BSW Final Evaluation of Student Learning Outcomes - Generalist Practice Behaviors
Student: _______________________________
Agency Field Instructor: _________________________
Date:
Agency: ______________________________________
_______________________________
Section I
LIST THE STUDENT’S KEY LEARNING EXPERIENCES AND ASSIGNMENTS
Section II
CORE COMPETENCIES
Please use the following scale to rate each Practice Behavior. Refer to the Learning Contract for Competency Definitions.
Put the number in the blank provided that best represents your assessment of the student’s demonstrated competency.
Does not meet:
Student does not
meet agency and
professional
expectations.
1
Marginal:
Demonstrates some
understanding of the
skill, but shows little
ability to implement
in practice; does not
meet agency and
professional
expectations.
Limited:
Demonstrates a
limited understanding
of the skill and shows
some ability to
implement in
practice, but the
student has not fully
met the expectation
in this area.
Competent:
Demonstrates a
sufficient
understanding of the
skill, and is able to
implement in practice
most of the time;
Meets agency and
professional
expectations.
Excels:
Demonstrates an
outstanding ability to
consistently and
effectively implement
the skill in practice;
Exceeds agency and
professional
expectations.
2
3
4
5
2.1.1- Identify as a professional social worker and conduct oneself accordingly.
1. _____ Advocate for client access to the services of social work.
2. _____ Practice personal reflection and self-correction.
3. _____ Attend to professional roles and boundaries.
4. _____ Demonstrate professional demeanor in behavior, appearance, and communication.
5. _____ Engage in career-long learning.
6. _____ Use supervision and consultation.
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2.1.2- Apply social work ethical principles to guide professional practice.
7. _____ Recognize and manage personal values in a way that allows professional values to guide practice.
8. _____ Make ethical decisions by applying standards of the NASW Code of Ethics and, as applicable, of the
International Federation of Social Workers/International Association of Schools of Social Work
Ethics in Social Work, Statement of Principles.
9. _____ Tolerate ambiguity in resolving ethical conflicts.
10. _____ Apply strategies of ethical reasoning to arrive at principled decisions.
2.1.3- Apply critical thinking to inform and communicate professional judgments.
11. _____ Distinguish, appraise, and integrate multiple sources of knowledge, including research-based
knowledge, and practice wisdom.
12. _____ Analyze models of assessment, prevention, intervention, and evaluation.
13. _____ Demonstrate effective oral and written communication in working with individuals, families,
groups, organizations, communities, and colleagues
2.1.4- Engage diversity and difference in practice.
14. _____ Recognize the extent to which a culture’s structures and values may oppress, marginalize, alienate,
or create or enhance privilege and power.
15. _____ Gain sufficient self-awareness to eliminate the influence of personal biases and values in working
with diverse groups.
16. _____ Recognize and communicate their understanding of the importance of difference in shaping life
experiences.
17. _____ View themselves as learners and engage those with whom they work as informants.
2.1.5- Advance human rights and social and economic justice.
18. _____ Understand the forms and mechanisms of oppression and discrimination.
19. _____ Advocate for human rights and social and economic justice.
20. _____ Engage in practices that advance social and economic justice.
2.1.6- Engage in research-informed practice and practice-informed research.
21. _____ Use practice experience to inform scientific inquiry.
22. _____ Use research evidence to inform practice.
2.1.7- Apply knowledge of human behavior and the social environment.
23. _____ Utilize conceptual frameworks to guide the processes of assessment, intervention, and evaluation.
24. _____ Critique and apply knowledge to understand person and environment.
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2.1.8- Engage in policy practice to advance social and economic well-being and to deliver
effective social work services.
25. _____ Analyze, formulate, and advocate for policies that advance social well-being.
26. _____ Collaborate with colleagues and clients for effective policy action.
2.1.9- Respond to contexts that shape practice.
27. _____ Continuously discover, appraise, and attend to changing locales, populations, scientific and
technological developments, and emerging societal trends to provide relevant services.
28. _____ Provide leadership in promoting sustainable changes in service delivery and practice to improve the
quality of social services.
2.1.10(a)-(d)- Engage, assess, intervene, and evaluate with individuals, families, groups,
organizations, and communities.
2.1.10(a)- Engagement
29. _____ Substantively and affectively prepare for action with individuals, families, groups, organizations,
and communities.
30. _____ Use empathy and other interpersonal skills.
31. _____ Develop a mutually agreed-on focus of work and desired outcomes.
2.1.10(b)- Assessment
32. _____ Collect, organize, and interpret client assessment information.
33. _____ Assess strengths and limitations of client systems.
34. _____ Develop mutually agreed-on intervention goals and objectives.
35. _____ Select appropriate intervention strategies.
2.1.10(c)- Intervention
36. _____ Initiate actions to achieve organizational goals.
37. _____ Implement prevention interventions that enhance client capacities.
38. _____ Help clients resolve problems.
39. _____ Negotiate, mediate, and advocate for clients.
40. _____ Facilitate transitions and endings.
2.1.10(d)- Evaluation
41. _____ Critically analyze, monitor, and evaluate interventions
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Section III
OVERALL PERFORMANCE Taking everything into consideration, please rate the student's overall performance during the term using one
of the numbers on the following scale:
Does not meet:
Student has not
met the
expectations for
field.
Marginal:
Shows very little
ability to succeed
in practice. Has
not met
expectations for
field.
Limited:
Shows some
evidence of
succeeding in
practice. Has not
fully met the
expectations for
field.
Competent:
Shows the level
of understanding
and skills
expected for
generalist/BSW
practitioners.
Has met the
expectations for
field.
1
2
3
4
Excels:
Shows an
outstanding level
of understanding
and skills for
generalist/BSW
practitioners. Has
exceeded
expectations for
field.
5
42. _____ Overall performance rating.
Please explain your rating:
SUMMARY OF STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES: Comment as to the student's major strengths and area(s) needing improvement. Areas of strengths:
Areas needing improvement:
The student must sign this evaluation. The student's signature indicates that the student has read the evaluation. Any discrepancies in the student's and field instructor's perception of the student's performance should be noted below. Field Instructor Date Student Date Student's comments: Foundation/Generalist Practice Behaviors Evaluation
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