Field Education Summit

As field education takes center stage as the “signature pedagogy” in social work education, moving from concept to application presents numerous opportunities and challenges for field educators, teaching faculty, field instructors, and program deans and directors. This 1-day summit brought together social work educators for discussion of the following topics.

November 9, 2009
10:30 AM–11:15 AM
Integrating Classroom and Field: The Signature Pedagogy Mandate
This session provided the overview on the 2008 EPAS with information on field education as the signature pedagogy, along with other key changes related to field education in the competencies and practice behaviors. Phyllis Black Marywood University
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11:30 AM–12:30 PM
Designing Competencies and Practice Behaviors to Meet the CSWE Core Competencies
This presentation reviewed the CSWE core competencies and provide strategies and examples to help field educators design competencies and the associated practice behaviors based on their school’s specific mission and curriculum. Urania Glassman Yeshiva University North American ...
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1:00 PM–2:00 PM
Positioning Signature Pedagogy in Your School
This panel addressed the challenges encountered by schools and programs as they move to adopt field education as the signature pedagogy for social work. Strategies for working with administrators, faculty, field instructors, and agencies were presented. Sandra Posada University of Texas at ...
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2:00 PM–3:00 PM
Planning Changes:Work on Competencies and Practice Behaviors
This session was a follow up to the morning presentation on Designing Competencies and Practice Behaviors and gave participants an opportunity to work in small groups, with consultation from the morning presenters. Focused questions were provided to guide the small group discussions. Urania ...
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3:15 PM–4:00 PM
New Directions and Innovations in Field Education
This session highlighted examples of innovative field education curricula, projects and models that which meet the criteria of the 2008 EPAS. Pamela Huggins Saint Louis University Trudy Zimmerman Boston University
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4:00 PM–4:30 PM
Recommendations to the Council on Field Education for Future Directions
The summit participants had opportunities to suggest and discuss areas for the CSWE Council on Field Education to focus on in the upcoming years. Sandra Posada University of Texas at San Antonio CSWE Council on Field Education
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