School Social Work

Student Learning Outcomes, Goals, Objectives:

Students successfully completing this course will be able to:

• Carry out the values and ethics outlined in the National Association of Social Workers Code of Ethics as demonstrated in online discussions, quizzes, and school social worker role analysis assignment.
• Demonstrate appropriate boundaries in the school social worker role analysis assignment.
• Develop clearly written assignments for this course.
• Demonstrate knowledge and skills around diversity in their assignments and online discussions.
• Identify how school social workers can advance human rights and social and economic justice in their roles.
• Demonstrate in their research of a student population how studies can be used to inform practice and practice can inform research.
• Use knowledge of human behavior and social environment and the person-in-environment perspective to describe how to engage with families.
• Use knowledge of human behavior and the social environment and the person-in-environment perspective when utilizing assessment tools with students.
• Incorporate understanding of client population and demonstrate how to develop mutually agreed upon treatment outcomes in research of a student population assignment.
• Research, identify, and describe appropriate interventions for a chosen student population.
• Demonstrate from literature review on a student population how these students have been effectively treated.
• Demonstrate how school social workers effectively advocate for students and their families.

Course Grading Information:

Activity/Performance Measure	Percentage/Points
Module Learning Activities	20%
Written & Video Discussion Boards	20%
Quizzes	20%
School Social Worker Role Analysis	15%
Research of a Student Population	25%

Grading Scale

Percentage	Letter Grade
95% - 100%	A
90% - 94%	A-
87% - 89%	B+
83% - 86%	B*
80% - 82%	B-
77% - 79%	C+
73% - 76%	C
70% - 72%	C-
67% - 69%	D+
63% - 66%	D
60% - 62%	D-
59% and below	F

School Social Work licensure students must earn an overall B or higher to be eligible for the licensure through the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction.

Attendance/Participation:

This course is online, asynchronous and participation is measured through weekly module assignments.

Course Materials Purchased by the Students:

Massat, C.R., Kelly, M.S., Constable, R. (2022). School Social Work Practice Policy, and Research (9th ed.). New York: Oxford University Press.