Assignments

  • Education Plan: DUE FRIDAY, OCTOBER 17, 2025
    • This document outlines your learning assignments for the academic year in your field placement and must be completed and reviewed with you and your field instructor.
    • To download, click here to obtain a copy of the Education Plan
  • 1 Monthly Process Recording & Timesheet: DUE LAST FRIDAY OF EACH MONTH
    • One process recording is due by the last Friday of the month. Please submit just 1 process recording with your field instructor’s comments.
    • A monthly timesheet that is signed by you and your field instructor is also due by the last Friday of every month.
    • Please upload your process recording and monthly timesheet to SONIA.
    • Click here for Hunter’s Process Recording Resources
  • Mid-Year Evaluation Form: DUE FRIDAY DECEMBER 12, 2025
    • The Mid-Year evaluation is completed both by the student and the field instructor.
    • It must be signed by the field instructor and student on SONIA
    • Download a copy of the field evaluation form here
    • Upon review, the field advisor will submit the final fall grade to Hunter Student Services.

Readings/Podcasts

8/26/25 – Faulk, J. (n.d.). 5 tips for success in your social work internship. The New Social Worker. (Link Here)

9/9/25 – Conroy, K. (2012). Student writing in field education. The Columbia guide to social work writing, 85-113. (Link Here)

9/30/25 – Connolly, M., Harms, L., & Maidment, J. (Eds.). (2009). Social work: Contexts and practice. Oxford University Press Australia & New Zealand. Ch. 1 The art and science of Social Work. (Link Here)

10/7/25 – Nicotera, N., Han, T. M., Sedivy, J., & Andelora, J. (2023). A qualitative study of MSW student self-care and wellness: Implications for social work education. Journal of Social Work Education, 59(4), 1108-1124. (Link Here)

10/21/25 – BlackDeer, A. A. (n.d.). A social worker’s guide to decolonizing the field of social work [UB Podcast]. The inSocialWork Podcast. (Link Here)

11/4/25 – Reamer, F. G. (2002, October 14). Making difficult decisions. Social Work Today. (Link Here)

11/18/25 – Jaynes, S. (2014). Using Principles of Practice-Based Research to Teach Evidence-Based Practice in Social Work. Journal of Evidence-Based Social Work, 11(1/2), 222–235. (Link Here)

12/2/25 – Archer-Kuhn, B., Samson, P., Damianakis, T., Barrett, B., Matin, S., & Ahern, C. (2021). Transformative learning in field education: Students bridging the theory/practice gap. The British Journal of Social Work, 51(7), 2419-2438. (Link Here)

Additional Resources/Readings

Making the Most of Field Seminar (article)

Social Work Practice and Disability Communities: An Intersectional Anti-Oppressive Approach (textbook)

Columbia Social Work Review (journal)

Propuesta Criticas en Trabajo Social (Critical Proposals in Social Work) (journal)

Social Work and Education (journal)