“Including Field Instruction in Your Social Work Practice: From
Mission to Evaluation”
Sponsored by WVU Division of Social Work

Monday, January 11, 2010 8:30 AM to 2:45 PM
Mylan Room, Mon General McQuain Conference Center, Morgantown, WV

(Priority given to new field instructors and task supervisors who will
be hosting a student starting in January 2010, or whose agency is
currently hosting a student, others are welcome as space permits).

Presenters:  Pat Chase, MSW, EdD, Kristina Hash, PhD, & Sam Leizear,
MSW
Lunch provided
6 social work CEUs

RSVP by January 4, 2010.   You may RSVP in one of the following ways,
contact Ms. Morgan Gorbey, at 304-293-3192,
or [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.

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.