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Second-Year
Placement Process:
The second-year
placement process is very complex, involving approximately 100
students and over 300 agencies. Therefore, a standard timetable
and procedure are necessary in order to avoid confusion.
Early in
the Spring semester, agencies offering placements the following
year will receive a placement timetable and, possibly, a request
for updated placement information. Later in the Spring, first-year
students select two placements at which to interview, based on
the written information agencies provide. The intent of the interview
is to match the student's interests and learning goals to the
placement opportunities. After the interview, the agency will
contact the field consultant with feedback regarding the student's
acceptability.
Final placements
are made according to the student's choices. In the past five
years, approximately 85% of students have been placed in their
first choices; 90-92% have been placed in their first or second
choices. Students are ordinarily placed in a different agency
for their second year. However, exceptions may be made if the
agency system is large and diverse enough to offer a challenging
and distinct second-year placement (with regard to types and levels
of intervention and field instruction).
First-year
M.S.W. students will return to this site in February to view agency
information and make interview and placement selections. If you
are a first-year M.S.W. student, please return here in early February
to participate in the Second-Year Placement Process.
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