WVU Division of Social Work presents:

“Including Field Instruction in Your Social Work Practice:  Training
for New, Potential and Returning Field Instructors”

5/28/08, 10am-2pm
Instructor:  Betsy Randall, PhD, LICSW 

Health Sciences Center Rm. 3294
3110 MacCorkle Ave SE, Charleston
Charleston
Approved for 3 Social Work CEUs
Cost:  FREE

RSVP by Noon on May 27 to Judy Newhouse at [log in to unmask] 

Agenda

10am - 12pm		Introductions, Overview of Social Work
Curriculum at WVU and the Place of (w/15 min. break)	the Field
Experiences in the Curriculum, Generalist Field Experiences; Mission
				of Social Work Field Education

			Role of the Field Instructor; Agency
Orientation; Supervisory Meetings

12-1pm			Lunch

1-2pm			Integrating Theory with Practice; Creating
Learning Opportunities for the 				Social Work
Student

			Learning Contracts 

Purpose: This training is designed primarily for new and potential
field instructors and task supervisors, as well as for those field
instructors and task supervisors who need a refresher because they have
not been an active field instructor/task supervisor for one or more
years or because they initially received training prior to late 2003.
	The purpose of the training is to give new and potential field
instructors and task supervisors some basic knowledge and skills to
enable them, not only to direct social work students with respect to
daily tasks, but also to integrate classroom learning and practice
theories with day-to-day field activities.

Learning Objectives: At the end of this training, participants will
have knowledge to-

1. Understand the place of the field experience in social work
education;

2. Articulate the roles of the field instructor, faculty field liaison,
field instruction
    coordinator, and student in the experiential learning process,
including resolution of
    problems that may arise in the field;

3. Develop with the student a coherent learning contract specific to
the level of field
    instruction that relates field activities with classroom learning;

4. Conduct an effective agency orientation and weekly supervisory
meetings;

5. Identify essential theoretical content as the field placement
unfolds and incorporate this
    content into the experience;

6. Recognize legal and ethical issues related to having a student in
the agency setting;

7. Evaluate student performance.