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.
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      • 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
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      • 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
        • 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.

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

      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.

      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. 

      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.

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

      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.

      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.

      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)