The Fieldwork Requirements for a Passing Grade: A General Syllabus

1. Attend All 4 Group Supervision Meetings conducted by the Faculty Supervisor

· The Faculty Supervisor will hold at least 4 group supervision meetings at the Marist Poughkeepsie Campus.

· Monday and Wednesday 5:00-6:15 time slot must be reserved for these meetings. Students must not schedule conflicting courses/activities.

· These meetings are mandatory in order to receive a passing grade.

· The Faculty Supervisor will schedule the meetings and communicate the dates to students.

2. The Journal Log: Documentation of Activities

· Students must document daily or weekly activities in a personal log or journal as evidence of fulfillment of fieldwork responsibilities listed in the contract.

· The Journal Log should keep a running total of fieldwork hours accrued.

· The format of the journal logs and schedule of submitting logs for review is at the Faculty Supervisor’s discretion. Usually, students submit journals weekly, by email.

· Confidentiality of clients/participants identity must be maintained. Thus, names and specific identifying information are not be used.

· A passing fieldwork grade cannot be assigned unless all daily logs have been turned in and reviewed by the faculty supervisor.

3. Time Sheets

· Time sheets document hours completed each day/week towards fulfillment of the fieldwork contract. See Timesheet Form.

· The time sheets must be validated on a daily or weekly basis by the site supervisor via his/her signature in the appropriate spaces on a time sheet.

· The time log must be made available for review upon request by the Faculty Supervisor.

· A passing fieldwork grade will not be issued by the faculty supervisor unless all validated time sheets showing that attainment of the required fieldwork hours, have submitted to the Faculty Supervisor.

· Students may BEGIN their fieldwork no earlier than the first day of the semester’s classes.

· The total required fieldwork hours must be FINISHED before the last day of the semester’s exam period.

· Fieldwork hours must be SPREAD OUT evenly across the semester; a student cannot concentrate hours (e.g., work overtime) for a shorter period without approval from the Fieldwork Coordinator. Requests must be submitted in writing.

4. The Fieldwork Paper: Students' Self-Evaluation

· The final paper is required. The daily log should serve as a guide for the paper.

· The length of the paper depends on how many credits were registered for:

- For 3 credits of Fieldwork in one semester, the paper must be a minimum of 3 pages long.

- For 6 credits of Fieldwork in one semester, the paper must be a minimum of 6 pages long.

- For 9 credits of Fieldwork in one semester, the paper must be a minimum of 9 pages long.

- For 12 credits of Fieldwork in one semester, the paper must be a minimum of 12 pages long.

· The following topics should be included in the Final Paper (not necessarily in this order).

a. Summary description of the site, activities, and experiences

b. Reaction to activities and experiences.

c. Self-Evaluation of personal and professional growth and development

d. Discussion of level of preparedness provided by Marist Psychology Major and CORE/LS courses.

e. Reflections on diversity and culture - a discussion regarding working with people from different backgrounds than yourself.
f. Discussion of relevance of the fieldwork experience for career development.

· A passing fieldwork grade will not be issued by the faculty supervisor unless a satisfactory Final Paper has been turned in before the end of the fieldwork experience.

· The Faculty Supervisor may assign other papers according to their discretion.

5. One-to-one Supervision and Evaluation of the Fieldworker

There are several elements to the supervision requirement for fieldworkers:

· Students are required to have regularly scheduled meetings with the Site supervisor – preferably one hour per week.

· The agency supervisor will complete a written Evaluation of the Fieldworker. The supervisor should go over this evaluation with the student in a face to face meeting towards end of the semester.

· A passing fieldwork grade will not be issued by the faculty supervisor unless the Evaluation of Fieldworker form has been received with a clear indication from the site supervisor that the student has performed satisfactorily and should receive a passing grade for the fieldwork.

· The Faculty Supervisor is available throughout the semester for additional individual supervision as needed. If students have any doubt as to whether or not they should be talking to the faculty supervisor about concerns and issues not satisfactorily addressed by the site supervisor, then they probably should talk to the faculty supervisor.

7. Evaluations of the Site and Supervisor Forms

· Students will complete and submit to the Faculty Supervisor the Evaluation of the Fieldwork Site and the Evaluation of Site Supervisor forms. They are due towards the end of the semester. See the Forms section.

8. Communication between Fieldworker and Faculty Supervisor.

· It should be noted that it is extremely difficult for the Faculty Supervisor to contact so many fieldworkers who are out in the field. Thus EMAIL becomes a critical means of simple and effective communication. Students are required to use their MARIST EMAIL account for all fieldwork correspondence.

· Students are required to contact the Faculty Supervisor and ensure that he/she has a means emailing them or reaching them by some other effective means.

9. Additional/Alternate Assignments

· The Faculty Supervisor may require additional or alternate assignments when deemed necessary.

10. Special Requests made in Writing

Make requests, in writing, to the Fieldwork Coordinator 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 deadline for such requests.