School Counseling - Master of Arts Degree in Education

Practica and Internship

Students are expected to participate in a practicum as well as internship assignments. The practicum consists of 15 weeks within a public school setting for an average of 10-12 hours per week. In most cases, students complete their practicum in public school sites within Connecticut. However, students are allowed to complete their practicum outside of Connecticut provided that the school site is within close enough proximity to the UConn Storrs campus that they will be able to attend an accompanying practicum group supervision course in-person at the UConn Storrs campus for the duration of the semester in which they are participating in the practicum.

For internship, students who are not certified teachers with at least 30-months of teaching experience must complete 10 months (190 days) of full-time work within a public school setting as a school-counseling intern. Typically, a public school work-week is 32.5 hours. Throughout the internship period students are expected to document at least 360 hours devoted to direct service to students.

Students who are certified teachers and have taught for a minimum of three years with that status are allowed to waive the 10 month requirement, but are still required to complete a 600 hour internship in a school setting.