Upending the shortages crisis: A national survey of school psychology recruitment

Joel O Bocanegra; Aaron A Gubi; Yanchen Zhang; Emery Clayson; Minghui Hou; Celal Perihan

doi:10.1037/spq0000486

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Upending the shortages crisis: A national survey of school psychology recruitment

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Upending the shortages crisis: A national survey of school psychology recruitment

Joel O Bocanegra, Aaron A Gubi, Yanchen Zhang, Emery Clayson, Minghui Hou and Celal Perihan

School psychology, Vol.37(2), pp.97-106

03/01/2022

DOI: 10.1037/spq0000486

PMID: 35099240

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Abstract

School psychology is experiencing a shortages crisis. There is also lack of national data regarding current recruitment practices. Understanding these practices is essential to overcome these personnel shortages. In this national study, 151 school psychology programs within the US and its territories were surveyed. Participants were chosen from a national comprehensive list of school psychology programs compiled by the research team. The survey was created through a detailed review of relevant literature and distributed by email using Qualtrics. Various recruitment strategy domains were examined. Findings suggest that program representatives perceived program location to be most important and program cost the least important for students choosing their programs. Furthermore, respondents indicated a general consensus regarding the importance of establishing a recruitment pipeline. Moreover, programs within smaller communities appeared to be more involved in recruitment pipeline efforts. Descriptives for recruitment strategy domains are presented and implications are discussed. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved).

Ethnicity

Humans

Psychology, Educational - education

Schools

Students

Surveys and Questionnaires

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Title: Subtitle: Upending the shortages crisis: A national survey of school psychology recruitment
Creators: Joel O Bocanegra - Department of School Psychology and Educational Leadership.
Aaron A Gubi - Kean University
Yanchen Zhang - Department of School Psychology and Educational Leadership.
Emery Clayson - Department of School Psychology and Educational Leadership.
Minghui Hou - Department of School Psychology and Educational Leadership.
Celal Perihan - Department of Teaching and Educational Studies.
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: School psychology, Vol.37(2), pp.97-106
Publisher: Educational Publishing Foundation-American Psychological Assoc
DOI: 10.1037/spq0000486
PMID: 35099240
ISSN: 2578-4218
eISSN: 2578-4226
Language: English
Date published: 03/01/2022
Academic Unit: Psychological and Quantitative Foundations
Record Identifier: 9984371091802771

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