APPENDIX PW1 (A)

School of Social Work

MSW PATHWAY LEARNING CONTRACT & PROGRESS REPORT GUIDELINES This document is used by MSW students to complete the Pathway learning contract and end of semester progress reports.  Full time students (3 semesters) and part time students (6 semesters) complete the learning contract in consultation with their mentors in the first semester of the program. Part time students (9 semesters) complete the learning contract in consultation with their mentors in the fourth semester (typically Fall semester of Year 2) of their program.  Learning contracts must be completed and submitted to the mentor by the end of the 8th week of the first Pathway semester.  Progress reports must be completed in each subsequent semester and submitted to the mentor on the last day of the semester.  The MSW Pathway Learning Contract and Progress Report has expandable textboxes to allow adequate space for your description and comments.  After completing the learning contract, save it as Word document twice, first under the file name Pathway Contract and then under the file name Progress Report 1. Submit the Pathway Contract document to your mentor. The learning contract must be signed by the student and the mentor.  At the end of the first semester, open Progress Report 1 and use it to complete your first progress report.  When completing progress reports you should indicate when (month and year) goals/actions are completed or if work is on-going. You may add or delete actions/goals and record/update the number of hours you have completed to date. Provide a brief description of your progress and work to date in the space provided.  Save Progress Report 1 and save it a second time under the file name of Progress Report 2. Submit Progress Report 1 to your mentor. You will use Progress Report 2 to complete your next progress report.  Repeat the process of saving and renaming the document at the end of subsequent semesters to complete progress reports 3-6.  The learning contract and final progress report only must be signed by the student and the mentor.  The mentor will give the signed learning contract and final progress report to the secretary for graduate programs for placement in the student’s file.

PW1 (A)

MSW PATHWAY LEARNING CONTRACT & PROGRESS REPORT Student Name:

MUN Student #:

Date of Admission to the MSW Program:

Fall, 20__

Please indicate if you are completing the program in: 3 semesters

6 semesters

9 semesters

Faculty Mentor:

Thesis or Course Route:

Please indicate the semester for which this document is being completed: Semester One: ________, 20__

Semester Two, ________, 20__

Semester Three: _______, 20__

Semester Four, ________, 20__

Semester Five: _______, 20__

Semester Six: _______, 20__

Area of Interest: Please describe your area of interest for PATHWAY. As you proceed, you may choose to modify this section in your progress reports.

Statement about student’s current knowledge and skills: Please elaborate on the knowledge and skills that you bring to PATHWAY and how these will help you in pursuing your area of interest.

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Anticipated PATHWAY Scholarship product: Please describe the product that you anticipate completing through PATHWAY and PATHWAY Scholarship. As you proceed, you may choose to modify this section in your progress reports.

Learning Goals: Please elaborate on the knowledge, skills and abilities that you would like to develop as you pursue your area of interest. The number of goals (typically 3-5) should be negotiated with your mentor. Please consider if your Pathway Scholarship product requires ethics approval, knowledge of research software, training or other resources. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. (Add additional goals if required)

Action Plan: When completing your action plan, some of the goals will be the same or similar to your learning goals. You should also include additional goals that will help you complete your Pathway Scholarship product (e.g. seeking project approval if working with an organization; seeking ethics approval; securing funding or in-kind support, completing data collection, etc.). For each goal, describe the actions or tangible steps you will need to take to complete your Pathway Scholarship product (e.g. meetings; communication with stakeholders; writing proposals or submitting applications; readings or skill acquisition etc.). At the end of each semester, you will need to provide a brief progress report on your actions in the space below. This process should allow you to easily document your progress. Goal 1 Action(s) Date # of Hours Completed

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Progress Report

Goal 2 Action(s)

Date Completed

# of Hours

Date Completed

# of Hours

Date Completed

# of Hours

Progress Report

Goal 3 Action(s) Progress Report

Goal 4 Action(s) Progress Report

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Goal 5 Action(s)

Date Completed

# of Hours

Progress Report

Goal 6 (Copy and paste this section for more than 6 goals) Action(s)

Date Completed

# of Hours

Date completed

# of Hours

Progress Report

Meetings with Mentor(s): {add more boxes if required}

Pathway Hours Completed Number of hours completed semester 1 Number of hours completed semester 2 Number of hours completed semester 3 Number of hours completed semester 4 Number of hours completed semester 5 Number of hours completed semester 6 Total number of hours completed to date

# of Hours

Proposed List of Readings:

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Mentor’s Expectations of student

Student’s Expectations of mentor

Other Comments :

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MSW PATHWAY LEARNING CONTRACT & PROGRESS REPORT Signature Page

I have prepared the MSW PATHWAY LEARNING CONTRACT & PROGRESS REPORT, and accept that it forms the basis for determining my grade (i.e., pass or fail).

___________________________________ Signature of student

____________________________ Date

I have read the MSW PATHWAY LEARNING CONTRACT & PROGRESS REPORT, and agree to use it as the basis for determining the student’s grade (i.e., pass or fail). _____________________________________ Signature of mentor

____________________________ Date

cc. Graduate Secretary

Note: the learning contract completed in semester one and the final end of semester report, signed by both the mentor and the student, should be submitted to the Graduate Secretary for placement on the student’s file. Substantive changes to the contract require the agreement and signature of both the mentor and student. The revised contract and signature page should be submitted to the Graduate Secretary for placement on the student’s file.

This a signature page for (please check one)

____This is the original contract ____Revised contract #1 ____Revised contract #2 ____The final progress report

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