[humanser] Introduction. Starting School to Obtain my MSW

[Serena Cucco]

On 4/22/13, Chasity Jackson <chasityvanda at charter.net> wrote:
> Hello JD and all,
>
> Thank you for the welcome. That is awesome that you're still committed to
> the profession since 1978.
>
> For those who are or were in school obtaining their MSW, how many hours did
> you do per semester, and how did you find was the best way to balance that
> and your field placement? The program that I am going into requires 60 hours
> of course work to graduate. I am just curious to get ideas on how you
> decided to balance your course work and your field placement? I will be
> required to have two and a half days per week at an agency. Just writing to
> get ideas on how others did it. Looking forward to hearing from you.
> Thanks,
> Chasity
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "JD Townsend" <43210 at Bellsouth.net>
> To: "Human Services Mailing List" <humanser at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Sunday, April 21, 2013 5:57 PM
> Subject: Re: [humanser] Introduction. Starting School to Obtain my MSW
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>
>>
>> Hello & Welcome to the List;  also to Social Work!
>>
>>
>> I entered social work school in Boston a few years ago, 1978, with only
>> having done volunteer social worky jobs.  It is a few years later and I am
>>
>> still committed to the profession.
>>
>>
>> My second year field placement or internship was at a large SNF and I
>> learned a lot.  More recently I worked in Adult Day Care and in nursing
>> homes as a consultant, both were interesting.  For the past 12 years I’ve
>> been working in hospital outpatient psychiatric programs.
>>
>>
>> I wish you best luck with your studies.
>>
>>
>>
>> JD Townsend, LCSW
>> Helping the Light Dependent to See
>> Hello
>> Daytona Beach
>>
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Hi Chasity,

I was also required to take 60 credits to graduate.  I was required to
do 2 days per week at the field placement the first year and 3 days
per week my 2nd year.  The first semester, I took all 15 credits,
including field placement as 3 of the credits.  I realized this was a
bit much for me, so I changed to 3 academic classes plus fieldd equals
12 credits, instead.  I also took two summer classes.  The second
year, I did my field placement twice a week, instead of 3, during the
academic year and completed the field placement over the summer.
Since I was going to take an extra semester to finish my classes
regardless, the extended field placement time didn't interfere with
graduation.  I completed my coursework this past fall and will be
graduating in about a month! :)!

Serena