Summary Data of BSW Program’s Student Competencies
Fall 2009-Spring 2015
Competency #1: Identify as a professional social worker and conduct oneself accordingly.
#1a: Practice Behaviors: Advocate for client access to services; demonstrate professional demeanor in behavior, appearance, and
communication.
Measures
Class: SWK 490: Practicum in Social Work
Assignment: Practicum Learning Plan, Average of Goal #4, Objective E
Semester
Number of Students
Range
# 80% and Above
Fall 2009
12
5-6
12 (100%)
Spring 2010
19
4-7
18 (95%)
Fall 2010
9
5-7
9 (100%)
Spring 2011
26
5-7
26 (100%)
Not offered
Not offered
Not offered
38
5-7
38 (100%)
Not offered
Not offered
Not offered
42
5-7
42 (100%)
Not offered
Not offered
Not offered
38
5-7
38 (100%)
Not offered
Not offered
Not offered
38
4-7
35 (92%)
Fall 2011
Spring 2012
Fall 2012
Spring 2013
Fall 2013
Spring 2014
Fall 2014
Spring 2015
#1b: Practice Behaviors: Practice personal reflection and self-correction to assure continual professional development.
1
Measures
Assignment: Integrative paper on students’ choice of people different from them and
how those persons experience oppression, prejudice, marginalization, and poverty.
Also included in this paper are students’ ideas on ways to change society to reduce or
eliminate these factors for that particular group.
Class: SWK 219: Human Diversity
Semester
Number of Students
Range
# 80% and Above
Fall 2009
23
82-98
23 (100%)
Spring 2010
28
65-98
23 (82%)
Fall 2010
31
70-98
20 (65%)
Spring 2011
28
0-100
20 (60%)
Fall 2011
44
0-100
40 (90%)
Spring 2012
21
0-100
14 (66%)
Fall 2012
42
0-100
31 (74%)
Spring 2013
28
0-99
27 (96%)
Fall 2013
47
0-100
43 (91%)
Spring 2014
Not received by instructor
Not received by instructor
Not received by instructor
Fall 2014
Not received by instructor
Not received by instructor
Not received by instructor
36
0-100
35 (97%)
Spring 2015
#1c: Practice Behaviors: Attend to professional roles and boundaries.
Measures
2
Class: SWK 490: Practicum in Social Work
Assignment: Practicum Learning Plan, Average of Goal #9, Objectives: A,B,C,F
Semester
Number of Students
Range
# 80% and Above
Fall 2009
12
4.75-7
11 (92%)
Spring 2010
19
4.75-7
18 (95%)
Fall 2010
10
6.25-7
10 (100%)
Spring 2011
26
5-7
26 (100%)
Not offered
Not offered
Not offered
38
5.25-7
38 (100%)
Not offered
Not offered
Not offered
42
5-7
42 (100%)
Not offered
Not offered
Not offered
38
4-7
36 (95%)
Not offered
Not offered
Not offered
38
4-7
34 (89%)
Fall 2011
Spring 2012
Fall 2012
Spring 2013
Fall 2013
Spring 2014
Fall 2014
Spring 2015
#1d: Practice Behaviors: Engage in career-long learning.
Measures
Class: SWK 480: Social Work Integrative Seminar
Semester
Fall 2009
Spring 2010
Assignment: Participate in a professional continuing education activity, then write a
personal response paper
Number of Students
Range
# 80% and Above
Data Not Available
Data Not Available
Data Not Available
19
33-50
17 (89%)
3
Fall 2010
10
44-50
10 (100%)
Spring 2011
26
45-50
26 (100%)
Not offered
Not offered
Not offered
39
9-50
31 (79%)
Not offered
Not offered
Not offered
43
0-50
38 (88%)
Not offered
Not offered
Not offered
14
37-50
14 (100%)
Not offered
Not offered
Not offered
25
13.5-50
19 (76%)
Fall 2011
Spring 2012
Fall 2012
Spring 2013
Fall 2013
Spring 2014
Fall 2014
Spring 2015
1e: Practice Behaviors: Use supervision and consultation.
