COMPLETE THE
FIELDWORK CONTRACT AND CODE OF ETHICS FORMS
Complete TWO Forms and Submit to the Appropriate
Fieldwork Coordinator by the Deadline:
1. The Fieldwork/Service Learning Contract Form, AND
2. The Code of Ethics and Professional
Behavior Forms
Currently,
the Fieldwork Coordinator for Poughkeepsie
Main Campus Students and Marist
Extension Sites Students
(Kingston, Fishkill) is:
Janine Ogden, M.S., L.M.H.C.
phone:
(845)575-3000, x7696
fax:
(845)575-3965
email: janine.ogden@marist.edu
Students MUST Abide by the Following
Policies and Procedures:
·
Once a fieldwork
agency has been chosen, the student and site supervisor must complete a
learning contract. The contract is a vital part of the fieldwork process as it
establishes the details of a learning experience that is the culmination of a
student's academic career and shapes the transition towards the world of work.
See the Fieldwork Contract Form in the forms
section.
·
Students are
required to use their MARIST EMAIL account for communication purposes. Email is particularly important since it is
difficult for the Faculty Supervisor, Fieldwork Coordinator, and others to
contact many students.
·
A NEW Fieldwork
Contract must be submitted for each semester that fieldwork is performed, even
if it is at the same site.
·
Students might
consider having the fieldwork coordinator review a draft of the contract before
pursuing approval and signatures.
·
The contract must
be approved and signed by the Site Supervisor, the Fieldwork Student, and the
Fieldwork Coordinator. Students are not
permitted to begin a fieldwork without the contract having been approved and
signed by the Fieldwork Coordinator.
Students must get the signature of the Fieldwork Coordinator last.
·
If multiple
copies of the contract are required (e.g., a copy for the student, one for the
site, etc.), the student should submit multiple copies to those who must sign
them.
·
Regarding the
stipulation of work schedule in the contract, it should be noted that during
the fall and spring semesters, the fieldwork hours must be spread across 14
workweeks. During the summer, there are
fewer weeks available. Thus the
fieldwork hours must be spread across 12 workweeks.
·
Regarding
fieldwork start and end dates, students may begin their fieldwork no earlier
than the first day of the semester’s classes.
The Fieldwork must be completed before the last day of the semester’s
exam period.
·
Special
Requests: Make requests, in writing, to
the Fieldwork Coordinator by the Deadline
whenever the student seeks a deviation from
standard policies and procedures in any aspect of the fieldwork process (e.g.,
request to start fieldwork early or to end later than finals week, request to
propose a new site beyond the one-hour-drive distance, etc.). See the
·
Students must
complete the Code of Ethics and Professional
Behavior Form, which must then be reviewed by the Fieldwork Coordinator and
found to be satisfactory. Students must
agree to act within the bounds of the Code of Ethics of the American
Psychological Association (see www.apa.org).
·
Students cannot begin a fieldwork without the review
and approval of the Code of Ethics and Professional Behavior Form and the
Fieldwork Contract by the Fieldwork Coordinator.