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Practicum Program

Norman Concentration Year Block Practicum 2010

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Spring Semester

Date

Description

January 18 Martin Luther King Day; University closed. 
January 19

Spring semester and Practicum begins. Students report to sites.

January 20

CY student Pre-practicum Lab.  1:00-4:00 PM at the J.D. McCarty Center in Norman.  Lab attendance is MANDATORY.

February 9

Teaching-Learning Agreements due in Practicum Office. Students who do not submit their TLA’s by this date will have their placements suspended until the document is received.

February 15

Presidents’ Day; NOT a University holiday.  If site is closed for this holiday, students may count practicum hours provided this is a regularly scheduled practicum day.

Week of March 8 - 12

Mid-term evaluations and Cumulative Time Sheets to date due in Practicum Office

March 15 - 19

Spring Break.  Students will need to continue through the break in order to meet practicum hours requirement.

May 5 Last day of classes and practicum for Spring Semester 
May 10

All final documentation for the first 6 hours of practicum due in Practicum Office. Students must account for at least 275 clock hours in practicum.  Students who do not submit all required documentation risk the grade of Unsatisfactory in the course.  Required documentation includes

Second Mid-Term Evaluation of Student
Cumulative Time Sheet
Weekly logs to date
Supervisory Conference Report Forms to date

Extended Practicum continues

May 14 - 15 Commencement weekend. Students who have received a Satisfactory grade in all of the coursework including the spring semester of Practicum will be permitted to participate in Commencement exercises.
June 1 Any major revisions of TLA are due in Practicum Office
July 5 Independence Day; University closed. Students may NOT count this day as practicum unless their sites require their attendance.
July 30 Last possible day for Practicum. Students may complete their practicum any day between July 24 and July 30.
August 6

All final documentation due in Practicum Office. Students who do not submit all required documents risk earning a grade of Unsatisfactory for this course. Students must account for the total of 550 hours in practicum.
Required documentation includes

Final Evaluation of Student Performance
Student Evaluation of Practicum Experience
Cumulative Time Sheet
Weekly logs
Supervisory Conference Report Forms

This calendar assumes a Practicum of 20 hours per week over 28 total weeks.  Students enroll in SWK Practicum III (5820) two times for 6 credit hours in the spring and 6 credit hours in the summer.