Overview

Your field team will assign you to your placement site in Experiential Learning Cloud.

Complete any placement paperwork in Experiential Learning Cloud related to your site assignment.

When you are eligible to have a site assigned to you, you will see a message in the Select Site step of your site placements workspace notifying you that program faculty will be assigning your site and/or supervisor.

If you are assigned a site in Experiential Learning Cloud, you may not choose your own site or suggest a new site to apply to. Once your site has been assigned, you will be notified via the communications hub and the site will appear on the left side of your site placements workspace. 

 

Assigned Site Placements (for Students)

Watch the video and/or read the text below for details.

You can click the steps beneath the site's name to begin your program's required paperwork for your site placement. 

You may be assigned a site supervisor or you may be able to select your site supervisor. 

• If your supervisor is assigned: You will be unable to select your own supervisor. Until you have been assigned a supervisor, you will see a message prompting you to check back later in the Select Supervisor step of your placement process
  • Once you are assigned a supervisor, you will also be notified via the communications hub. 
  • You will be able to complete your program's required paperwork for your connection to your supervisor within the supervisor step of the process (found on the left side of your site placements workspace). 
  • You will also be able to see your supervisor's contact information in this space. 
• If you are able to select or suggest a site supervisor: You will need to click Select Supervisor.
  • You will be able to select a supervisor's name from a list.
  • If you don't see your supervisor's name, you can scroll to the bottom of the screen and select Suggest a Supervisor.

 

Selecting or Suggesting a Supervisor

Complete your program's required paperwork to connect with a site supervisor once you've been offered a placement.

If your program allows you to select or suggest a supervisor, wait until your site has confirmed who your supervisor will be prior to moving on to this step of the placement process. 

 NOTE: Your program may not approve your supervisor if they are unable to meet program requirements. 

 

1. Suggest or add your site supervisor by clicking the Select Supervisor step beneath the Select Site step.
2. Any approved supervisors already associated with your site would then appear in a list.
3. If you see your supervisor's name, click Start next to their name. 
4. If there are no supervisors already associated with your site in Experiential Learning Cloud or your supervisor is not listed, you can click the Suggest Supervisor button
5. Input the site supervisor’s first and last names. Be sure to review the list of potential matching supervisors first. If you don't see any matches, click the I’m Ready button.
6. A new list of tasks to be completed or delegated by you will then appear under the suggested supervisor’s name.
7. Start and/or submit the list of tasks shown. The tasks will update statuses automatically as they are completed, signed, and submitted by you and anyone else who you’ve submitted them to.
   • If you have suggested a new supervisor, you will need to enter their email address when delegating tasks to them. 

 

Terminology Key

Standard Term	Common Substitutions
Site	Agency	School	Clinic	Field Agency
Site Supervisor	Field Instructor	Cooperating Teacher	Preceptor	Primary Supervisor
Task Supervisor	Backup Supervisor	Secondary Supervisor

 

Standard Term Definitions 

Site: The location in which students are placed for their field experience. 

Site Supervisor: The professional who oversees the student's field experience at their external field site. 

Task Supervisor: An individual who provides on-site supervision for the student field experience, but not as the primary supervisor.

 

 

Related Articles:

Applying for Site Placement (for Students)

Glossary of Common Terms in ELC