How Daemen University Manages Field Placements and Outcomes

How Daemen University Manages Field Placements and Outcomes

Field placements rarely stay “clean” once the semester begins. Students split hours across sites, arrive with prior experience, or change university supervisors mid-stream. Meanwhile, evaluations pile up, but the data doesn’t always reflect quality, context, or what’s happening in the field. 

When systems are rigid, real-world learning gets flattened into numbers. When evaluation design doesn’t match reality, outcomes suffer. 

Daemen University’s School of Education faced challenges many education programs recognize: managing placements at scale, supporting multiple evaluator roles, collecting meaningful feedback, and meeting accreditation requirements, without disrupting faculty workflows. 

In this session, Dr. Tara Kaczorowski shares how Daemen University leverages CORE’s flexible field placement management tools and configurable evaluation design to better reflect how learning actually happens in the field.  

What You’ll Take Away

You’ll hear practical examples of how programs manage placement changes without rebuilding records, design evaluations that reflect who is observing and what they’re seeing, and interpret outcomes data with greater confidence. 

Who Should Attend:

• Clinical coordinators 
• Field placement administrators 
• Education program managers 
• Anyone managing field learning in education programs 

Dr. Tara Kaczorowski

Tara coordinates all teacher preparation programs across two campuses at Daemen. She teaches courses related to instructional technology and math education for diverse learners. Her primary research areas are in teacher preparation, instructional technology, and inclusive math/STEM instruction for students with high-incidence disabilities.