FIELD EXPERIENCE LOG: IFST 236
Students are required to submit 5 field experience logs for each placement.A total of 10 for the semester.The log entries must be made by midnight of the school day 48 following the placement.

PlacementsLog Entry Due at Midnight

MondayWednesday

TuesdayThursday

WednesdayFriday

ThursdayMonday

FridayTuesday

Log entries should be e-mailed to ifst236010-mail@udel

Additionally, print a hard copy of each entry and place each one in a notebook or folder.

If you are absent or miss a practicium placement you are expected to note that in your log, the reason for the absence should be given as well as the person notified and the arrangements you have made to make up the placement.Continue the log assignments in order.When you go to the practicium you will do the next assignment on the list.

Field Experience Log Format

Each entry should begin with the following:

·Your name (Jane Doe)

·Log Entry Number (Log number 2)

·Age range of children 

·Your placement schedule including the date, time, and duration of your visit. (10/25/99, 8 - 11 a.m.)If you did not go at the regularly scheduled time note this.

·List the first names and ages (in years and months) of all the children present (First names only should be used to ensure confidentiality of the information included in your log.Never use last names of children you observe or with whom you work.)Note significant absences.

·List the names and positions of the staff present during your visit including support people who may come for only a portion of the day (Tammy Tuesday, teacher; Wendy Wednesday, occupational therapist).Note significant absences.

·Daily schedule of classroom activities that take place during your visit (be sure to include set-up anc clean up time.)

Log Assignments
 

LOG # 7

The goal for this week is to concentrate in the area of social development.Additionally, you will be beginning your observations for the I/TERS.

Before going to your placement

Read the information about social development in the text and the HELP Charts in the area of socialdevelopment.Based on the ages of the children in your placement get familiar with the expected patterns of social development.Review the names of the children and their ages (in months).DO NOT take the charts with you.Look at the major categories used in the I/TERS and make some specific observations in those areas.I have included the major categories below.Choose 2 or 3 categories to focus your observation for this week. DO NOT TAKE THE FORMS WITH YOU.

I.Furnishings and Displays for Children

1.Furnishing for routine care

2.Use of furnishings for learning activities

3.Furnishings for relaxation and comfort

4.Room arrangement

5.Display for children

II Personal Care Routines

6.Greeting/departing

7.Meals/snacks

8.Nap

9.Diapering/toileting
10. Personal grooming
11.Health practice
12.Health policy

13.Safety practice

14.Safety policy

III Listening and Talking

15.Informal use of language

16.Books and pictures

IV.Learning Activities

18.Active physical play

19.Art

20.Music and movement

21.Blocks

22.Pretend play

23.Sand and water play

24.Cultural awareness

V.Interaction

25.Peer interaction

26.Caregiver-child interaction

27.Discipline

VI.Program Structure

28.Schedule of daily activities

29.Supervision of daily activities

30.Staff cooperation

31.Provision for children with special needs

VII.Adult Needs

32.Adult personal needs

33.Opportunities for professional growth

34.Adult meeting area

35.Provisions for parents

1.Look at the social development aspect of your placement.

·What are your expectations for social development for children in this age range?

·What opportunities are available for social development?

·How frequently are children able to use these opportunities?

·Describe the types of supports (human and material) which are available for social development?

·How much of the social development program is dependent upon adults?

·Describe adult-child interactions which support social development.

·Focusing on your target child play a simple social game with you child.(For a young infant this might be turn taking handing a block back and forth.For toddlers it might include singing a simple song with motions.)

·Which categories did you choose from the I/TERS? 

2.Reflecting on the day

Today youhad a specific assignment in the classroom.How was that for you?How did the caregivers respond?How did the child respond?

·What did your learn as you focused on another aspect of the curriculum?What additional supports might you provide for children in the area of social development?
·How did you feel doing a social activity?Could you remember what you needed to know?
·How did your activity go?What might you change or do differently?
·How did specifically focusing on categories from the I/TERS add to your information about the center?

3.Goal setting

In your last log you set a goal for yourself and your performance.Restate the goal.How did you do?If you were successful, why?If your were not successful assess why and discuss how you will work toward the goal or how you will reframe it.

Before leaving your placement

Be sure that you have all the information you need for your journal and that you confirm your next session.