• Describe your identity as an ethical, socially just professional [for this part write about how I have many privileged identities like being white, English speaking, and middle class, so I am aware of how my identities can affect my practice, like knowing I can’t give a good assessment to a student who doesn’t speak English or working with our social workers about how to discuss a child’s mental health problems when a family is from a culture that treats mental health problems with religious practices; learn about how different practices in school psychology affect students from different communities; try to learn from staff and students and not make assumptions about others (like that it’s easy for them to access resources like medication or outside tutoring), and prioritizing self-determination (what students and families want for themselves rather than what I or the school want for them)
• Explain how you engage in ethical decision-making in a diverse, multicultural school context (consult with colleagues; engage families and students in collaborative problem solving; ask families and students what they want and what they think will help them; engage in qualitative and quantitative reflection about service delivery to ensure equitable outcomes; engage cultural brokers in school and develop cultural competency)
• Provide examples of how you apply principles of social justice in your practice (consult with colleagues, develop relationships to make change, avoid pathologizing students or families, assume students and families are making rational choices to meet their needs).
