WVU Division of Social Work presents:

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

Wednesday June 18, 10am-4:15pm
Instructors:  Samuel Leizear, MSW; Patricia Chase, EdD;and  Lori Fell,
MDiv, MSW

Science Hall, Room 108
Potomac State College, Keyser, WV
Approved for 6 Social Work CEUs
Cost:  FREE

The deadline for RSVPs is Monday June 16, 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 the summer of 2008, others are welcome as space permits.

You may RSVP by contacting Kimberly Kincaid, at 304-293-3501, ext.
3110, 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.

Agenda

9:30-10:00 	Coffee and Camaraderie

10:00-10:30	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  

10:30-11:00 	Role of the Field Instructor; Agency Orientation;
Supervisory Meetings 

11:00-12:15            Integrating Theory with Practice; Creating
Learning Opportunities for the 				Social Work
Student: Developing the Learning Contract

12:15-1:15	Networking Lunch (New and Seasoned Field
Instructors-Presentations by 				current FIs) 

1:15-2:00 	Ethical Issues in Field Instruction:  A Structured
Discussion 
		
2:15-3:00   	Evaluating Student Performance (Small Group Exercise)

3:15-3:30	Break		

3:30-4:15	Evidence-Based Practice


Purpose:  This training session is designed primarily for new and
potential field instructors and task supervisors, as well as for those
field instructors and task supervisors who will have generalist
placement students in the Summer. 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—

●	Understand the place of the field experience in social work
education;
●	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;
●	Develop with the student a coherent learning contract specific
to the level of field instruction that relates field activities with
classroom learning;
●	Conduct an effective agency orientation and weekly supervisory
meetings;
●	Identify essential theoretical content as the field placement
unfolds and incorporate this content into the experience;
●	Recognize legal and ethical issues related to having a student
in the agency setting;
●	Evaluate student performance.
●	 Develop a beginning understanding of evidence-based practice