Roles and Responsibilities

Placement Tutor:

- provides academic oversight of practical placements;

- ensures the organisation and proper administration of placements;

- is responsible for the quality and academic content of placements;

- cooperates with organisations suitable for the provision of practical placements;

- prepares documentation required for the tripartite Placement Agreement and maintains communication with placement mentors at individual placement providers;

- introduces students to the objectives, structure, focus and requirements of placements and informs them about assessment methods and requirements for obtaining course credit;

- approves placement providers by confirming the student's placement registration in the Placement Portal www.praxe.vspj.cz within five days of submission;

- delivers the Practical Placement Seminar;

- specifies the requirements for applications for recognition of placements completed outside college studies;

- provides recommendations regarding the recognition of Practical Placement I - Practical Placement V.;

- awards course credit based on the evaluation of the required documentation;

- monitors students' attendance and fulfilment of placement requirements through telephone or email communication or by conducting on-site visits.

Academic Staff Member Responsible for Placement Administration:

- assists in organising placements, seminars, field visits and the final credit-awarding colloquium;

- introduces students to the objectives, structure, focus and requirements of placements and informs them about assessment methods and requirements for obtaining course credit;

- cooperates with organisations suitable for the provision of practical placements;

- maintains records of Placement Agreements;

- provides administrative support to students, placement providers and the Placement Tutor;

- maintains records of students' placement documentation;

- verifies the completeness of students' documentation before and after the placement;

- awards course credits based on the evaluation of the submitted documentation;

- carries out random checks of students' attendance and fulfilment of placement requirements by phone, email or on-site visits;

- is accountable to the Head of the Department for the implementation and monitoring of practical placements.

Head of the Department:

- reviews and decides on applications for the recognition of Practical Placement 1 - Practical Placement 5;

- considers and resolves disputed cases.

- selects a placement provider from the database available in the Placement Portal www.praxe.vspj.cz, or with the prior approval of the Placement Tutor, another suitable organisation;

- submits written confirmation of vaccination against viral hepatitis upon enrolment. This requirement is based on Section 9 of Decree No. 537/2006 Coll. on vaccination against infectious diseases: "Students preparing at universities other than medical faculties for activities in healthcare settings are obliged to be vaccinated against viral hepatitis B...";

- submits a fully completed and signed Placement Agreement to the College of Polytechnics Jihlava not later than three days before the placement begins;

- prepares the Learning Agreement/Placement Plan in cooperation with the placement mentor before commencing the placement and submits it to the academic staff member responsible for placement administration (Mgr. Jitka Novotná, novot147@vspj.cz ) no later than the first day of the placement;

- records each day of placement activity in the Placement Diary via the Placement Portal www.praxe.vspj.cz;

- prepares and submits the Placement Portfolio no later than seven days after completing the placement.