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High-Quality Internships to Advance Rural School Staff Pipelines
Breakout Session #1
Presentation Date: Monday, October 28, 2024
Presentation Time: 9:50 - 10:40 a.m.
Location: Tundra C
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DESCRIPTION:
School staff have the greatest efficacy in positively impacting student outcomes. With national staffing shortages, schools are struggling to maintain their greatest assets, particularly in specialized areas. As a four district consortium located in rural south central Wisconsin, the Wisconsin Well Be’s is a recipient of the Mental Health Service Professional Demonstration Grant. We recruit, hire, and train graduate school counselor students through paid internships. Learn about our project including the implementation of high-quality onboarding, training plans (recruiting methods, contracts, professional development, ongoing coaching), how interns support the work of school-based mental health plans, and tips for working with university and community partners. Take away ready-to-use insight and resources specific to rural communities, and most importantly, hope, so you can implement a similar project no matter what your size or budget.
Participants will take away:
Framework to employ student interns
Tools to onboard and provide ongoing coaching to interns
Marketing strategies, job descriptions, contracts, and MOU samples
Tips for leveraging work as a consortium
Hope to implement this in your rural school/community
PRESENTER: Brittany Cashman, MHSP Grant Manager
Brittany Cashman believes in implementing innovative solutions to complex educational problems. A previous secondary principal, Brittany now manages the federal Mental Health Service Professional Demonstration Grant on behalf of four consortium school districts (Cambria-Friesland, Pardeeville Area, Randolph, Rio Community) while also helping advance student-centered initiatives within the Randolph School District.