Applications to the program must be complete by the second Friday in November.
Interviews are by invitation (e-mailed by December 15th) and occur on January 10, 2013 in Normal, IL. Please reserve this date on your calendar. Please note: with your permission, photographs of applicants will be taken at Interview Day.
Application Procedures:
School psychology students who have completed their practica and program requirements are encouraged to apply to the Illinois School Psychology Internship Consortium. ISPIC desires a diverse applicant pool, including, but not limited to, the following: age, color, disability, ethnicity, gender, language, national origin, race religion, sexual orientation, and social economic status. Applicants must participate in the National Matching Service www.natmatch.com/psychint. ISPIC agrees to abide by the APPIC policy that no person at this training facility will solicit, accept or use any ranking-related information from any intern applicant.
If you would like to contact a current or former intern for a candid review of the program and its Diversity Plan, please e-mail ispic@ilstu.edu.
A completed application includes:
- One on-line APPIC application, which can be accessed from www.appic.org (includes vita, graduate transcripts & letters of recommendation)
- One general cover letter should include a general introductory paragraph and a unique paragraph for each internship opportunity of interest to you. Please label each paragraph with the site name.
- 1-2 Pieces of your work to be uploaded as "supplemental materials" (e.g., an assessment report, a treatment summary, progress monitoring of an intervention, in-service handouts)
For specifics on preparing your application, please click here for Application Tips
Please note: Successful matches must be fingerprinted and pass a background check as well as two pre-certification tests unique to Illinois, the Test of Academic Proficiency & the School Psychology Content Area Exam
Applications are due the second Friday in November.
University "Conflict of Interest" Statement
The Illinois School Psychology Internship Consortium (ISPIC) is sponsored by and partially funded by the four Illinois doctoral granting universities including Illinois State University, Loyola University, National Louis University, and Northern Illinois University. Applicants for the consortium enrolled in these universities will not be given preferential treatment by any of the partnering sites. Rather, all applications are judged based on their unique qualifications. Please see our Conflict of Interest Policy. If you have any questions or concerns related to this issue, please contact ISPIC Director, Dr. Brenda J. Huber.
Revised 10/5/10