Illinois School Psychology Internship Consortium

Sponsored By:

Illinois State University

Loyola University

National-Louis University

Northern Illinois University

Application Procedures

School psychology students who have completed their practicum 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 (except that which is allowed within the context of arranging interviews for programs within ISPIC).

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)
• 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)
• Site interest form to be cut & pasted into your cover letter. One general cover letter should include a unique paragraph for each internship opportunity of interest to you. Please label each paragraph.. See "tips" below for more details.

For specifics on preparing your application, please click here for Application Tips. Tips have been pasted here due to tech problems.

Tips for Preparing your Application Materials

Note:  If you are from a clinical or counseling psychology program rather than a school psychology program, we respectfully request that you do not apply.  Your materials will not be reviewed.

1. You will cut and paste the “Site interest form” into a document so that it is followed by your cover letter. Please put your paragraphs in the order in which they are listed on the site interest form.  Cover letters should be addressed "Dear Training Supervisor."  Supervisors will be scrolling thru the document looking for the paragraph meant for their sites, and your labeling each and putting them in order will facilitate this process.
2. Please combine your work products into one document and upload them in the “supplemental information” spot.
3. If you have less than 800 hours of practicum (400 direct service) or if you have not passed your comprehensive examinations prior to applying, you will need to provide some additional information.  Please provide an e-mail from your university advisor or program director assuring ISPIC that you will be allowed to go on internship even if you do not pass your comprehensive exams.  We will not rank an individual whose program could restrict them from upholding their match contract.  Also, if you do not have a total of at least 800 hours of practicum (400 direct service), please have your university advisor or program director write an e-mail assuring the program that you will accrue these hours prior to internship or provide rationale of extenuating circumstances, which would justify fewer hours being perceived as acceptable.  E-mails can be sent to bjhuber@ilstu.edu.
4. Invitations to Interview Day on January 7, 2009 will be e-mailed to you by December 15. 
5. January 7th will be our only Interview Day.  We collect data regarding the other programs to which applicants tend to apply, have documented when they are interviewing, and have made every effort to avoid conflicts.  Several other programs will be interviewing on the 7th, but have additional dates for interviews if requested. 
6. Both on Wednesday the 6th and Friday the 8th, ISPIC sites will be holding open houses.  You will most likely have to choose only a few sites to visit and will want to have your own transportation.
7. For your convenience, there will be a block of reasonably priced rooms reserved at a hotel in Bloomington/Normal. These hotels provide shuttle service to and from the
8. Please note that all successful intern matches are required to be fingerprinted and pass a background check before being permitted to begin training in the schools.

Applications for the 2010-11 training year are to be received by November 13, 2009.

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 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.