Online Training Modules

All new Field Instructors/Task Supervisors who have been assigned a student intern for the academic year are required to complete the online training modules.

Complete these online training modules at your own pace within your first semester of being a Field Instructor/Task Supervisor with an assigned student.
Please take all nine modules via your Intern Placement Tracking (IPT) account.

Module Topics include:

1. Introduction
2. Social Work Overview
3. The Mission of Field Education
4. Conducting a Successful Agency Orientation
5. Effective Field Supervision
6. Understanding Learning Styles
7. Integrating Theory and Practice
8. Ethical Issues in Field Supervision
9. Effective Feedback and Evaluation

To login to your IPT account use the Intern Placement Tracking Alcea Software site. 

(The Organization ID is: sdsu)

Reading materials for the modules can be accessed via IPT by following these simple steps:

Step 1: Log in to your IPT profile
Step 2: Click on the “Field Instructor Detail” tab at the top of the page
Step 3: Scroll down to the middle of the screen until you see “Training” section
Step 4: Click on “View Modules Training Document” (in BLUE) .

Quizzes for each of the nine modules are then accessed by the following steps:

Step 1: Return to the “Field Instructor Detail” tab in IPT.
Step 2: Scroll down to the “Training” section
Step 3: Click on the corresponding module # (in BLUE).
Step 4: Press “Click to Sign” at the bottom of the page for each quiz in order to save your answers.
Step 5: Ensure that you have completed all nine modules by the end of the fall semester.