The Monroe County School System

205 OAK GROVE RD.
MADISONVILLE, TN 37354
Phone: (423) 442-5592

The Monroe County School System serves as an intern site through a contractual agreement with the Little Tennessee Valley Educational Cooperative.  Monroe County serves approximately 5,500 students in grades preschool through twelve.  Sixteen percent of the school populations are special needs children who are provided the full spectrum of services from inclusion to developmental classes and related services.  Their school system has eleven school campuses in three civil districts.

Monroe County is a predominately rural area located at the foothills of the Smoky Mountains about 45 minutes southeast of Knoxville, TN.  They are surrounded by an abundance of wildlife and beautiful mountains.  Sites of interest include the Cherokee National Forest, Tellico Lake, and the Lost Sea.  The people of Monroe County are friendly and have high values and integrity.  For further information contact their web site at http://www.monroe.k12.tn.us/

Interns working within this system are afforded the opportunity to conduct an in-house research project, work with a full-service school clinic, attend national, state, and local professional development seminars as well as develop skills in working with other professionals, parents, and students.  Interns are encouraged to be creative and to rely upon the resources available to achieve their goals.

Supervision is considered an important component of the overall internship program.  Each full-time intern receives two hours of individual one-on-one supervision from doctoral level licensed psychologists on a weekly basis.  All interns in the consortium will receive two hours per week of group supervision from a licensed psychologist through the Consortium. 

It is possible for the intern to receive up to 3 hours a semester of graduate internship credit through the University of Tennessee.  The Consortium conducts the two hours per week of group supervision in such a manner that it meets the University’s requirements for graduate credit.  If an intern is interested in receiving graduate credit for this time, she or he needs to make an arrangement directly with the University.  Requesting graduate credit for the group supervision is not required of the intern.  This is simply an additional benefit to the intern if it is of value for her or him.

The Monroe County School System does not anticipate any internship positions for the 2010-2011 internship year.

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