New York State certification requires school media students to complete 100 hours of on-site fieldwork in elementary (50 hours) and secondary (50 hours) schools prior to their practicum experiences. These are non-credit experiences monitored by the Fieldwork Coordinator and supervised on-site with a certified library media specialist. These certification requirements are for any school media student, even if you do not live in New York, as they are part of our accredited program requirements.
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A minimum of 15 of the 100 clock hours of field experience must include a focus on understanding the needs of students with disabilities.
Important Contact Information
Rebecca Shaffer Mannion rshaffer@syr.edu
Fieldwork Coordinator
School of Information Studies, Syracuse University
Develop Your Fieldwork Project
Students will coordinate fieldwork placement and fieldwork projects with guidance from the Fieldwork Coordinator and the site supervisor. The following are guidelines for selecting projects:
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By the end of their program, School Media students are expected to participate in the design and/or implementation of the following types of activities:
Collaborative instructional planning with classroom teachers
Differentiated instruction for a diverse range of students including students with special needs.
Integration of technology into instruction.
Exposure to a wide range of management tasks (e.g., budgeting, planning and evaluation)
A storytelling and/or book talking session.
A classroom management and/or conflict resolution experience.
A language acquisition and/or literacy development activity (e.g., reading guidance, literature appreciation, speaking, writing, or listening skills).
Planning and/or evaluation of a library media center of program.
An information literacy skills lesson or unit for students.
Some of these activities will be addressed in fieldwork and some in practica.
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All completed Learning Agreement, Record of Fieldwork, and Completion of Fieldwork forms must be submitted via email to Rebecca Shaffer Mannion rshaffer@syr.edu and submitted in the School Media Forum on https://blackboard.syracuse.edu/ (under Organizations, not Courses).
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Once you and the site supervisor have agreed on your fieldwork experience, including the project(s) on which you will work, you must submit the Fieldwork Learning Agreement via email to Rebecca Shaffer Mannion rshaffer@syr.edu . It is imperative that you submit this form at least one week BEFORE you begin your actual fieldwork hours. It also needs to be submitted in the School Media Forum. Hours completed before the Learning Agreement has been approved will not be counted toward the 50 hours.
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Send Judi a weekly journal entry via email to Rebecca Shaffer Mannion rshaffer@syr.edu of your fieldwork experience. These are due by midnight Sunday evenings during your fieldwork experience. In the journal entry, indicate how many hours were spent in the school, activities you observed or conducted, and your reflections upon those. These entries are required but not graded. Feel free to say what you really think, because the content will not be passed along to your site supervisor. It is okay to have good days and not so good days.
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Once you have completed 50 hours at your fieldwork site(s), you are required to submit a final report titled “Record of Fieldwork” via email to Rebecca Shaffer Mannion rshaffer@syr.edu . Include the lesson plan also. This also gets submitted to the School Media Forum https://blackboard.syracuse.edu/ .
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When you have finished both fieldwork placements, email the Completion of Fieldwork Form to Rebecca Shaffer Mannion rshaffer@syr.edu in order to have this placed on your transcript as a Milestone. Submit this also in the School Media Forum https://blackboard.syracuse.edu/ .
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The School Media Fieldwork Process Overview
Complete a minimum of six credits in the School Media Program.
Read this Fieldwork Guide (also available in the School Media Forum on https://blackboard.syracuse.edu/)
Email Rebecca Shaffer Mannion rshaffer@syr.edu stating intent to begin fieldwork.
Find a placement via networking, suggestions from other students in the program, Rebecca Shaffer Mannion rshaffer@syr.edu , school media faculty, or calling local schools.
Complete Fieldwork Learning Agreement Form and email it to Rebecca Shaffer Mannion rshaffer@syr.edu Submit in School Media Forum.
Rebecca will review the Learning Agreement and approve or ask for revisions, and notify you via email.
Begin your 50 hours.
Send Rebecca a weekly journal entry via email of your fieldwork experience by midnight on Sundays.
At the end of your 50 hours, complete and submit Record of Fieldwork Form and lesson plan to Rebecca Shaffer Mannion rshaffer@syr.edu via email. Submit in School Media Forum.
Complete the second competency checklist after your second fieldwork placement. Submit in School Media Forum.
When you have finished both fieldwork placements, submit the Completion of Fieldwork Form in the School Media Forum and it will be noted on your transcript as a Milestone.
When you know when you want to start your practica, email onladvising@syr.edu to set you with permission to register for 972 in MySlice.