Foundation Field Evaluation Results for
Assessment of Practice Competencies
Competency: 2.1.1 Identify as a professional social worker and conduct oneself
accordingly.
Competency
Benchmark
Mean of 4.25 on the
5 point scale
Practice Behavior
Advocate for client access to the
services of social work
Practice personal reflection and selfcorrection to assure continual
professional development
Attend to professional roles and
boundaries
Demonstrate professional demeanor
in behavior, appearance, and
communication
Mean for Practice
Behavior Measures
4.32
4.24
4.18
4.08
Engage in career-long learning
4.43
Use supervision and consultation
4.16
Aggregate Mean
4.23
Benchmark Findings
(% of Students Achieving Competency Benchmark)
56.8%
Competency: 2.1.2 Apply social work ethical principles to guide professional
practice.
Competency
Benchmark
Mean of 4.25 on the
5 point scale
Practice Behavior
Mean for Practice
Behavior Measures
Recognize and manage personal
values in a way that allows
professional values to guide practice
4.24
Make ethical decisions by applying
standards of the National
Association of Social Workers Code
of Ethics
4.24
Tolerate ambiguity in resolving
ethical conflicts
3.97
Apply strategies of ethical reasoning
to arrive at principled decisions
4.18
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Aggregate Mean
Benchmark Findings
(% of Students Achieving Competency Benchmark)
4.16
51.4%
Competency: 2.1.3 Apply critical thinking to inform and communicate professional
judgments.
Competency
Benchmark
Mean of 4.25 on the
5 point scale
Practice Behavior
Mean for Practice
Behavior Measures
Distinguish, appraise, and integrate
multiple sources of knowledge,
including research-based
knowledge, and practice wisdom
4.18
Analyze models of assessment,
prevention, intervention, and
evaluation
4.02
Demonstrate effective oral and
written communication in working
with individuals, families, groups,
organizations, communities, and
colleagues
4.18
Aggregate Mean
4.13
Benchmark Findings
(% of Students Achieving Competency Benchmark)
48.6%
Competency: 2.1.4 Engage diversity and difference in practice.
Competency
Benchmark
Mean of 4.25 on the
5 point scale
Practice Behavior
Recognize the extent to which a
culture’s structures and values may
oppress, marginalize, alienate, or
create or enhance privilege and
power
Mean for Practice
Behavior Measures
4.18
2
Gain sufficient self-awareness to
eliminate the influence of personal
biases and values in working with
diverse groups
4.13
Recognize and communicate their
understanding of the importance of
difference in shaping life
experiences
4.24
View themselves as learners and
engage those with whom they work
as informants
4.29
Aggregate Mean
4.21
Benchmark Findings
(% of Students Achieving Competency Benchmark)
59.5%
Competency: 2.1.5 Advance human rights and social and economic justice.
Competency
Benchmark
Mean of 4.25 on the
5 point scale
Practice Behavior
Mean for Practice
Behavior Measures
Understand the forms and
mechanisms of oppression and
discrimination
4.13
Advocate for human rights and
social and economic justice
4.16
Engage in practices that advance
social and economic justice
4.02
Aggregate Mean
4.10
Benchmark Findings
(% of Students Achieving Competency Benchmark)
43.2%
Competency: 2.1.6 Engage in research-informed practice and practice-informed
research.
Competency
Benchmark
Mean of 4.25 on the
5 point scale
Practice Behavior
Mean for Practice
Behavior Measures
Use practice experience to inform
scientific inquiry
4.01
Use research evidence to inform
practice
3.89
3
Aggregate Mean
Benchmark Findings
(% of Students Achieving Competency Benchmark)
3.95
21.6%
Competency: 2.1.7 Apply knowledge of human behavior and the social
environment.
Competency
Benchmark
Mean of 4.25 on the
5 point scale
Practice Behavior
Mean for Practice
Behavior Measures
Utilize conceptual frameworks to
guide the processes of assessment,
intervention, and evaluation
3.97
Critique and apply knowledge to
understand person and environment
4.10
Aggregate Mean
4.04
Benchmark Findings
(% of Students Achieving Competency Benchmark)
32.4%
Competency: 2.1.8 Engage in policy practice to advance social and economic wellbeing and to deliver effective social work services.
Competency
Benchmark
Mean of 4.25 on the
5 point scale
Practice Behavior
Mean for Practice
Behavior Measures
Analyze, formulate, and advocate for
policies that advance social wellbeing
4.08
Collaborate with colleagues and
clients for effective policy action
4.13
Aggregate Mean
4.10
Benchmark Findings
(% of Students Achieving Competency Benchmark)
29.7%
Competency: 2.1.9 Respond to contexts that shape practice.
Competency
Benchmark
Practice Behavior
Mean for Practice
Behavior Measures
4
Mean of 4.25 on the
5 point scale
Continuously discover, appraise, and
attend to changing locales,
populations, scientific and
technological developments, and
emerging societal trends to provide
relevant services
3.86
Provide leadership in promoting
sustainable changes in service
delivery and practice to improve the
quality of social services.
3.95
Aggregate Mean
3.91
Benchmark Findings
(% of Students Achieving Competency Benchmark)
27%
Competency: 2.1.10(a) Engagement
Competency
Benchmark
Mean of 4.25 on the
5 point scale
Practice Behavior
Mean for Practice
Behavior Measures
Substantively and affectively prepare
for action with individuals, families,
groups,
organizations, and communities
4.01
Use empathy and other interpersonal
skills
4.40
Develop a mutually agreed-on focus
of work and desired outcomes
4.27
Aggregate Mean
4.22
Benchmark Findings
(% of Students Achieving Competency Benchmark)
56.8%
Competency: 2.1.10(b) Assessment
Competency
Benchmark
Mean of 4.25 on the
5 point scale
Practice Behavior
Mean for Practice
Behavior Measures
Collect, organize, and interpret client
data
4.17
Assess client strengths and
limitations
4.27
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Develop mutually agreed-on
intervention goals and objectives
4.18
Select appropriate intervention
strategies
4.10
Aggregate Mean
4.18
Benchmark Findings
(% of Students Achieving Competency Benchmark)
48.6%
Competency: 2.1.10(c) Intervention
Competency
Benchmark
Mean of 4.25 on the
5 point scale
Practice Behavior
Mean for Practice
Behavior Measures
Initiate actions to achieve
organizational goals
4.08
Implement prevention interventions
that enhance client capacities
4.05
Help clients resolve problems
4.21
Negotiate, mediate, and advocate for
clients
4.18
Facilitate transitions and endings
4.05
Aggregate Mean
4.18
Benchmark Findings
(% of Students Achieving Competency Benchmark)
40.5%
Competency: 2.1.10(d) Evaluation
Competency
Benchmark
Mean of 4.25 on the
5 point scale
Practice Behavior
Critically analyze, monitor, and
evaluate interventions
Benchmark Findings
(% of Students Achieving Competency Benchmark)
Mean for Practice
Behavior Measures
3.91
21.6%
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