CD 99/199 Spring 2008
An information session for CD99/199 Community Field Placement has
been scheduled for Thursday, November 15th at 3:00 pm in the Small
Seminar Room for students wishing to enroll in this class.
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If you have any questions, please contact Betty Allen at X72592 or betty.allen@tufts.edu
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RSVP to Rita Bartolomeu by Wednesday, November 14th rita.bartolomeu@tufts.edu
or at (617) 627-3355.
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COMMUNITY FIELD PLACEMENT FIELD EXPERIENCES
CD 99/199
What is a Field Experience in Community Field Placement?
A community field placement experience, also known as an internship,
is designed to allow students to gain experience within a community
agency
while integrating the experience with academic learning. It is
recommended for Child Development majors, but students from other
departments may enroll. Students may use this opportunity to apply
their theoretical knowledge of child development in a work setting in
areas such as education, early intervention, child life, social
policy, advocacy or mental health. Many students use this opportunity
to define their major areas of interest for future work or for
identification of thesis research topics. Master's level students
frequently use community field placement as a stepping stone to their
232 internship.
What are the Requirements for a Field Placement?
Each student is required to complete a supervised placement in an
approved setting for 10 hours per week. These 10 hours do not include
transportation and supervision time. Students are expected to
maintain a log of their hours.. The field placement seminar meets
once per week for an hour and fifteen minutes. Participation in the
seminar is mandatory in order to receive credit for the experience.
Requirements include a series of reflection papers, preparation of a
reading list that is relevant to the internship, a twenty minute
presentation of the work to peers, and a final portfolio that exhibits
some of the work at the end of the semester. There are two three
way meetings between student, site supervisor, and course instructor
each semester. The site supervisor prepares a mid-term and final
evaluation for each student. Communication between site supervisor,
student, and course instructor is ongoing as needed via email,
telephone, individual meetings, and journals.
How are Field Placements Arranged?
Students can go to the internship site (CD homepage and click on
internships) to see some of the sites that are available. (Often
academic advisers and the Field Placement Coordinator will have other
suggestions.) Students may download the Request for Field Placement
form, complete it and deliver it to the Coordinator of Field
Placements. Once you deliver the form, you will be registered for the
course. The Field Placement Coordinator then will make contact with
your places of interest and send you contact information for one of
your choices. You will make contact with the agency to set up an
interview. If all seems satisfactory, you should notify the Field
Placement Coordinator, and the placement will be secured.
Are There Paid Field Experience Positions?
Usually the community field placements are unpaid. Some master's
level and student teaching internships are paid.
Who is the Field Placement Coordinator?
Betty N. Allen
Child Development Department, Room 151
105 College Avenue
Telephone: 617-627-2592
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