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”

Friday September 19, 8:30am-3:30pm
Instructors:  Samuel Leizear, MSW; Patricia Chase, EdD; Linda Ferrise,
MSW; and Meena Venkataraman, PhD
Jerry West Lounge
WVU Coliseum, Morgantown, WV
Approved for 6 Social Work CEUs
Cost:  FREE

The deadline for RSVPs is Wednesday, September 17, 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 October 2008 or started hosting a student in July/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.  The deadline for RSVP is Wednesday, September 17,
2008.    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 
(Patricia Chase)

10:45-11:30	Learning Contracts   (Linda Ferrise)

11:30-12:15	Networking Lunch (New and Seasoned Field
Instructors-Presentations by 				current FIs- (to
be announced)
		
12:15 - 1:15  	Ethical Issues in Field Instruction:  A Structured
Discussion with New and 				Seasoned Field
Instructors (Sam Leizear)

1:15 - 2:15	Evaluating Student Performance (Small Group Exercise)
(Linda Ferrise)

2:15 - 3:30	Evidence-Based Practice (Meena Venkataraman)


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.