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Molina, Veronica; Molina-Moore, Tammy; Smith, Misty G.; Pratt, Francine E. – Journal of Teaching in Social Work, 2018
Field work programs have a substantial responsibility for providing support and gatekeeping functions while ensuring an educational experience that allows students to master the nine holistic, multidimensional social work accreditation competencies. With additional emphasis on field as a "signature pedagogy," field directors are tasked…
Descriptors: Competency Based Education, Contracts, Alignment (Education), Field Experience Programs
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Averett, Paige; Spence, Christina Hall – Journal of Teaching in Social Work, 2018
This exploratory study examined the experiences of 9 stakeholders in an art gallery field placement during their social work education. The study sought to understand how the nontraditional field placement prepared students for practice. In addition, personality traits of students that best fit the placement was examined. Findings suggest that…
Descriptors: Art Education, Field Experience Programs, Student Placement, Educational Practices
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Brewer, Margo; Flavell, Helen – International Journal of Work-Integrated Learning, 2018
There is growing pressure in higher education to develop graduates with the capabilities to work effectively in collaborative, interdisciplinary teams to solve the key issues facing humankind. For many years, health has been pioneering interprofessional education as the means to deliver professionals with capacity to work together to deliver high…
Descriptors: Interprofessional Relationship, Field Experience Programs, Interdisciplinary Approach, Teamwork
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Strand, Virginia C.; Dettlaff, Alan J.; Counts-Spriggs, Margaret – Journal of Social Work Education, 2015
For many years, schools of social work have engaged in partnerships, especially with public child welfare agencies, to prepare a competent and professional child welfare workforce through the mechanism of Title IV-E training. In 2008 the National Child Welfare Workforce Institute (NCWWI) established an additional resource for preparing students in…
Descriptors: Child Welfare, Welfare Services, Social Work, Caseworker Approach
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Wertheimer, Mindy R.; Sodhi, Mimi – Journal of Social Work Education, 2014
This article presents a conceptual model of the field director's role outside of field education, specifically in the following 3 areas of leadership: (1) curricular, (2) programmatic, and (3) institutional. A survey was conducted to explore the field director's input targeted in these areas beyond prescribed field education tasks. The…
Descriptors: Administrators, Field Experience Programs, Administrator Role, Program Administration
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Leake, Robin; de Guzman, Anna; Rienks, Shauna; Archer, Gretchen; Potter, Cathryn – Journal of Social Work Education, 2015
The task of recruiting and retaining ethnically diverse, qualified, and committed social workers in child welfare is challenging. Federal funding supporting BSW and MSW education has been a catalyst for university-agency partnerships across the country. An important goal of these partnerships is to prepare social work students with the knowledge,…
Descriptors: Trainees, Child Welfare, Student Diversity, Ethnic Diversity