Academic Programs - Field Education
Requesting a Field Placement
Advanced Standing and continuing part-time MSW students on main campus attend a required Field Planning Meeting in September of their first year. At that time the students review the Field Placement forms, and the MSW Student Field Information Packet which describes the timeline for placing MSW students and other important information students will need to know for the placement process. Non-Advanced Standing students will attend the field seminar in which the placement process is reviewed. To begin the process, non-advanced standing students complete the Request for Foundation Field Placement Form. Students should read and understand the information on the forms and handouts. The actual timing of planning meetings at UPB and UPJ will vary according to the readiness of each new cohort to enter the field. Generally speaking, the planning meeting will occur in the term prior to the students entering the field. Advanced Standing and second year students use the Request for Concentration Field Placement Form. Students requesting to use their employing agency as a field site should use the Request for Employment-Based Field Placement Form. First year non-advanced standing students attend a field seminar for 1 hour per week during the first Fall term of the MSW Program. Part-time non-advanced standing students attend a field seminar for 1 hour per week during the first Summer Term of the MSW Program.
To initiate the "Request for Field Placement," the student on the main campus submits the completed form, a copy of a current resume to Field Education, Room 2129 Cathedral of Learning, at the time specified on the Field Education Schedule. Students are also required to submit a Student Agreement/Release of Information Form. An appointment will be given to the student for an interview with a field advisor in Field Education to discuss and plan the field placement assignment. Students at UPB and UPJ will submit their request to the MSW Program Coordinator.
Students need to confirm their field placement schedule with their field instructor prior to the start of the field placement. No field placement is confirmed by the School of Social Work without the completed Student Confirmation of Field Placement Form and the Field Instructor Confirmation of Field Placement Form.
The Field Education Schedule 2009-2010 includes important dates during the academic year that students and field instructors need to be aware of.