Field Placement Manual (2008-2009)
PART VII: EVALUATION PROCEDURES
Field learning is a collaborative process between field instructor and student, beginning with the
formulation of the learning contract, and continuing through regularly scheduled conferences and
at critical points of evaluation during the field placement. The evaluation process is an integral
part of field evaluation and serves to foster professional development by helping students develop
the capacity to evaluate their own work, appraise their performance progress, and determine and
focus future learning tasks and objectives.
The major purposes of the evaluation are to provide an opportunity for the student and field instructor to evaluate what the student has learned and where she/he is now, and to conceptualize what skills and learning needs they should focus on in the future. It is the field instructor's responsibility to conduct an evaluation conference with the student and, based on the discussion, to develop a draft of the final evaluation. No student is to be requested to write her/his own evaluation. The completion of the evaluation is the responsibility of each field instructor, who will appropriately ask for student input and hold an evaluation conference as part of the process.
It is expected that field instructors periodically assess individual student's progress informally. This seems most appropriate at mid-term. Students are expected to be active participants in the evaluation process. Although the Evaluation Forms are included in this manual in condensed form, you will be mailed official forms at the end of each semester or you can access them on our website, www.sp2.upenn.edu.
If it is necessary for a student's placement to be changed during the semester, a written assessment of the student's field practice status and progress is to be forwarded to the student's current faculty advisor. It would be extremely helpful, in the event that a field instructor leaves the agency, to have an up-to-date assessment of the student from that person.
Students' evaluations are the property of the agency and the School. The agency has the option to decide whether or not the student should receive a copy of the evaluation. Students have access to their evaluations in their school file. All evaluations are to be signed by the field instructor and the student.
A student's signature on the evaluation does not necessarily mean that he or she agrees with the evaluation but the evaluation has been read. A student may write an addendum to the evaluation with a copy being made available to the agency.
A. Field Practicum Evaluation: Foundation
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B. Field Practicum Evaluation: Advanced Direct Social Work Practice
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C. Field Practicum Evaluation: Advanced Macro Practice
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