Information is below and attached.

WVU Division of Social Work presents:

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

Wednesday June 11, 8:30am-3:30pm
Instructors:  Samuel Leizear, MSW; Patricia Chase, EdD; Patty Catania,
MSW & Paula Taylor, MSW 

Jerry West Lounge
WVU Coliseum, Morgantown, WV
Approved for 6 Social Work CEUs
Cost:  FREE

The deadline for RSVPs is Friday, June 6, 2008.  Only those who RSVP
can be admitted to the training.  Priority will be given to new field
instructors and task supervisors who will be hosting a student starting
in July or August 2008, others are welcome as space permits.

You may RSVP by contacting Sam Leizear, at 304-293-3501, ext. 3118, or
by email at [log in to unmask]  Please include your name, agency
affiliation, mailing address, phone number and email address, in any
email or voicemail messages, so that we can assure that you receive a
confirmation notice. Upon receipt of your attendance registration, you
will receive a confirmation email, which will include parking and other
logistical information.

Agenda

8:00 – 8:30 	Coffee and Camaraderie

8:30- 9:00	Introductions, Overview of Social Work Curriculum at WVU
and the Place of the Field 			Experiences in the
Curriculum, Generalist Field 	Experiences; Mission of Social Work
			Field Education  (Sam Leizear)

9:00 – 9:45 	Role of the Field Instructor; Agency Orientation;
Supervisory Meetings  (Sam Leizear)

9:45 – 10:00 	Break

10:00 – 10:45 	Integrating Theory with Practice; Creating
Learning Opportunities for the 				Social Work
Student  

10:45-11:30	Learning Contracts   

11:30-12:15	Networking Lunch (New and Seasoned Field
Instructors-Presentation by 					current
FI- Patty Catania)
		
12:15 – 1:15  	Ethical Issues in Field Instruction:  A
Structured Discussion with New and 				Seasoned
Field Instructors  (Paula Taylor)

1:15 – 2:15	Evaluating Student Performance 

2:15 – 3:30	Evidence-Based Practice 


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.

8.  Define evidence-based practice

9.  Identify potential ways to incorporate evidence-based practice in
their work as field supervisors.