Welcome Field Supervisors ! Brief Field Supervisor Orientation by Asst. Prof. Karen Tapp, JD, MSSW NKU Social Work Field Director

Great FrontPage features Approval for NKU BSW Student Requires: Field Supervisor (FS): 1.Must have BSW + 2 yrs exp or MSW 2.Provide minimum of one hour/week of face to face supervision to student 3.Offer (with agency) learning experiences required on learning contract 4.FS, agency and student must agree on placement 5.SW Field Director (NKU) must approve

Great FrontPage features What to Expect Students complete 400 hours in 4 months. Translates to 25 hrs./week for 16 weeks Practicum is either fall or spring, not summer Generalist focus with micro and macro Students need support, supervision, and weekly evaluative feedback Students must complete tasks and learning outcomes on learning contract

Great FrontPage features Learning Contract Learning K & Student Evaluation are now One integrated document And include: 1. CSWE Accreditation Standards 2. Learning Outcomes and Tasks 3. Evaluative component connected to learning outcomes 4. Required Service Learning

Great FrontPage features How to Use the Learning Contract With New Students: Review required learning outcomes and tasks Do you or student want to add to contract? Learning Contract Signatures In Ongoing Supervision: Use as tool to guide learning experience Provide evaluative feedback to student on ongoing basis

Evaluation is on learning outcomes ( tasks support learning outcomes) Evaluate after first 200 hrs. completed Then evaluate after total of 400 hrs. completed Use rubric to understand evaluative categories i.e. needs improvement, novice, apprentice, independent, proficient Evaluation of Students

Great FrontPage features Service Learning Identify and take responsibility for a service-learning project in collaboration with the field placement agency Tasks 1. Identify, in supervision, a service-learning project that meets a community need. 2. Student completes the project 3. Writes reflection on the service learning to be reviewed with field supervisor 4.Reflection: how service-learning provided a deeper understanding of course content, linkage of service learning to 3 selected learning outcomes, and reflect “an enhanced sense of civic responsibility, and/or a greater interest in and understanding of community life.”

Great FrontPage features Questions or need more information? Contact Karen Tapp, Field Director, or