Suggestions for Utilizing the 2008 EPAS in CSWE-Accredited Baccalaureate and Masters Curriculums—Reflections from the Field, Part 2: The Implicit Curriculum

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TABLE 1 Potential Implicit Curriculum Assessment Plan

Implicit curriculum:

• Advising Survey (anonymously completed by students assessing their advising experiences)

• Course Evaluations “Generalist” classes could embed a question in course evaluations asking students to rate the extent to which the course (on a Likert-type scale ranging from 1 to 5) furthered their understanding of generalist practice

• Student Assessment of Field Experience

• Assessment of the field placement process

• Assessment of the agency

• Assessment of their field instructors/task supervisors

• Field Instructor Assessment of Field Experience

• Assessment of their experiences with students

• Assessment of their experiences with the program

• the program/school in general

• the Office of Field Education

• faculty/faculty liaisons

• Graduating Student Exit Survey (measures both explicit and implicit)

• Evaluations

• required policies & procedures

• student participation in governance

• students' assessment of diversity and difference and the extent to which the program/school

• provides a learning environment in which this is practiced;

• models affirmation and respect; and,

• advances a plan to affirm & support people with diverse identities.