des habiletés en matière d’information et de technologie essentielles aux sciences de l’information. L’auteure relate le processus entrepris pour créer ce cours informatisé qui répond aux divers besoins des étudiants. En utilisant une approche systématique pour la conception et le développement pédagogique, l’auteure présente les étapes liées à la conception, le développement, la mise en œuvre et l’évaluation d’un cours de maîtrise en ligne adapté au rythme de chacun. Selon le modèle de Dick et Carey, le processus permet d’identifier des objectifs d’apprentissage, mener une analyse pédagogique, mener une analyse des apprenants et des contextes, écrire des objectifs de rendement, développer des instruments d’évaluation, développer des stratégies d’enseignement, développer et choisir du matériel didactique, concevoir et mener une évaluation formative de l’enseignement, réviser l’enseignement ainsi que concevoir et mener une évaluation sommative. Ce processus a fourni du matériel didactique efficace, efficient et attrayant.

scholarly journals Current Employability Scenario of Indian Graduates (Engineering, MBA & Other Streams): A Review

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 01-09
Author(s):  
Rajashree K. Gethe ◽  
◽  
Mahesh S. Hulage ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Graduate Students ◽  
Graduate Student ◽  
Research Paper ◽  
Employability Skills ◽  
Job Market ◽  
Knowledge And Skills ◽  
Or Management ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Remedial Actions

Every Graduate Student dreams for a job with good salary once he receives Engineering and/or Management degree. But many of the graduates are not able to get an employment and those students who are getting the jobs they are being paid with less salary even after investing a lakh of money on their higher education. The general reason found behind this situation is a gap between what skills the industry/employers are expecting and what the skills graduate students are having with them. Today’s Employers are looking for those candidates who are possessing wide range of Knowledge and Skills apart of conventional Degree. The present research paper discusses about the issues, concerns related to the Employability of Engineering and Management graduates. Paper also suggests some remedial actions to resolve the employment problems of the same students and promote the concept of Entrepreneurship where students will become ‘Job giver’ than ‘Job seeker’. Keywords: Employability skills, Engineering and MBA Graduates, Job market, Professional World.

Transitioning from Student to Professional: What's in your Future?

1998 ◽  
Vol 42 (16) ◽  
pp. 1139-1143 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ronald G. Shapiro ◽  
Anthony D. Andre ◽  
Eugenie Bertus ◽  
Melroy D'Souza ◽  
Kristen Gilbert ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Graduate Students ◽  
Human Factors ◽  
Graduate Student ◽  
Career Change ◽  
Job Seekers ◽  
New Employees ◽  
Panel Session ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Answering Questions ◽  
Advanced Graduate

Welcome to the fifth annual Human Factors Society Career panel. This year's panel for the advanced graduate student, or for the individual contemplating a career change focuses on 1) Preparing for a career, 2) Transitioning from being a student to being a professional and 3) Approaching work in a new profession. In the written version of this paper each panelist addressed six questions reflecting on their experiences as job seekers and new employees and, in most cases, as individuals who have been very involved with hiring and or providing extensive career advise to graduate students. At the HFES meeting panel session, the entire panel will focus on answering questions from the audience.

The Delphi Process: Involving Parents of Children With Disabilities in Participatory Consensus Building

2021 ◽  
pp. 105345122110249
Author(s):  
Vita L. Jones ◽  
Randall Boone ◽  
Regina R. Brandon ◽  
Nicole Dobbins ◽  
Kyle Higgins
Keyword(s):  
Children With Disabilities ◽  
School Setting ◽  
Critical Factor ◽  
Linguistically Diverse ◽  
School Policy ◽  
Delphi Process ◽  
Parental Participation ◽  
Consensus Building ◽  
School Based ◽  
Diverse Background

Educators recognize that parental participation is a critical factor in the success of children within a school setting. This is particularly true for parents who have children with disabilities or who are from a culturally or linguistically diverse background. However, reaching out to these families can be a difficult task even for the most empathetic and concerned educator. And while communicating directly with individual parents about their children’s academic and social welfare provides some degree of effective engagement and communication between them and the school, the parents often remain isolated from the concerns and thoughts of other parents who are in similar situations. The Delphi process described in this article creates a collaborative workspace that moves parents from being a “watcher” of school policy or school-based decisions to a “developer” of school policy or school-based decisions. The article outlines and illustrates the steps in the process and further elaborates through an ongoing commentary depicting the creation and implementation of a Delphi with the goal of better engagement with parents.

Getting My Feet Wet: A Student Educator's Perspective on a Successful Learning Experience

1997 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 47-50 ◽  
Author(s):  
Diane Gifford
Keyword(s):  
Graduate Students ◽  
Learning Community ◽  
Graduate Student ◽  
Social Issues ◽  
Learning Experience ◽  
Holistic Education ◽  
Unexpected Events ◽  
School Buses ◽  
Master Of Science ◽  
Strongly Connected

I am a third-semester graduate student at the Audubon Expedition Institute (AEI), a college based in Belfast, Maine. This is a unique, fascinating, and sometimes crazy educational experience in which we travel around a different bioregion of the country each semester. Our method of transport is two converted school buses; we camp out every night and become strongly connected with the land around us. Our degree will be a master of science in environmental education; we study ecosystems and environmental and social issues through self-directed education. Our program emphasizes experiential and holistic education within a strong learning community, and sometimes we have the opportunity to turn unexpected events to our advantage. As a learning community we are each other's roommates, teachers, students, and peers. We cook and eat together and live in an intense, closely knit environment. This semester our community consists of 27 graduate students and four faculty.

FLOTATION MULTISTAGE AND GENERALIZED MODELS OF THE PROCESS HARVESTERS OF KSENOFONTOV TYPE AND FOR SPECIAL PURPOSE

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Boris Ksenofontov
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Graduate Students ◽  
Water Purification ◽  
World Literature ◽  
Flotation Process ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
First Time

A multistage and generalised flotation model, suggested more than 30 years ago by the author, is considered in a wide aspect for the first time in world literature for reader’s attention in monography. The possibilities of its usage are shown in different directions of water flotation purification, sediment thickening and enrichment of minerals. We have shed a light widely on matters concerning new flotation equipment as flotation harvesters of KBS type and for special purposes, which are developed on the basis of flotation process multistage and generalized models. Perspectives and intensification ways of water purification flotation processes are pointed out. It is suggested for a wide range of readers, including researches, Higher education teachers, PhD students, Masters and Bachelors, Graduate students.

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