Interview Paper

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Interview Project

General Instructions

Interview an appropriate practicing counselor that is in concert with your desired area in which to work after graduation. This could include a community college counselor, an area vocational school counselor, or a college counselor.

Focus on the following things:

 The counselor’s activities in providing career information, assessment, and career counseling.

 Strategies used for advocating for diverse clients with regard to career, educational development, and employment opportunities in the global economy.

 Strategies used to facilitate client skill development for career, education, and life-work planning and manage.

 Strategies employed to advocate for people with special needs.

Submit your paper to the Turnitin link below. The paper must be submitted in Microsoft Word; Times New Roman font; 12 pt. font size; margins 1” on all sides; double-spaced. The assignment should be written on a graduate level and references used should be cited within the discussion and documented in a reference list using APA styling.

Post your paper, as a single document, to the grade book through Turnitin.com. An originality score greater than 25% will result in a severe penalty.

Scoring Guidelines

Points available: 100

Component Unacceptable Revisions Required Target

Interviewee

Qualifications Include background information including

educational attainment, work history, current

work environment and population descriptions, and job responsibilities

and duties

Summary is missing descriptions of

background information in one or more required areas;

descriptions are vague (0 points)

Summary includes descriptions of all

required background information, but lacks

sufficient detail (10 points)

Summary includes thorough descriptions

of all required background information (educational

attainment, work history, current work

environment and population

descriptions, and job responsibilities and duties) (20 points)

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Component Unacceptable Revisions Required Target

Counseling Philosophy

Clear description of the

interviewee personal

counseling philosophy

Description is missing

or unclear, and key

ideas are not well

supported (0 points)

Description is

provided, but

explanations of key

ideas are vague or

incomplete, or not well

supported (10 points)

Description provided is

comprehensive and

complete; key ideas

are clearly stated,

explained, and well

supported (20 points)

Practice

Describe day to day

activities including

theories that guide

practice, assessments

used and how,

professional

development activities,

and rewards and

frustrations the job

Explanation regarding

practice is missing

information about one

or more of the required

areas (theories that

guide practice,

assessment uses,

professional

development, or

professional

fulfillment) (0 points)

Explanation regarding

practice includes

information about

theories that guide

practice, assessment

uses, professional

development, and

professional fulfillment

but lacks sufficient

detail (15 points)

Well developed

explanation regarding

practice, including

detailed information

about theories that

guide practice,

assessment uses,

professional

development, and

professional fulfillment

(30 points)

Is correct sentence

structure utilized?

Contains multiple and

serious errors of

sentence structure: i.e.

fragments, run-ons;

unable to write simple

sentences (0 points)

Formulaic sentence

patterns or overuse of

simple sentences;

errors in sentence

structure (5 points)

Effective and varied

sentences; errors (if

present) due to lack of

careful proofreading

(10 points)

Are proper mechanics

utilized?

Numerous errors in

spelling and

capitalization; intrusive

and/or inaccurate

punctuation;

communication is

hindered (0 points)

Contains several

punctuation, spelling,

and/or capitalization

errors (up to 6); errors

may or may not

interfere with meaning

(5 points)

Virtually free of

punctuation, spelling,

capitalization errors

(no more than 3);

errors do not interfere

with meaning (10

points)

Is APA format

followed?

Contains many and/or

serious APA format

errors (0 points)

Contains several minor

APA format errors (up

to 3) (5 points)

Both in-text citations and reference list are free from errors (10

points)