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Student Affairs, Informatics and the Faculty Field Committee, may be granted time from Field Education not to exceed 30 hours per academic year to participate in these decision-making bodies. The Field Education Office will obtain an official list from S.G.A. each semester of the student representatives. These absences must be requested by the student and approved by the agency Field Instructor prior to leaving the field placement site. Students may be able to integrate the committee experience with field practice through feedback to the Field Instructor in conferences. LEAVE A maximum of two (2) leave days will be granted per academic year to any student who is absent from field. When a student has missed more than two days of Field Education, the student, the Field Instructor, and the Faculty Field Liaison should work together to develop and document a plan for the time to be made-up. HOLIDAYS Students are excused from Field Education on the following holidays observed by the School of School Work: Thanksgiving (two days), a portion of Winter Break, Martin Luther King’s Birthday, and Spring Break. Please check the Field Education calendar for the dates. Students who miss time in the field to observe a religious holiday are expected to make-up the time that they have missed. SNOW DAYS The student will be expected to be in the agency on field days if the agency is open on a snow day. If the student is absent, this time must be made up in the same semester. AGENCY CLOSURE The student should check with the Field Instructor about what to do when the agency is closed on a day that the student is to be at the agency. The Field Instructor may develop an alternative assignment for the student or may excuse the student from Field Education. B. Grading A mid-semester evaluation is completed during a student’s first semester of placement and may be requested for the second semester at the discretion of the Faculty Field Liaison. The Faculty Field Liaison shall request a mid-semester evaluation during the second semester for any student who has not previously received a written evaluation from the agency where he/she is placed. The student whose placement site is changed for the second semester will, for example, require a mid-semester evaluation for the spring semester. Students are graded on a PASS/FAIL basis, using the evaluation format that is consistent with the course objectives for each level of Field Education. At the end of each semester the agency Field Instructor with advice and consultation from the Faculty Field Liaison, as appropriate, reviews the student’s performance with the student, documents the student’s level of performance and recommends a grade of PASS or FAIL. The evaluation must be submitted to the student’s electronic Field Notebook on the required date. In the case of agency-based Field Education, the Faculty Field Liaison, upon review of the evaluation, assigns a grade and submits the assigned grade. In the case of faculty Field Education units, it is the Faculty Field Instructor who, with advice and consultation from the Faculty Field Liaison, assigns the grade. operational policies 20
Grades for students with an Extended Field Placement are not due at the end of the semester. Please refer to the Field Calendar for the dates that evaluations are due for these students. C. Stipends There are a limited number of field placements that offer stipends. The School administers Title IV-E Child Welfare stipends, Keswick/Union Memorial Field Unit Stipends, and Child, Adolescent and Family Health stipends. All other stipends are offered by agencies directly to the student. These stipends are awarded yearly, at the discretion of the agency and are generally agreed upon prior to placement. D. Employment-Based Field Education An Employment-Based Field Education option has been developed for those students who would like to have their field placement at the agency where they are employed. To be eligible for this option, a student must have been a full-time employee, in good standing, for at least 6 months prior to the start of the academic year in which he/she is applying for an employment-based placement. The curriculum and objectives of the Employment-Based Field Education program are identical to those in the regular program. The pattern of Field Education, however, provides the student with the opportunity to continue employment while completing either the Foundation Practicum or Advanced Practicum with assignments that are educationally appropriate, as well as, separate and distinct from the employment experience. A student who wants to pursue this option must submit an electronic Proposal for an Employment-Based Field Education Placement to the Field Education Office along with his/her application for a field placement. This proposal identifies both the unit (division or department) within the agency where the student is currently employed and his/her work assignment in that unit as well as a description of the new assignment, including the requisite reduction in workload. The student, the supervisor, the proposed Field Instructor, and the agency executive must sign the proposal. Copies of the Employment-Based Field Education policy and proposal forms are available on the EFN. In order for such a proposal to be approved, the availability of release time for course work and Field Education must be ensured. Fieldwork assignments and supervision must differ from those associated with the student’s employment. The plan for Field Education must be educationally focused, not centered solely on agency services, and must meet the criteria that have been established for all of the School’s Field Education placements (Please refer to the sections of this manual that address standards and expectations). Employment-Based Field Education placements will be approved for organizations with multiple divisions that are able to demonstrate their capacity to permit the student to work with diverse client populations and to achieve the learning objectives of the field curriculum. The agency must be able to demonstrate that the student’s employment responsibilities and assignments are separate and distinct from the proposed Field Education assignments. This can be accomplished, in part, through reassignment of the student to another unit, division, or department for the days that he/she is in field. Some agencies may not be large enough to meet the criteria for an Employment-Based Field Education placement. The student must have a Field Instructor who is different from the work supervisor. The Field Instructor must be a regular staff member in the organization that is requesting the Employment-Based Field Education placement for the student. Field Instructors and the Field Education assignments must be approved by the Office of Field Education prior to the student being referred to the agency for an Employment-Based Field Education placement. The transfer to the new unit, division, or department should begin on the first day of Field Education (Please refer to the Field Education Calendar for the date). 21
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