School Psychology Masters or Ph.D. Programs

Application Checklist

This checklist is for your use only and is not requiredby the departmentas part of your application.

PART I: Apply to SFA Graduate Studies by completing the following:

Submitan online application to SFA Graduate Studies.

Mail application fee to Graduate Studies(address listed below).Applications will not be processed without an application fee. Please make check/money order payable to: StephenF.AustinStateUniversity.

Send an official transcript from every institution you have attended (even if work appears on another transcript) to the Graduate Studies(address listed below).

Submit GRE scores to SFA Graduate Studies.

Verify with Graduate Studies that no other items are needed, as the department may not have been notified of changes to Grad Studiesapplication requirements.

All items listed in Part I are to be mailed to:

Graduate Studies

Box 13024SFA Station

Nacogdoches, TX75962

Part II: Apply to the School Psychology Program by completing the following:

Typed School Psychology Program application form:Fill out an application and send to Crystal Evans, Program administrative assistant, or to the School Psychology department at the address below.

3 letters of recommendationshould be:

  • From professors and/or supervisors most familiar with your work
  • On official letterhead
  • Attached to your application or mailed directly from the sender
  • Arrive sealed by the letter writer, regardless of who mails/delivers the letter to the department. (Signatures, stamps or seals across the back are recommended.)

Send an official transcript from every institution you have attended to the School Psychology Department at the address below. (Official transcripts are required even if you attended SFA.) Transcripts may be mailed with your application, or they may be sent directly from the school, and must arrivesealed by the registrar’s office.

Copyof your Vita. A vita is an expanded version of your résumé denoting your academic and professional experiences and accomplishments. Please include educational information (list all institutions attended, dates, majors/minors and degree), work history, research/clinical experience, honors, awards, and volunteer activities.

Copyof GRE scores (General scores required; Psychology portion not required).

Required Personal Statements (Essays). On separate sheets, please provide full length answers to the following questions and attach to your application. Please respond to each question separately, with each response clearly labeled (e.g., Statement #1) and stapled.

Respond to each of the followingquestions:

#1. Write a brief narrative (1-2 pages) describing your educationalexperience and any awards or honors you have received, including any publications or papers presented. Include a description of any psychological research you have conducted or participated in, including the number of hours per week and the name of your research supervisor.

#2. There are many career paths in psychology and in education. Why have you chosen to pursue a career in school psychology? There are many school psychology programs across the nation. What specifically attracts you to the SFASU school psychology program?

#3. The mission of our program is to prepare school psychologists who will be change agents in schools. Given your knowledge and range of experiences, if you could change one thing in the schools, what would that be? Why? How do you think you might go about creating this change?

Please respond to at least ONE of the following questions:(you may choose to respond to more than one question):

#4A. In what ways will your background/experience impact your effectiveness as a school psychologist?Specifically address how your background/experience will (a) facilitate and (b) impede or constrain your effectiveness with students, teachers, families, staff, and/or administrators.

#4B. Identify one obstacle, hurdle, or challenge in your life (academic or personal) that had an impact on the person you are today. Describe the situation, your response to the situation, how it influences your approach to new challenges, and any implications for your work in the program and as a future school psychologist.

#4C. What else in your life experience/background will make it possible for you (a) to be an effective school psychologist and (b) to make a unique contribution to the SFA school psychology community and, eventually, to the schools, teachers, students and parents you will serve?

All items listed in Part II are to be mailed to:

Crystal L. Evans

Program Administrative Assistant

Department of Human Services

Box 13019 SFA Station

Nacogdoches, TX 75962

STEPHENF.AUSTINSTATEUNIVERSITY

SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGY PROGRAM

DOCTORAL PROGRAM APPLICATION FORM

2013-2014

NAME: ______

LASTFIRST MIDDLE

PRESENT ADDRESS:

______

STREET OR P.O. BOX CITY STATE ZIP CODE

PHONE: ______EMAIL ADDRESS:______

Have you ever used a name different than that above? If so, what name?

______

NAME AND ADDRESS OF PERSON THROUGH WHOM YOU CAN ALWAYS BE CONTACTED:

______

NAMEADDRESSPHONE NUMBER

List the names of the persons who agreed to submit letters of recommendation to SFA.

1) ______2) ______3) ______

ETHNIC BACKGROUND: (check one)

African American

Native American

Caucasian/White

Asian American

Hispanic

Other (please specify)

______

International Candidate

Citizen of: ______

Applicants are requested to indicate their ethnic background and citizenship status. This information is optional, but important to the success of our Affirmative Action program. You may, without prejudice, elect not to supply this information. If you do so elect, please include a statement to that effect.

AREA OF EDUCATIONAL INTEREST

Professor(s) with whom you are most interested in working (Please list only one faculty member within the School Psychology Program; see faculty profiles(:

List up to 6 other courses (along with the grades received in those courses), that you feel are relevant to your planned field of study.

______

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE – Check all that apply and elaborate upon this in your essay.
Psychology / Other Sciences
Research Assistant / Research Assistant
Research paper presentation / Research paper presentation
Research Publication / Research Publication
School Psychology or related area experience
Indicate what school psychology experience you have had, the name of your supervisor, the number of hours per week, and the number of weeks.
Work in mental health setting(s) / Hours/week / ______
______/ No. of months / ______
Location
______/ Course Credit / Yes______No______
Supervisor
Please indicate if you interested in a Graduate Assistant Position. ______
Please indicate Full Time or Part Time Status. ______
On a separate sheet, please provide full length answers to the questions
listed on the application checklist and attach it to your application.
PLEASE RETURN THIS FORM TO:

Robbie J. Steward, Ph.D.ORCrystal L. Evans
Department Chair/Professor/Program Administrative Assistant

Interim School Psychology Program DirectorDepartment of Human Services

Department of Human ServicesStephen F. Austin State University
Stephen F. Austin State UniversityP.O. Box 13019, SFA Station
P.O. Box 13019, SFA StationNacogdoches, TX 75962-3019
Nacogdoches, TX 75962-3019