Student Resources
Student toolkit
Resources for every stage of field education.
Prepare your application, understand your field course, connect learning activities with competencies and find the professional resources that support responsible practice.
Resource guide
Start with the stage or responsibility most relevant to your field experience.
Before placement
Apply and prepare
Complete the field application, communicate placement preferences, upload a current resume and review your field course.
- Field Application The application document used to begin the field placement process. DOCX
- Field Placement Site Preferences Guidance for identifying and communicating placement interests and preferences. DOCX
- Uploading Your Resume Instructions for preparing and submitting a resume for placement matching. DOCX
- Field Education Course Descriptions Review BASW and MSW field courses by pathway and semester. Web page
During placement
Connect activities, reflection and competencies
Use the learning agreement and process recordings alongside the competency guide for your program and course.
- Process Recording Guidelines Guidance for documenting interactions and strengthening reflection on social work practice. PDF
- Creating and Using Your Learning Agreement Connect placement activities with competencies, supervision and evaluation. PDF
- BASW Competency and Learning Activity Guide Competency descriptions, behaviors and example activities for SW 494A and SW 494B. DOCX
- Generalist MSW Competency and Learning Activity Guide Competency descriptions, behaviors and example activities for SW 894A and SW 894B. DOCX
- Clinical MSW Competency and Learning Activity Guide Competency descriptions, behaviors and example activities for SW 894D and SW 894E. DOCX
- OCL MSW Competency and Learning Activity Guide Competency descriptions, behaviors and example activities for SW 894G and SW 894I. DOCX
Michigan requirements
Mandated reporter resources
Review Michigan guidance, reporting processes and protocols relevant to mandated reporting responsibilities.
- Michigan Mandated Reporters State information about mandated reporting responsibilities and processes. External
- Mandated Reporter Resource Guide Michigan resources for mandated reporters of child abuse and neglect. External
- Michigan Online Reporting System User Guide Online guidance for using Michigan's reporting system. External
- Downloadable Online Reporting System User Guide A downloadable version of Michigan's online reporting instructions. PDF
- Social Welfare Active Framework for Adult Protective Services and Interventions Michigan legislative reference for adult protective services and interventions. External
- Mandated Reporting of Abuse/Neglect of Vulnerable Adults Michigan Adult Protective Services information and reporting resources. External
- Michigan Mandatory Reporter Training for Adult Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Video training on reporting adult abuse, neglect and exploitation. Video
Professional practice
Ethics, human rights and civic engagement
Use these frameworks and tools to connect field learning with social work values, rights and public participation.
- NASW Code of Ethics Professional values, ethical principles and standards for social work practice. External
- Universal Declaration of Human Rights The United Nations framework outlining fundamental human rights. External
- Voting Is Social Work Field Education Toolkit Sample voter engagement activities for student educational contracts. PDF
Digital tools
Technical support
Use the training notes below for assistance with Zoom.
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