NOTE: Your externship materials MUST be typed and turned in as hard copy in your extern binder provided by Lisa Cannon. 

SUBMISSIONS DEADLINES: 

Early Report – by Friday, September 4 - Submit a 1/2 to 1 page Word document as an email attachement to Lisa Cannon (Lisa.Cannon@valpo.edu) for Associate Dean Cichowski to review.  The purpose of this early report is to confirm you have started your hours and to identify any problems that need to be remedied.

1) Mid-term Reports – Monday, Oct. 19.   It is critical that your field supervisor’s evaluation and your reports are received on time.  Plan accordingly. Do not wait until the due date to request a mid- term evaluation from your field supervisor (students who do so often discover that their field supervisor is out of the office or otherwise unavailable).

a. Time Log to date – Must be signed by Field Supervisor, with hours totaled. Hours completed should be approximately half the hours required for the full semester’s credit.  You will not be eligible to decrease your extern credit past the drop/add deadline one week after class begins. Time Log available under "forms" on Externship home page.

b. Journal to date – Maintain a journal with a 3/4 to 1 page entry for each day or week you spend in your externship.  These entries should reflect on what you are doing and observing in the workplace.   Reflection involves stepping back and writing about your reaction to the environment around you.  Do not re-state the entries listed on your time log.

c. Work Product to date – Keep a file of all final copies of your work product. Before you submit work, make sure that your Field Supervisor approves (some of your work product may not be appropriate for disclosure). If you are unable to submit work due to confidentiality, please note this in your work journal. 

d. Field Supervisor’s Mid-term Evaluation of your work – please confirm this is returned to Lisa Cannon by the date above.  You may submit the evaluation with your reports as you will receive a personal copy. It is best if you review this evaluation with your Field Supervisor at this time in the semester.

2) Final Reports – Monday, December 7.

a. Remaining time log – Signed by field supervisor, with hours totaled which must equal amount required for your extern credits (45 hours per credit)

b. Final journal – Beginning where mid-term journal ended. Do not include full journal

c. Work product – Include only your work completed since Mid-term Report

d. Field Supervisor’s Final Evaluation of your work (verify it will be received on time, so you do not receive an “Incomplete” on your grade report). 

e. Part I Student Evaluations of your Externship/Field Supervisor – You must complete evaluations of your Field Supervisor (only for Non-Judicial sites) at the end of the semester to obtain credit. Forms are found on the Externship web site and must be placed in your binder with your final materials.

f. Non-Judicial Final Journal/Analysis and Reflection – Prepare a “Final Analysis and Reflection” entry of about a page or so in length at the end of your journal.  The purpose is to draw the entire experience to a close and to take some time to reflect on what was gained through the experience.

There are 3 parties with whom you will be involved in each externship:

1) Field Supervisor at the extern placement

2) Faculty Supervisor – Non-Judicial - Assoc. Dean Curt Cichowski

3) Director of Experiential Education – Lisa Cannon