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Field Instructor Orientation

Field Instructor Orientation . September 5, 2012. Agenda. Introductions Social Work Web site Description of Program and Courses CEC Field Expectations Competency Based Education Learning Contract Field Evaluation. Web Site. Social Work Program:

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Field Instructor Orientation

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  1. Field Instructor Orientation September 5, 2012

  2. Agenda • Introductions • Social Work Web site • Description of Program and Courses • CEC • Field Expectations • Competency Based Education • Learning Contract • Field Evaluation

  3. Web Site • Social Work Program: • http://ww2.ramapo.edu/sshs/social/fieldinstruct.aspx • Social Work Program Home • Goals & Competencies • Faculty • Curriculum Overview • Student Activities • Fieldwork • BCWEP • For Field Instructors • Links

  4. Program Description • Mission • Liberal Arts Base – General Education courses • School of Social Science Human Services core courses (social issues, history of social thought, sustainability) • Social Work Pre-requisites (biology, sociology, sociology of family, psychology, economics – political economy)

  5. Courses in Social Work Program • Introduction to Social Work • History and Philosophy of Social Welfare • Human Behavior and Social Environment – Cultural Diversity • Human Behavior and Social Environment – Life Cycles • Theory and Practice of Social Work I, II, III • Social Work Research • Contemporary Social Policy

  6. Elective Courses • Child Welfare • Community Mental Health • AIDS: Social Perspective • Law and Social Work • Introduction to Gerontology

  7. Course Enrichment Component(CEC) • Ramapo College requires each course include a minimum of five (5) hours of unmonitored, relevant, and appropriate experience outside of the classroom. All Ramapo College Social Work courses require that satisfaction of the 5 hour CEC be focused on efforts towards social justice. • Ramapo College Social Work Program Commitment to Social Justice As stated in the NASW Code of Ethics, social workers should pursue social change, particularly with and on behalf of vulnerable and oppressed individuals and groups of people • The Social Work Program will identify social justice experiences and policies that are relevant to Theory and Practice I and II. • Your help in identifying appropriate social justice activities would be welcome

  8. eExpectations: Time 200 hours each semester 2 semesters (practice I and II) 1 semester (practice III) Approximately 16 hours per week How frequently per week? Sick time, holidays and snow days must be made up Keep a time sheet

  9. Field Expectations • Time • Holidays – Sick Time • Practice Experiences

  10. Expectations: • Holidays If the agency is closed for a holiday on a field placement day, you must make up the time Winter break holiday time must be negotiated

  11. Placement Assignments • Task expectations • Direct Practice • Macro Practice

  12. At The Beginning • Before the student arrives • First day • First week • First month

  13. Competency Based Education • Council on Social Work Education (CSWE) • Educational Policy and Standards (EPAS) • Competencies • Practice Behaviors

  14. Ramapo College Competencies and Practice Behaviors • 12.1.1 Identify as a professional social worker and conduct oneself accordingly • 2.1.2 Apply social work ethical principles to guide professional practice • 2.1.3 Apply critical thinking to inform and communicate professional judgments • 2.1.4 Engage diversity and difference in practice • 2.1.5 Advance human rights and social, economic, and environ mental justice • 2.1.6 Engage in research-informed practice and practice-informed research • 2.1.7 Apply knowledge of human behavior and the social environment • 2.1.8 Engage in policy practice to advance social and economic well-being and to deliver effective social work services • 2.1.9 Respond to contexts that shape practice • 2.1.10 Engage, assess, intervene, and evaluate with individuals, families, groups, organizations and communities

  15. How to develop field assignments consistent with the competencies • Use the practice behaviors as a lens for looking at the learning experiences at your agency. • Which learning experiences at the agency are related to the practice behaviors? • What might be some practice examples of some of the practice behaviors?

  16. Learning Contract • View Learning Contract online at Social Work Web Site • http://ww2.ramapo.edu/sshs/social/fieldinstruct.aspx • Identify: • Field Instructor • Student Days and Hours • Student Assignments • Supervisory session • Recording Expectations • Winter Break plans • Student practice expectations consistent with competencies

  17. Field Evaluation • View Field Evaluation—new this year—Baccalaureate Education Assessment Project (BEAP) Field Placement Practicum Assessment Instrument (FPPAI) • https://beap.utah.edu/router.php?ID=RAMAFP2012082718574212618 • Instructions to access this are our website. • End of each semester • Reviewed jointly by student and field instructor • Completed by Field Instructor on line • Use Learning Contract as a base • Related to competencies and practice behaviors • Signed by field instructor and student • Print out a copy for your records and submit online

  18. Future Field Instructor Training Sessions • October 3 Supervision and learning styles • October 31 Evaluating student practice, handling problems in the field

  19. Certificates • Please leave your name, agency and license number if you wish approved continuing education units

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