Transcript Slide 1
The Mission of Field
Education
From Practitioner to Educator
UW School of Social Work
(http:depts.washington.edu/sswweb/practicum)
Competency Objectives:
• 1) Describe rationale for field instructor training;
• 2) Define mission of the UWSSW and purpose
of field education: practice application of social
work principles, competencies and curriculum;
• 3) Demonstrate understanding of the
importance of the field instructor in helping
student develop educational competencies;
• 4) Articulate the requirements of practicum
Why Field Instruction Training?
• Field education is ‘the signature pedagogy
of social work’: CSWE
• EPAS guidelines mandate field instruction
training to agency-based field instructors
Field supervision requires advanced
training due to a teaching element
Training Rationale
• Social work skills do not indicate expertise
in teaching those skills.
Studies have identified knowledge and
skills necessary for effective field
supervision; CSWE developed modules
Competency-based training models help
PIs reinforce student competency
development (measurable knowledge,
values, skills, and behaviors)
Intro to The UW SSW Field
Instructor Training Program
• Provides specialized knowledge and skills
for effective field education/supervision.
• Ten modules delivered over 14 hours:
– Mission
– Agency Orientation
– Adult Learning
– Learning Contract
– Supervision
- Integrating Theory
- Evaluations
- Cultural Competency
- Ethics in Practicum
- Challenging Situations
MISSION OF FIELD EDUCATION:
Practicum is capstone of social work education:
Learn by doing, under supervision of
experienced practitioners trained to instruct;
Apply social work knowledge and skills obtained
in classroom; develop competencies;
Successfully integrate theory into practice;
Prepare students to begin social work practice
within an agency setting.
Critical Role of Field Instructor
• Research on social workers as educators:
• Supervisory style and characteristics of
the field instructor have a significant
impact on students’ evaluations of the
instructor and the placement experience;
• Most significant factor affecting students’
satisfaction with the field placement:
Quality of field instruction
Discussion
Review participant field experience
• What qualities made an effective
practicum instructor?
• What experiences or qualities created a
negative learning experience?
Field Instructor Has Opportunity
to significantly influence the education and
training of a future social worker;
to influence all of the student’s future
interactions with clients;
To play a role in shaping the future of
social work practice and our profession
Goals of Field Instruction
• Create learning opportunities for students
to integrate theory and practice
• Teach students how to practice social
work, NOT how to do a particular job in a
particular agency
• Helping students learn how to use social
work skills effectively
• Teach how to use social work knowledge
and values to inform their actions
Challenges of Field Education
Demonstrate understanding of how to develop
and use competencies (knowledge, values, and
skills) for effective practice,
Help students see how to apply these abilities to
any practice setting:
how to engage a client, stakeholder, or constituent,
how to build rapport,
how to set goals,
how to develop tasks to reach those goals,
effective and ethical practice
Creating a Vision
first task: create a vision of qualities and
characteristics your student should attain
by end of placement;
immediate vision: helping the student
apply knowledge to a practice setting;
larger vision: instructor’s role in the life
and professional development of the
student and their client’s well-being
Mission of School and Curriculum –
Access School Website
• Instructors must incorporate the School’s
mission, principles, curriculum objectives, and
Core Competency Development
• Review UW SSW mission
(http: depts.washington.edu/sswweb/mission/)
(http: depts.washington.edu/sswweb/programs)
Incorporating SSW Core Values
• Instructors are expected to support and reinforce the
School’s core principles:
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Empowerment
Multiculturalism
Social Justice
Social Change
• Help students assess & incorporate these in practice:
– Agency commitment to these values
– Comparison of agency and School mission and agency success
and status re meeting both missions
– Dialogue about challenges and differences between ideal and
the real; ways to influence change and justice
BASW/Foundation Objectives
• Access Handout 1C
• Review purpose of Foundation year:
– Intro to the profession: values, ethics, conduct
– Generalist, entry level skills
– Micro, mezzo, macro exposure and learning
opportunities
– Learning to use supervision
– Identification of strengths and niche for
advanced year
Advanced MSW Concentrations
• Access Handout 1D
• Review Concentration Specializations
Advanced MSW Concentrations
Access Handout 1D
• Review Concentration Specializations
– Day Program
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Administration/Policy
Children, Youth, Families, Elders
Health/Mental Health
Community-Centered Integrative Practice
– Extended Degree Program
• Integrative Health/Mental Health
• Children, Youth, Families, Multigenerational Pct.
Competency-Based Education
• 2008 CSWE Mandates re Required
Competencies and related Practice
Behaviors = revised curriculum
• Focus is on outcomes expected
• Learning to be reflected in demonstrable
skills (practice behaviors)
• Practice Behaviors are to be assessed via
visible, specific, measurable activities
Ten Competencies
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Identity as a SW
Ethics
Critical Thinking
Diversity
Human Rights and
Social Justice
• Research / EvidenceBased Practice
• Human Behavior in
the Social
Environment
• Policy
• Contextual Practice
• Practice skills in
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Engagement
Assessment
Intervention
Evaluation
Review Competencies (handouts
1E.1- 1E.5)
• Ten competencies are incorporated into
new Learning Contracts and Evaluations,
each with detailed practice expectations
• BASW/Foundation focus: generalist
practice at micro/mezzo/macro levels;
professional roles, behavior, ethics
• Review Foundation Competencies and
Practice Behaviors
• Review Adv. Competencies/Behaviors
Activities to Match Curriculum
Requirements and be Measured
• Student activities to meet required
competencies, student interests, agency
needs; and measurable practice behaviors
• Practice behaviors to be measured
through documentation, observation,
presentations, supervision discussion, etc.
• Instructors legally responsible for work of
student; insure adequate oversight of
practicum, and supervision documentation
Activity: Teaching to
Competencies - Handout 1F
• Identify agency mission with mission and social
work services and compatibility with SSW
mission and competency education
• Identify areas of agency overlap and challenge
in providing instruction in SW competencies
• Module 4 will assist in developing agencyspecific activities to meet competency
requirements;
• Assigned Field Faculty can also consult, assist
UW SSW Programs
(handout 1C, 1D )
• BASW / Foundation Objectives (handout)
– Generalist practice with micro, mezzo, macro
level assessments, interventions, evaluation
• Two year MSW Day Program
• Three year Extended Degree Program
(EDP) for working professionals;
• One year Advanced Standing MSW
• MSW Advanced Concentrations (handout)
Practicum Credit Requirements
To be completed with Practicum Instructor:
• Individualized Learning Contract: tasks
designed to build competencies
• Weekly instruction and supervision: to monitor
progress, provide time for reflection & feedback
• Quarterly Evaluations: to describe and rate
progress towards competencies, development
• Eval cover sheet: signatures, hours, credit
recommendation submitted to field faculty
Partners in Education
(handouts 1G, 1H)
• Practicum education requires a three-way
partnership: student, PI/agency, field faculty
• Roles and Expectations handout emphasizes
need for communication, coordination,
understanding of Practicum as a class in which
all have responsibilities and involvement
• Expectations of Agencies handout focuses on
need for agency to support PI and provide a
positive learning environment; student hours
Practicum Credit Hours
• BASW: 480 hours over 3 quarters (4
credits/160 hrs./quarter = 16 hours/week)
• MSW Foundation: 320 hours/8 credits
– DAY: Two quarters, 4 credits/160 hours each
– EDP: Negotiable schedule, start Spring or
Summer
• MSW Advanced: 720 hours/18 credits
– DAY: 3 quarters, 240 hours/6 credits/quarter
– EDP: Negotiable, start Spring or Summer