Field Directors

Hi Everyone, 

If folks are willing to share, I'd be really interested to hear how other schools structure their field offices. How many people are part of your team? Are they faculty or staff? Full or part time? How many students is each field personnel responsible for?

We've done things a few different ways over the years and I'd love to hear what others have found to work best. 

I appreciate any information!

Melissa 

Hi Melissa, 

I was interested in this topic as well. 

There is a thread created in Nov 2024 with responses that may be helpful: 

Field Education Structure

Hi Everyone, 

If folks are willing to share, I'd be really interested to hear how other schools structure their field offices. How many people are part of your team? Are they faculty or staff? Full or part time? How many students is each field personnel responsible for?

We've done things a few different ways over the years and I'd love to hear what others have found to work best. 

I appreciate any information!

Melissa 

Hi Everyone, 

If folks are willing to share, I'd be really interested to hear how other schools structure their field offices. How many people are part of your team? Are they faculty or staff? Full or part time? How many students is each field personnel responsible for?

We've done things a few different ways over the years and I'd love to hear what others have found to work best. 

I appreciate any information!

Melissa 

I also would like to hear from people on this. A other questions I'll add to the mix: 

• Do you share field director and/or other field team members between BSW and MSW programs, or do you keep those roles separate? What do you see as pros and cons to either approach? 
• Does field staff work 9 or 12 months? 
• Who teaches your Seminar courses?

We are considering some changes to our structure and approach, and understanding how other programs approach these questions would be so helpful!

Hi Everyone, 

If folks are willing to share, I'd be really interested to hear how other schools structure their field offices. How many people are part of your team? Are they faculty or staff? Full or part time? How many students is each field personnel responsible for?

We've done things a few different ways over the years and I'd love to hear what others have found to work best. 

I appreciate any information!

Melissa 

Hi Everyone, 

If folks are willing to share, I'd be really interested to hear how other schools structure their field offices. How many people are part of your team? Are they faculty or staff? Full or part time? How many students is each field personnel responsible for?

We've done things a few different ways over the years and I'd love to hear what others have found to work best. 

I appreciate any information!

Melissa 

Until this semester, I was a department of one with 86 students. I was recently granted two part-time support staff. I envision each staff member having about 35 students.  

Our BSW and MSW are not combined (yet). We have a director for each program. I work in the MSW program and am a 12-month employee; my colleague in the BSW program is a 9-month employee. I teach seminar classes along with some other MSW faculty. 

Hope this helps. 

Hi Everyone, 

If folks are willing to share, I'd be really interested to hear how other schools structure their field offices. How many people are part of your team? Are they faculty or staff? Full or part time? How many students is each field personnel responsible for?

We've done things a few different ways over the years and I'd love to hear what others have found to work best. 

I appreciate any information!

Melissa