Total units required for Credential: 91-95

Program Description

The Pupil Personnel Services School Psychology Endorsement Credential is administered by the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing (CCTC). California State University, Sacramento, is accredited by the CCTC to award this credential to students meeting program requirements. The credential is required to practice as a school psychologist in the state of California. Possession of the MA in School Psychology or its equivalent, and the Pupil Personnel Services School Psychology Endorsement Credential also prepares an individual to meet the academic requirements for California's Licensed Educational Psychologist license administered by the Board of Behavioral Science Examiners, California Department of Consumer Affairs.

Unique strengths of the program include supervised training in a clinic setting, early field experience that includes a minimum 325-hour field placement in public school settings, and instruction by faculty who hold school psychology credentials.

The program also offers a School Psychology Internship Program. The internship is typically paid and interns are selected by employing districts. Students are not eligible for the School Psychology Internship Program until they are ready to register for EDS 441A, Internship in School Psychology. For the full time student this usually occurs in the fifth semester of the program. A minimum 1,200-hour internship, completed in not more than four semesters, is required and must be approved by the School Psychology Program's Internship Coordinator.

Program Requirements

The Pupil Personnel Services School Psychology Endorsement Credential requires the program outlined for the MA in School Psychology plus additional coursework. The requirements listed below include both MA in School Psychology courses AND the practicum and fieldwork requirements that are unique to the Pupil Personnel Services School Psychology Endorsement Credential.

Note. Students who were awarded an appropriate graduate degree prior to beginning the Pupil Personnel Services School Psychology Endorsement Credential may (with the approval of relevant faculty) substitute prior course work for selected courses listed in this Plan of  Study Grid.