Online Sifi Certification

Through lectures presentations and role plays sifi participants will develop skills in teaching field based social work practice.

Online sifi certification. The field education department is responsible for all aspects of the field practicum. The seminar in field instruction sifi provides training for new field instructors and enables them to effectively meet the educational responsibilities of this new role. The department works to ensure that all field agencies with which it partners and all students completing the field practicum consistently and collaboratively achieve the schools educational objectives through field practice. For field instructors who will require seminar in field instructor sifi certification the sifi is taken in conjunction with the field instructors first semester of supervising a social work student and is offered only to a person who has been assigned a student at our school.

Seminar in field instruction sifi the seminar in field instruction sifi is a free course offered by the graduate school of social service. If you have satisfactorily completed a recent seminar in field instruction at a graduate school. Lectures presentations and role plays are utilized to train sifi participants the skills necessary for teaching field based social work practice. Online sifi individuals must reside over 30 miles from one of our campuses and must be supervising a fordham msw intern in order to be eligible to participate in the online section of the sifi.

The course will assist field instructors and task managers in resolving any challenges or issues that may arise regarding the field practicum. The mandatory sifi orientation will be held at the school on friday september 6th in cssw rm 311312 from 9am to 12pm. Seminar in field instruction sifi the seminar in field instruction sifi provides training for new field instructors so they can effectively meet the educational responsibilities of this role. If you are interested in registering for the sifi please contact the field education department at 5168774375 for information regarding seminar dates and registration.

Seminar sessions are scheduled from september through december. To register please email carla parris at cparris1 at fordhamedu for instructions. In the intensive weekend program the field internship begins in september of the first year for both three year and advanced standing students and continues through to the completion of the program. It provides first time field instructors with the knowledge and skills to effectively supervise social work students for any school of social work in the tri state area.

Field education is an essential pedagogical component of msw education. The sifi helps a.