Students enrolled in SOCW482 and SOCW 483 Senior Field Education Practicum are assessed by agency
field instructors at the end of the fall and spring semesters. Through the Agency Field Education
Performance Evaluation, agency field instructors rate students on all 41 practice behaviors on a 0 to 4
scale as follows:
4
3
2
1
0
Demonstrates overall competence for this practice behavior
Demonstrates more than satisfactory knowledge and or skill for this practice behavior
Demonstrates satisfactory knowledge and or skill for this practice behavior
Demonstrates minimal knowledge and or skill for this practice behavior
Does not demonstrate knowledge and/or skill for this practice behavior
It is expected that students in the senior year will achieve a rating of 3 or better on all practice behaviors.
The table below shows the percentage of students that achieved a rating of 3 or better on the competency,
which is a compilation of the ratings on the individual practice behaviors for the competency. There were
28 students that completed the Senior Field education practicum for the 2011-2012 academic year.
Table 1: Assessment of Student Learning Outcomes
Competency
SWPC 1 Identify as a professional social worker
SWPC 2 Apply ethical principles
SWPC 3 Apply critical thinking
SWPC 4 Engage diversity in practice
SWPC 5 Advance human rights/ social and economic justice
SWPC 6 Engage research informed practice/ practice informed research
SWPC 7 Apply human behavior knowledge
SWPC 8 Engage policy practice to advance well-being and deliver services
SWPC 9 Respond to practice contexts
SWPC 10a Practice engagement
SWPC 10b Practice assessment
SWPC 10c Practice intervention
SWPC 10d Critically analyze, monitor, and evaluate interventions
% of Students Achieved 3>
Fall
Spring
75.1
86.7
59.9
85.9
60.8
90.0
75.4
86.1
54.2
90.0
51.0
79.2
57.4
84.4
48.3
75.0
74.9
86.3
71.7
92.9
63.1
89.0
46.5
85.3
63.6
78.6