Measures
Class: SWK 490: Practicum in Social Work
Assignment: Practicum Learning Plan, Average of Goal #9, Objectives: B & G
Semester
Number of Students
Range
# 80% and Above
Fall 2009
12
5-7
12 (100%)
Spring 2010
19
5-7
19 (100%)
Fall 2010
10
6.5-7
10 (100%)
Spring 2011
26
5-7
26 (100%)
Not offered
Not offered
Not offered
38
5-7
38 (100%)
Fall 2011
Spring 2012
4
Fall 2012
Spring 2013
Fall 2013
Spring 2014
Fall 2014
Spring 2015
Not offered
Not offered
Not offered
42
5-7
42 (100%)
Not offered
Not offered
Not offered
38
4-7
36 (95%)
Not offered
Not offered
Not offered
38
4-7
35 (92%)
Competency #2: Apply social work ethical principles to guide professional practice.
2a. Practice Behaviors: Recognize and manage personal values in a way that allows professional values to guide practice; make ethical
decisions by applying standards of the NASW Code of Ethics and, as applicable, of the International Federal of Social Workers/International
Association of Schools of Social Work, Statement of Principles; tolerate ambiguity in resolving ethical conflicts; apply strategies of ethical
reasoning to arrive at principled decisions.
Measures
SWK 490: Practicum in Social Work
Assignment: Practicum Learning Plan, Average of Goal #1, Objectives: A-E
Semester
Number of Students
Range
# 80% and Above
Fall 2009
12
5.4-7
12 (100%)
Spring 2010
19
5-7
19 (100%)
Fall 2010
10
6.2-7
10 (100%)
Spring 2011
26
5-7
Not offered
Not offered
Not offered
38
4.4-7
35 (92%)
Not offered
Not offered
Not offered
Fall 2011
Spring 2012
Fall 2012
26 (100%)
5
Spring 2013
Fall 2013
Spring 2014
Fall 2014
Spring 2015
42
5-7
41 (98%)
Not offered
Not offered
Not offered
38
4-7
37 (97%)
Not offered
Not offered
Not offered
38
4-7
35 (92%)
Competency #3: Apply critical thinking to inform and communicate professional judgments.
3a: Practice Behaviors: Distinguish, appraise, and integrate multiple sources of knowledge, including research-based knowledge, and practice
wisdom; analyze models of assessment, prevention, intervention, and evaluation; demonstrate effective oral and written communication in
working with individuals, families, groups, organizations, communities, and colleagues.
Measures
Class: SWK 490: Practicum in Social Work
Assignment: Practicum Learning Plan, Average of Goal #3, Objectives: A-E
Semester
Number of Students
Range
# 80% and Above
Fall 2009
12
5-7
38 (100%)
Spring 2010
19
5.2-7
19 (100%)
Fall 2010
10
6-7
10 (100%)
Spring 2011
26
5.2-7
26 (100%)
Not offered
Not offered
Not offered
38
5-7
31 (82%)
Not offered
Not offered
Not offered
42
5-7
41 (98%)
Fall 2011
Spring 2012
Fall 2012
Spring 2013
6
Fall 2013
Spring 2014
Fall 2014
Spring 2015
Not offered
Not offered
Not offered
38
4-7
35(92%)
Not offered
Not offered
Not offered
38
4-7
35 (92%)
Competency #4: Engage diversity and difference in practice.
4a: Practice Behaviors: Recognize the extent to which a person’s culture’s structures and values may oppress, marginalize, alienate, create or
enhance privilege and power; gain sufficient self-awareness to eliminate the influence of personal biases and values in working with diverse
groups; recognize and communicate their understanding of the importance of difference in shaping life experiences.
Measures
Assignment: Integrative paper on students’ choice of people different from them and
how those persons experience oppression, prejudice, marginalization, and poverty.
Also included in this paper are students’ ideas on ways to change society to reduce or
eliminate these factors for that particular group.
Class: SWK 219: Human Diversity
Semester
Number of Students
Range
# 80% and Above
Fall 2009
23
82-98
23 (100%)
Spring 2010
28
65-98
23 (82%)
Fall 2010
31
70-98
20 (65%)
Spring 2011
28
0 - 100
20 (60%)
Fall 2011
44
0-100
40 (90%)
Spring 2012
21
0-100
14 (66%)
Fall 2012
42
0-100
31 (74%)
28
0-99
27 (96%)
47
0-100
43 (91%)
Spring 2013
Fall 2013
7
Spring 2014
Not received by instructor
Not received by instructor
Not received by instructor
Fall 2014
Not received by instructor
Not received by instructor
Not received by instructor
36
0-100
35 (97%)
Spring 2015
4b: Practice Behaviors: View themselves as learners and engage those with whom they work as informants.
