Supervision experience of school counselors in training in Indonesia

• Main Author: Agustin, Adhi Krisna Maria
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Animo Repository 2021
• Subjects: Counseling; Counselors > Training of; Counselors—Supervision of; Student counselors > Indonesia; Counselor Education
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etdm_counseling/1; https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/context/etdm_counseling/article/1001/viewcontent/2021_Agustin_Adhi_Partial.pdf
• Institution: De La Salle University

This qualitative study was conducted to explore the supervision experience of school counselors-in-training (SCITs) in Indonesia. Thirty SCITs who were also university students who have undertaken practicum were interviewed to explore their experiences of being supervised in their practicum sites. Goals for supervision involved to assist SCIT in completing the practicum requirement of their university program, to help SCIT’s to develop and implement the guidance curriculum, to assist SCIT’s in developing counseling skills, to assist SCIT’s in optimizing the role of systems involved in school counseling and to assist SCIT’s in developing the connection between parent and school. Supervisor’s roles and functions included SCITs’ facilitator to facilitating SCIT’s to complete administrative requirements. Data also showed that there are systems involved in the supervision such as interactions between university, school that served as the practicum site, site supervisor, teacher, parents, students, school administration, and SCITs. These systems’ interactions impacted the supervision experience of SCITs. The SCIT’s also recommended ideal supervision practices they felt would be more helpful to professional development. Implications to counselor education and training as well as to future research were discussed.