BASW FIELD ORIENTATION

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BASWFIELD ORIENTATION

• PART B

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SOCIAL WORK 195A-B

• 6 units/semester
• Field days Mon/Wed, or Wed/Fri
• Same placement for 2 semesters
• Credit/No Credit at the end of each semester
• Taken concurrently with 140B-C

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START/END DATES

• FALL SEMESTER
• Starts Week of September 8
• Ends December 11
• SPRING SEMESTER
• Starts Week of January 4, 2010
• Ends May 14, 2010

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SEPTEMBER

• Monday, September 7 Labor Day Campus closed, no
  classes or field
• September 8 11 First Week of FieldBring 140B
  syllabus, information on how to contact Faculty
  Liaison, and Learning Agreement to placement

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OCTOBER

• Monday, October 5 Learning Agreements DueTo be
  completed and turned in to students faculty
  field liaison.
• Monday, October 12 Columbus Day Campus open,
  classes held.
• Friday, October 16    NO FIELD ALL-CAMPUS
  FURLOUGH DAY

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NOVEMBER

• Monday, November 2 Mid-Semester Field Placement
  Progress Reports DueField instructors should
  mail to faculty field liaison.
• Wednesday, November 11 Veterans Day Campus
  closed, no classes or field.
• November 26 27 Thanksgiving Recess Campus
  closed, no classes or field.

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DECEMEBR

• December 7 11 Last Week of Field for Fall
  semester
• Friday, December 11 Field Evaluations Due Last
  Day of Field. Signed, original Field Evaluation
  to be turned in to students field liaison. 
  Failure to submit a complete Field Evaluation by
  this date may result in student receiving an
  Incomplete in SWRK 195A for the semester. 

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DECEMBER (contd)

• December 14 18 Final Examinations No Field
• December 23, 2009 through January 1, 2010.
  Winter BreakStudents are not in field.  Campus
  closed from Dec. 23-Jan. 1

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JANUARY

• Monday, January 4 First day of field for Spring
  semester
• Monday, January 18 Martin Luther King, Jr.
  Holiday NO FIELD
• Monday, January 25 Spring Semester classes begin

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FEBRUARY-APRIL

• Monday, February 15 All-campus furlough day
  NO FIELD
• March 29-April 2 Spring Break NO FIELD
• Monday, April 5 Classes resume

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MAY

• Friday, May 14 Last day of Field Student
  Evaluations turned in to Faculty Liaison
• May 17-21 Finals Week
• May 22 GRADUATION

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ABSENCE POLICY

• If you miss a scheduled field day, you must make
  it up.
• Q When can you make it up?
• A On any day you are not normally in field,
  when the University is open.

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KEY PEOPLE
UNIVERSITY
AGENCY
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Field Instructor MSW Educator in the Field
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YOUR FIELD INSTRUCTOR WILL..

• Orient you to the agency
• Assess your learning needs
• Help you develop your Learning Agreement
• Provide appropriate activities to implement
  Learning Agreement
• Help you integrate into agency environment

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First Day of Field
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New Placement Orientations Include..

• Tour of agency
• Introduction to staff
• Job description
• Written policy documents
• Badge, other ID
• Opportunities to shadow and observe and ask
  questions

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Its normal to feel anxious.
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Start Where the Student Is

• What is my learning style?
• What are my strengths?
• What skills, knowledge do I want to acquire?
• What opportunities exist at the placement?

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INTERPRETING THE LEARNING STYLE ASSESSMENT

• Look at your scores for Doer and Thinker. Circle
  the higher score.
• Look at your scores for Observer and Feeler.
  Circle the higher score.
• You now have a new pair of scores.

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INTERPRETING THE LEARNING STYLE ASSESSMENT

• Thinker/Observer Reflective, likes to start with
  theory
• Doer/Observer Likes practical, how-to
  instruction
• Thinker/Feeler Relies on intuition, gut feeling
• Doer/Feeler Prefers to learn by doing

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LEARNING AGREEMENT

• Student Activities Learning
• Objective
• Conduct assessments. 1,2,3,4, 12,13
• Review cases for ethical issues. 1
• Attend staff meetings. 5, 10,
  12,14, 18
• Attend interagency meetings
  14, 18
• Provide case management for 3 clients. 1,
  2, 3, 14, 12, 15
• Co-facilitate group. 2,3,12, 17
• Attend Board meeting. 5, 19
• Shadow staff in home visits. 1,2,9,10
• Develop resource manual. 14

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Your Field Instructor Also Will

• Provide weekly field instruction
• Provides ongoing monitoring of and feedback
  regarding your performance
• Coordinate and communicate with Task Supervisor
  (if appropriate)
• Communicate with Faculty Liaison
• Complete Mid-Semester Assessment and
  End-of-Semester Evaluations together with you

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FACULTY LIAISON RESPONSIBILITIES

• Monitor student placement via
• Field Journals
• Discussion in Practice Class
• Communication with Field Instructor via phone
  calls and site visits (minimum 1/semester
• Be available to consult with Field Instructor
• Consult with, advocate for student
• Assign field grade

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The Faculty Liaison for most students is the
140B/C Professor...
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Unless He or She Is Not!

• Faculty workload issues may result in your
  having a different person as your Liaison

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What Are My Responsibilities in My Placement?
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STUDENT RESPONSIBILITIES

• Take responsibility for own learning in the
  field.
• Initiate Learning Agreement.
• Provide FI with syllabus for 140B-C classes.
• Bring topics and questions to FI hour.
• Ask for help when needed.
• Be open to new experiences and willing to push
  yourself.
• Be open to feedback.
• Initiate evaluation process

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Be a Proactive LearnerStay Open to Feedback
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STUDENT RESPONSIBILITIES(contd)

• 2. Complete field assignments
• Field Journals
• Biopsychosocial assessments
• Macro Project
• Others
• Attend placement
• Take responsibility for making up missed time

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WHAT HAPPENS IS I HAVE A PROBLEM IN FIELD?!?!?
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Everyone has a part to play in problem-solving in
field
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BUT IT STARTS WITH YOU!
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PROBLEM-SOLVING PROCESS
Student speaks With field instructor
Student identifies problem in field
Problem solved
Problem Not solved
Student notifies Faculty liaison
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PROBLEM-SOLVING PROCESS(continued)
Liaison contacts Field Instructor
Liaison advises student
or
or
Liaison meets With student Field Instructor

Plan is developed
Plan is developed
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PROBLEM-SOLVING PROCESS(continued)
Develop Plan (Liaison monitors)
Problem Solved
Problem Not solved
Placement change
Liaison Recommends to To Field Director
Student Receives Incomplete
Student Receives No Credit
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Evaluation Form

• Evaluation criteria rate progress in each of the
  learning objectives
• 3 is good for 1st semester
• Ratings are not synonymous with A-B-C-D-F
• Download these forms from Field website.

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140B/C 195A/B INTERLOCKING COURSES
204A
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• YOU MUST PASS BOTH THE FIELD AND PRACTICE COURSE
  EACH SEMESTER IN ORDER TO PROCEED IN EITHER ONE.

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• JILL KELLY, LCSW
• Director of Field Education
• 278-7189
• kellyj_at_csus.edu
• JOHN STROTHER, MSW
• Undergraduate Field Coordinator
• 278-6131
• strother_at_csus.edu
• STACIE TILLMAN
• Field Administrative Assistant
• 278-6123
• tillmans_at_csus.edu

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