Measures
Class: SWK 490: Practicum in Social Work
Assignment: Practicum Learning Plan, Score of Goal #6, Objective: F
Semester
Number of Students
Range
# 80% and Above
Fall 2009
12
5-7
12 (100%)
Spring 2010
19
5-7
19 (100%)
Fall 2010
10
5-7
10 (100%)
Spring 2011
26
4-7
25 (96%)
Not offered
Not offered
Not offered
38
4-7
37 (97%)
Not offered
Not offered
Not offered
42
5-7
42 (100%)
Not offered
Not offered
Not offered
38
4-7
36 (95%)
Not offered
Not offered
Not offered
38
4-7
34 (89%)
Fall 2011
Spring 2012
Fall 2012
Spring 2013
Fall 2013
Spring 2014
Fall 2014
Spring 2015
Competency #5: Advance human rights and social and economic justice.
8
5a: Practice Behaviors: Understand the forms and mechanisms of oppression and discrimination; advocate for human rights and social and
economic justice.
Measures
Assignment: Students prepare a research paper in which they present the social,
economic, and political problems of an at-risk population, analyzing the causal factors,
structural barriers, and historical perspectives for the chosen population and presenting
possible social, economic, and political solutions for the problems presented at micro,
mezzo, and macro levels of social work practice.
Class: SWK 313: Social Justice
Semester
Fall 2009
Spring 2010
Fall 2010
Spring 2011
Fall 2011
Spring 2012
Fall 2012
Spring 2013
Fall 2013
Spring 2014
Fall 2014
Spring 2015
Number of Students
Range
# 80% and Above
23
47-94
17 (74%)
Not Offered
Not Offered
Not Offered
38
60-91
20 (53%)
Not offered
Not offered
Not offered
59
60-100
35 (63%)
Not offered
Not offered
Not offered
49
87-100
48 (98%)
Not offered
Not offered
Not offered
63
0 – 96
58 (92%)
Not offered
Not offered
Not offered
42
43-100
39 (93%)
Not offered
Not offered
Not offered
5b: Practice Behaviors: Engage in practices that advance social and economic justice.
Measures
9
Class: SWK 430: Social Work Practice in
Communities & Organizations
Assignment: Complete a community-based assessment including a planned change
process.
Semester
Number of Students
Range
# 80% and Above
Fall 2009
10
82-95
10 (100%)
Spring 2010
14
80-97
14 (100%)
Fall 2010
22
84-100
22 (100%)
Not offered
Not offered
Not offered
38
0-100
34 (89%)
Not offered
Not offered
Not offered
42
80-100
42 (100%)
Not offered
Not offered
Not offered
39
60 – 100
37 (95%)
Not offered
Not offered
Not offered
44
75-100
43 (98%)
Not offered
Not offered
Not offered
Spring 2011
Fall 2011
Spring 2012
Fall 2012
Spring 2013
Fall 2013
Spring 2014
Fall 2014
Spring 2015
Competency #6: Engage in research informed practice and practice-informed research
6a: Practice Behaviors: Use practice experience to inform scientific inquiry; use research evidence to inform practice.
Measures
Class: SWK 418: Methods of Social Research in
Social Work Practice
Semester
Assignment: Complete a quantitative research proposal on a social issue that students
identify.
Number of Students
Range
# 80% and Above
10
Fall 2009
9
78-96
8 (90%)
Spring 2010
32
82-94
32 (100%)
Not offered
Not offered
Not offered
33
83-100
33 (100%)
Not offered
Not offered
Not offered
45
40-100
34 (76%)
Not offered
Not offered
Not offered
38
76-100
35 (92%)
Not offered
Not offered
Not offered
Not received by instructor
Not received by instructor
Not received by instructor
Fall 2014
Not offered
Not offered
Not offered
Spring 2015
Not offered
Not offered
Not offered
Fall 2010
Spring 2011
Fall 2011
Spring 2012
Fall 2012
Spring 2013
Fall 2013
Spring 2014
Competency #7: Apply knowledge of human behavior and the social environment.
7a: Practice Behaviors: Utilize conceptual frameworks to guide the processes of assessment, intervention, and evaluation; criticize and apply
knowledge to understand person and environment.
Measures
Class: SWK 326: Human Behavior and the Social
Environment II
Semester
Assignment: Course examination.
