The information gathered via the use of these forms is used to plan some of our Intern and Orientation Seminars, and match primary supervision pairs. The Director of Training uses this information as well as the preferences of the interns and the senior staff to select the primary supervisor for each intern. Interns and supervisors are encouraged to continue defining and articulating interns' training goals throughout the internship. The evaluation and due process procedures are explained to interns during orientation. In addition, each primary supervisor reviews the evaluation form with the intern supervisee at the beginning of their work together.
Intern performance is evaluated continually across the span of the internship.
Interns and senior staff supervisors work together closely on many of the tasks in which a counseling center psychologist engages. Staff observe interns' intakes, individual and group therapy, emergency sessions, consultation and outreach work, administrative tasks, and professional interactions with other Counseling Center staff and with adjunct training staff. Feedback is given on a continuous basis during individual and group supervision as well as in meetings initiated by staff and interns. Formal evaluations of the interns' work are held five times each year. Each intern's primary supervisor shares the agreed upon goals and the progress made.