UNIVERSITY OF MAINE
SCHOOL OF SOCIAL WORK
SWK 695 LEARNING PLAN
STUDENT: ____________________________ DATE: ___________ AGENCY: __________________________
AGENCY SUPERVISOR: _________________________________
INSTRUCTIONS: MSW Program Competencies and Advanced Year Practice Behaviors are outlined in the left-hand column. Students, in consultation with
their field instructors, are to select activities that will help them reach these competencies. Students are also to describe how their learning and performance will
be evaluated. At the end of each academic term, students will be evaluated by the field instructor on their learning and performance.
Competencies and Practice Behaviors
1. Identify as a professional social worker and
conduct oneself accordingly
 Identify opportunities for involvement in
multi-level advanced generalist social
work practice.
 Commit to lifelong learning to enhance
individual professional growth and
development.
 Continually improve practice through use
of supervision and consultation, and selfreflection of personal and professional
motives, needs, and actions
2. Apply social work ethical principles to guide
professional practice
 Apply ethical decision-making skills to
resolve complex ethical issues and
dilemmas in advanced generalist social
work practice
3. Apply critical thinking to inform and
communicate professional judgments
 Evaluate, select, and implement
Objectives and Activities to Attain Competencies
Monitoring/Evaluation Criteria
appropriate assessment, intervention, and
evaluation tools for multi-level advanced
generalist practice in a variety of settings
4. Engage diversity and difference in practice
 Identify and assess multiple perspectives
for advanced generalist practice with a
variety of target groups
5. Advance human rights and social justice
 Advocate at multiple levels to reduce
stigma for diverse populations
6. Engage in research-informed practice and
practice-informed research
 Utilize research results to identify,
evaluate, and select effective strategies for
multi-level advanced generalist practice in
a variety of settings.
 Design and conduct research/evaluation of
practice
7. Apply knowledge of human behavior and the
social environment
 Apply multi-level frameworks for
understanding human behavior and the
social environment to advanced generalist
practice in a variety of settings
8. Engage in policy practice to advance social
and economic well-being and to deliver effective
social work services
 Apply policy practice skills in multi-level
advanced generalist practice in a variety of
settings
9. Respond to contexts that shape practice
 Act as change agents in multi-level
advanced generalist practice in a variety of
settings
10. Engage, assess, intervene, and evaluate with
individuals, families, groups, organizations, and
communities
- Engagement
 Engage diverse groups in multi-level
advanced generalist practice in a variety of
settings
-Assessment
 Adapt, modify, and use assessment tools
and approaches in multi-level advanced
generalist practice in a variety of settings.


Evaluate, select, and implement
appropriate assessment instruments
in multi-level advanced generalist
practice in a variety of settings.
Conduct needs assessment in multilevel advanced generalist practice
in a variety of settings
- Intervention

Apply types of intervention
strategies in multi-level advanced
generalist practice in a variety of
settings.

Identify, evaluate, and select effective
strategies in multi-level advanced
generalist practice in a variety of settings
- Evaluation



Apply research skills to evaluating
advanced generalist practice in a
variety of settings.
Identify and use evaluation tools
for advanced generalist practice in
a variety of settings.
Communicate and disseminate

evaluation results appropriate to
the intended audience.
Work collaboratively with
evaluators/researchers to assess
intervention efficacy and
effectiveness
AGENCY SUPERVISOR: _____________________________________
INSTRUCTIONS: MSW Program Competencies and Advanced Year Practice Behaviors are outlined in the left-hand column. Students, in consultation with
their field instructors, are to select activities that will help them reach these competencies. Students are also to describe how their learning and performance will
be evaluated. At the end of each academic term, students will be evaluated by the field instructor on their learning and performance.
Competencies and Practice Behaviors
1. Identify as a professional social worker and
conduct oneself accordingly
 Identify opportunities for involvement in
multi-level advanced generalist social
work practice.
 Commit to lifelong learning to enhance
individual professional growth and
development.
 Continually improve practice through use
of supervision and consultation, and selfreflection of personal and professional
motives, needs, and actions
2. Apply social work ethical principles to guide
professional practice
 Apply ethical decision-making skills to
resolve complex ethical issues and
dilemmas in advanced generalist social
work practice
3. Apply critical thinking to inform and
communicate professional judgments
 Evaluate, select, and implement
appropriate assessment, intervention, and
evaluation tools for multi-level advanced
generalist practice in a variety of settings
4. Engage diversity and difference in practice
 Identify and assess multiple perspectives
for advanced generalist practice with a
variety of target groups
5. Advance human rights and social justice
Objectives and Activities to Attain Competencies
Monitoring/Evaluation Criteria

Advocate at multiple levels to reduce
stigma for diverse populations
6. Engage in research-informed practice and
practice-informed research
 Utilize research results to identify,
evaluate, and select effective strategies for
multi-level advanced generalist practice in
a variety of settings.
 Design and conduct research/evaluation of
practice
7. Apply knowledge of human behavior and the
social environment
 Apply multi-level frameworks for
understanding human behavior and the
social environment to advanced generalist
practice in a variety of settings
8. Engage in policy practice to advance social
and economic well-being and to deliver effective
social work services
 Apply policy practice skills in multi-level
advanced generalist practice in a variety of
settings
9. Respond to contexts that shape practice
 Act as change agents in multi-level
advanced generalist practice in a variety of
settings
10. Engage, assess, intervene, and evaluate with
individuals, families, groups, organizations, and
communities
- Engagement
 Engage diverse groups in multi-level
advanced generalist practice in a variety of
settings
-Assessment

Adapt, modify, and use assessment tools
and approaches in multi-level advanced
generalist practice in a variety of settings.

Evaluate, select, and implement
appropriate assessment instruments
in multi-level advanced generalist
practice in a variety of settings.
Conduct needs assessment in multilevel advanced generalist practice
in a variety of settings

- Intervention

Apply types of intervention
strategies in multi-level advanced
generalist practice in a variety of
settings.

Identify, evaluate, and select effective
strategies in multi-level advanced
generalist practice in a variety of settings
- Evaluation




Apply research skills to evaluating
advanced generalist practice in a
variety of settings.
Identify and use evaluation tools
for advanced generalist practice in
a variety of settings.
Communicate and disseminate
evaluation results appropriate to
the intended audience.
Work collaboratively with
evaluators/researchers to assess
intervention efficacy and
effectiveness
Jan 2013