Number of Students
Range
# 80% and Above
Fall 2009
10
80-97
10 (100%)
Spring 2010
27
76-98
26 (97%)
Not offered
Not offered
Not offered
Fall 2010
11
Spring 2011
Fall 2011
Spring 2012
Fall 2012
Spring 2013
Fall 2013
Spring 2014
Fall 2014
Spring 2015
36
83-100
36 (100%)
Not offered
Not offered
Not offered
18
77-99
17 (94%)
Missing data from one
class
Not offered
Not offered
Not offered
38
68-100
32 (84%)
Not offered
Not offered
Not offered
Not received by instructor
Not received by instructor
Not received by instructor
Not offered
Not offered
Not offered
Not received by instructor
Not received by instructor
Not received by instructor
Competency #8: Engage in policy practice to advance social and economic well-being and to deliver effective social work services.
8a: Practice Behaviors: Analyze, formulate, and advocate for policies that advance social well-being; collaborate with colleagues and clients
for effective policy action.
Measures
Class: SWK 314: Social Welfare Policy & Services II
Semester
Assignment: Complete a policy analysis.
Number of Students
Range
# 80% and Above
Fall 2009
17
78-96
16 (95%)
Spring 2010
10
73-98
8 (80%)
Fall 2010
28
65-98
24 (86%)
Not offered
Not offered
Not offered
Spring 2011
12
Fall 2011
18
77-99
17 (94%)
Not offered
Not offered
Not offered
42
70-100
40 (95%)
Not offered
Not offered
Not offered
39
70 – 100
36 (92%)
Not offered
Not offered
Not offered
Fall 2014
21
85-100
21 (100%)
Spring 2015
14
85-100
14 (100%)
Spring 2012
Fall 2012
Spring 2013
Fall 2013
Spring 2014
Competency #9: Respond to contexts that shape practice.
9a: Practice Behaviors: Continuously discover, appraise, and attend to changing locales, populations, scientific, and technological
developments, and emerging societal trends to provide relevant services; provide leadership in promoting sustainable changes in service
delivery and practice to improve the quality of social services.
Measures
Class: SWK 430: Social Work Practice in
Communities & Organizations
Assignment: Complete a community-based assessment including a planned change
process.
Semester
Number of Students
Range
# 80% and Above
Fall 2009
10
82-95
10 (100%)
Spring 2010
14
80-97
14 (100%)
Fall 2010
22
84-100
22 (100%)
Not offered
Not offered
Not offered
38
0-50
34 (89%)
Not offered
Not offered
Not offered
Spring 2011
Fall 2011
Spring 2012
13
Fall 2012
Spring 2013
Fall 2013
Spring 2014
Fall 2014
Spring 2015
42
80-100
42 (100%)
Not offered
Not offered
Not offered
39
60 – 100
37 (95%)
Not offered
Not offered
Not offered
44
75-100
43 (98%)
Not offered
Not offered
Not offered
Competency #10: Engage, assess, intervene, and evaluate with individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities.
10a: Practice Behaviors: Substantively and affectively prepare for action with individuals, families, groups;, organizations, and communities;
use empathy and other interpersonal skills; develop a mutually agreed-on focus of work and desired outcomes; collect, organize, and
interpret client data; assess client strengths and limitations; develop mutually agreed-on intervention goals and objectives; select appropriate
intervention strategies; initiate actions to achieve organizational goals; implement prevention interventions that enhance client capacities;
help clients resolve problems; negotiate, mediate, and advocate for clients; facilitate transitions and endings; critically analyze, monitor, and
evaluate interventions.
Measures
Class: SWK 490: Practicum in Social Work
Assignment: Practicum Learning Plan, Average of Goal #5, Objectives A-F
Semester
Number of Students
Range
# 80% and Above
Fall 2009
12
4.3-6
11 (92%)
Spring 2010
19
4.3-7
18 (95%)
Fall 2010
10
6.5-7
10 (100%)
Spring 2011
26
5-7
26 (100%)
Not offered
Not offered
Not offered
Fall 2011
14
Spring 2012
Fall 2012
Spring 2013
Fall 2013
Spring 2014
Fall 2014
Spring 2015
38
4.5-7
36 (95%)
Not offered
Not offered
Not offered
42
5-7
41 (98%)
Not offered
Not offered
Not offered
38
4-7
36 (95 %)
Not offered
Not offered
Not offered
38
4-7
34 (89%)
15