FIELD INSTRUCTOR
ORIENTATION
SEPTEMBER 5, 2012
AGENDA
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Introductions
Social Work Web site
Description of Program and Courses
CEC
Field Expectations
Competency Based Education
Learning Contract
Field Evaluation
WEB SITE
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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
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)
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
ELECTIVE COURSES
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Child Welfare
Community Mental Health
AIDS: Social Perspective
Law and Social Work
Introduction to Gerontology
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
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EXPECTATIONS:
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
FIELD EXPECTATIONS
• Time
• Holidays – Sick Time
• Practice Experiences
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
PLACEMENT ASSIGNMENTS
• Task
expectations
• Direct Practice
• Macro
Practice
AT THE BEGINNING
• Before the student arrives
• First day
• First week
• First month
COMPETENCY BASED EDUCATION
• Council on Social Work Education (CSWE)
• Educational Policy and Standards (EPAS)
• Competencies
• Practice Behaviors
RAMAPO COLLEGE COMPETENCIES AND
PRACTICE BEHAVIORS
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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
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2.1.6 Engage in research-informed practice
and practice-informed research
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2.1.7 Apply knowledge of human behavior
and the social 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
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2.1.9 Respond to contexts that shape
practice
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2.1.10 Engage, assess, intervene, and
evaluate with individuals, families, groups,
organizations and communities
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?
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
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=RAMAFP20120827
18574212618
• 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
FUTURE FIELD INSTRUCTOR TRAINING
SESSIONS
• October 3
Supervision and learning styles
• October 31
Evaluating student practice, handling
problems in the field
CERTIFICATES
• Please leave your name, agency and license
number if you wish approved continuing education
units