The advisor also confers with the field instructor to ensure that there is a full understanding of the criteria for evaluation of the student's educational performance. Effective communication between the advisor, the student and the field instructor is an important factor in identifying gaps or potential failures and alerts all the parties to areas that need improvement and change. If the student is in danger of failing Field Instruction, or is requesting a change in placement, the advisor, faculty advisor and student may consult with the Director of Field Instruction, or, if indicated, with the Committee on Students, for ideas about how the situation can be improved. At the end of the school year the advisor talks with the educational coordinator or field instructor about how the educational experience proceeded, and gives any suggestions for the next year. A final agency report, with written recommendations, is given to the Field Instruction Department so that planning for the next year can be done knowledgeably.
Students also provide the Director of Field Instruction with their feedback on the placement.
In the spring, the field advisor works with first year students to make agency specific recommendations for the second year Field Instruction placement. Discussion of the student's strengths and learning needs along with preferences for type of agency and experiences are reviewed so that appropriate recommendations can be made. The advisor communicates in writing to the Field Instruction Department suggestions about the placement for the second year. A transfer summary is also written by the first year field advisor and is the major information sent to the second year Field Instruction agency about the student they will be assigned. This is based on the student's performance in the field.