Professional practice I

Objectives

The finality of BP I is twofold:

    On the one hand, we expect students to know, understand and understand the meaning of the elements of the professional attitude and the competencies of an SRW employee. On the other hand, students master the professional attitude and the competences at the level shown in the text 'Professional attitude' and in the document 'Evaluation criteria per quadrant and per training phase', more specifically the evaluation criteria BP I.

BP I in the field

  • Objectives and Approaches

    In the first SRW training phase, professional practice comprises at least 40 hours of practical experience, spread over the entire academic year.

  • Content

    As a buddy, students are na-school, individual counselors for students who need extra support and motivation when doing homework and learning lessons. They are a 'buddy' for the students and thus increase the educational opportunities of children and young people who need extra support.

  • Trial

    Allocation

  • Rules of the game: rights and obligations

    The students enter into a volunteer agreement with the organization in which they commit themselves as a volunteer. They are responsible for drawing up it themselves and distribute the volunteer contract to all parties. They also post a copy - signed by all parties - in the charging zone provided for this purpose on Toledo before the start of their engagement.

BP I on campus

For BPI students, two hours of lessons are provided every week during the entire academic year.


Starting from the training and education vision, students start working with a number of basic frameworks: the analytical map of SRW, the model for critical thinking, the cycle of methodological-agogic working… They learn to use tools to improve their own frame of reference (experiences, values, to examine standards, skills, actions); eg Core Quadrants (Daniel Ofman), Growth Mindset vs Fixed Mindset (Carol Dweck)… In addition, they will also actively work on current affairs with regard to youth care.


In addition to these weekly lessons, the students - as future SRW staff - meet youth professionals from the field. We call these meetings 'Tastemakers'. Students taste the job as a youth professional in the hope that they will get excited about it. In an interactive workshop with students from the third training phase, they share knowledge and internship experiences. Practitioners from various organizations in the welfare and education sector testify about their work and students go on practical visits to an organization in the welfare sector.


Students are obliged to participate in all classes and all tastemakers. If a student is unable to attend due to exceptional circumstances, she will inform the practical lecturer and justify her absence via the student tracking system (SVS) on the UCLL Intranet. If the student is absent for more than 20% of the lessons, she will not be admitted to the final evaluation of the OPO BP I.


The lessons are intended to support and promote the personal learning and formation process. Students broaden their knowledge about the professional attitude and the competencies of the SRW employee by exchanging information with fellow students and the lecturer. Using various teaching methods, the lecturer encourages students to deepen experiences through reflection on personal functioning and professional development. We expect the students to prepare the lessons thoroughly. In the classroom context, the students show their professional attitude as youth professionals. You will find out what that means in the text about the professional attitude.

Assignments BP I

For the OPO BP I, the students are instructed to develop a portfolio. The portfolio consists on the one hand of assignments and on the other hand of a collection of evidence that demonstrates that they master the professional attitude and the competences as described in the text Professional attitude and the document 'Evaluation criteria per quadrant and per training phase', more specifically the evaluation criteria BP I. During an oral final exam students defend their portfolio.

Study load BP I

The OPO BP I is good for 8 credits. This corresponds to a study load of between 200 and 240 hours on an annual basis. This total includes: the practical experience (40 hours), the lessons (60 hours) and a minimum of 100 hours to prepare lessons, to process the subject matter, to follow current events and to work on given assignments.

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