Professional Development Modules
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Professional development for stronger field instruction.
These self-directed modules support reflective, ethical and competency-based supervision while helping field educators connect social work curriculum with student learning.
Learning library
Choose a module based on the supervision or teaching goal most relevant to your work.
Supervisory practice
Supervision foundations
Build a reflective supervision approach and respond to the different ways students engage with learning.
- Reflective Supervision Explore the purpose and practice of reflection within field instruction and student supervision. PDF
- Using Student Learning Styles in Supervision Consider how learning preferences can inform communication, teaching and feedback in supervision. PDF
Curriculum in practice
Connecting coursework with supervision
Use reflective supervision to help students connect field experience with human behavior, policy and research.
- The Role of HBSE in Reflective Supervision Connect human behavior in the social environment concepts with reflection and field learning. PDF
- The Role of Policy Practice in Reflective Supervision Support students in recognizing how policy shapes clients, communities, agencies and practice decisions. PDF
- The Role of Research Practice in Reflective Supervision Strengthen the connection between evidence, critical reflection and decisions made in field practice. PDF
Professional standards
Ethics and competency
Support ethical decision-making and align field learning with competency-based social work education.
- Essential Ethical Content in Field Education Instruction Review ethical topics and considerations that should be addressed throughout field instruction. PDF
- Competency-Based Field Education Connect student activities, supervision and evaluation with social work competencies. PDF
Responsive teaching
Student engagement
Explore adaptable strategies for sustaining student connection, participation and learning through change.
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