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CSULA School of Social Work
Field Education Department - Field Instructor Training

On behalf of the California State University, Los Angeles, School of Social Work’s Field Education Department, we welcome you to our New MSW and BSW Field Instructor On-line Trainings.  Throughout the year, we are available for consultation, and we look forward to working closely with you and your student.

The modules have been developed to provide Field Instructors with knowledge and skills rooted within the MSW and BSW mission, goals and objectives to effectively supervise social work interns.

The Field Instructor Training is reciprocal with other schools of social work in the region; therefore, you may take our online training if you have students from other schools.  However, we ask that you check the policies, procedures and formats of your student’s school to be sure that you are following the school’s requirements, as they may be different from those of the School of Social Work at CSULA.  

Based on the Board of Behavioral Science criteria, you will receive a total of seven Continuing Education Units (CEU) for completion of this training.

We thank you for your interest in training our Social Work students.

Instructions:

1. Begin by clicking on the first of the nine training modules. 
2. Read through each module and complete the assignments in a Word document. 
3. Please make sure to include your name and title in your document. 
4. After completing the training, we ask that you fill out the Field Instructor Online Training Evaluation Form; this form can be found listed after the final module. 
5. Send the Word documents and Evaluation form to Nelly Carrillo at Ncarrillo@cslanet.calstatela.edu. 

 

Field Instructor Training Modules

1. Welcome to the Field Instructor Training
2. Roles and Responsibilities
3. Process Recording
4. Development of the Integrative Learning Agreement and Evaluation
5. Elements of Effective Supervision
6. NASW Code of Ethics
7. Legal Issues in Social Work
8. Resolution of Problems in Field
9. Cultural Competency

*Armour, M.P., Rubio, R., Bain, B. (2004).  Field Education in social work.  An evaluation study of diversity training for field instructors: a collaborative approach to enhancing cultural competence.  Journal of Social Work Education. 40(1), 27-38. 

*Fenster & Rose (2003). Testing a curriculum to teach cultural competence to non-mainstream college students interning in mainstream agencies. Journal of Teaching Social Work. 23(3/4), 127-142. 

*Johnson, Y.M. & Munch, S. (2009). Fundamental Contradictions in Cultural Competence.  National Association of Social Workers. 54(3), 221-231. 

*Nylund, D. (2006). Critical multiculturalism, whiteness, and social work: Towards a more radical view of cultural competence. Journal of Progressive Human Services, 17(2), 27-43. 

*Petrovich and Lowe (2005).  Developing Cultural Competence: Student and Alumni Perspectives.  Journal of Teaching Social Work. 25(3/4), 157-176. 

*Yan, M.C.(2008).  Exploring cultural tensions in cross-cultural social work practice. National Association of Social Workers. 53(4), 317-328.

 

 

Field Instructor Training Evaluation Form