Marian University BACCALAUREATE SOCIAL WORK PROGRAM
ASSESSMENT OF STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES
LAST COMPLETED ON: June 25, 2015
Form AS4 (B) Duplicate and expand as needed. Provide table(s) to support self -study
narrative addressing the accreditation standards below.
This form is used to assist the COA in the evaluation of the program’s compliance with the
accreditation standards below:
4.0.2 The program provides summary data and outcomes for the assessment of each of
its competencies, identifying the percentage of students achieving the benchmark.
4.0.4 The program uses Form AS 4 (B) and/or AS4 (M) to report assessment outcomes
to its constituents and the public on its website and routinely up-dates (minimally every 2
years) these postings
All Council on Social Work Education programs measure and report student learning outcomes. Students are
assessed on their mastery of the competencies that comprise the accreditation standards of the Council on
Social Work Education. These competencies are dimensions of social work practice that all social workers are
expected to master during their professional training. A measurement benchmark is set by the social work
programs for each competency. An assessment score at or above that benchmark is considered by the
program to represent mastery of that particular competency.
Competency/Practice Behavior
Benchmark = 5 (on a 9 point likert scale)
Percent of
students
achieving
benchmark
2.1.1-Identify as a professional social worker and conduct oneself accordingly
A. Advocate for client access to services of social work.
B. Practice personal reflection and self-correction to assure continual professional development.
85%
88%
C. Attend to professional roles and boundaries.
92%
D. Demonstrate professional demeanor in behavior, appearance, and communication.
E. Engage in career-long learning.
92%
77%
F. Use supervision and consultation.
88%
2.1.2-Apply social work ethical principles to guide professional practice wisdom.
A. Recognize and manage personal values in a way that allows professional values to guide practice.
88%
B. Make ethical decisions by applying standards of the NASW Code of Ethics and, as applicable, of the
International Federation of Social Workers/ International Association of Schools of Social Work Ethics
in Social Work, Statement of Principles.
C. Tolerate ambiguity in resolving ethical conflicts.
88%
D. Apply strategies of ethical reasoning to arrive at principled decisions.
88%
2.1.3—Apply critical thinking to inform and communicate professional judgments
A. Distinguish, appraise, and integrate multiple sources of knowledge, including research-based
knowledge, and practice wisdom.
B. Analyze models of assessment, prevention, intervention, and evaluation.
C. Demonstrate effective oral & written communication in working with individuals, families, groups,
organizations.
communities, & colleagues.
81%
81%
85%
88%
2.1.4--Engage diversity and difference in practice.
A. Recognize the extent to which culture’s structures & values may oppress, marginalize, alienate, or
create/ enhance privilege/Power.
B. Gain sufficient self-awareness to eliminate the influence of personal biases and values in working with
diverse groups.
C. Recognize and communicate their understanding of the importance of difference in shaping life
experiences.
D. View themselves as learners and engage those with whom they work as informants.
88%
88%
88%
88%
2.1.5—Advance human rights and social and economic justice
A. Understand the forms and mechanisms of oppression and discrimination.
81%
B. Advocate for human rights and social and economic justice.
C. Engage in practices that advance social and economic justice.
81%
77%
2.1.6—Engage in research-informed practice and practice-informed research
A. Use practice experience to inform scientific inquiry.
B. Use research evidence to inform practice.
62%
73%
2.1.7—Apply knowledge of human behavior and the social environment
A. Utilize conceptual frameworks to guide the processes of assessment, intervention, and evaluation.
85%
B. Critique and apply knowledge to understand person and environment.
85%
2.1.8—Engage in policy practice to advance social and economic well-being and to deliver effective
social work services
A. Analyze, formulate, and advocate for policies that advance social well-being.
69%
B. Collaborate with colleagues and clients for effective policy action.
62%
2.1.9—Respond to contexts that shape practice
A. Continuously discover, appraise, and attend to changing locales, populations, scientific and
technological developments, & emerging societal trends to provide relevant services.
B. Provide leadership in promoting sustainable changes in service delivery and practice to improve the
quality of social services.
2.1.10(a)–(d)—Engage, assess, intervene, and evaluate with individuals, families, groups,
organizations, and communities
A. Substantively and affectively prepare for action with individuals, families, groups, organizations, and
communities.
B. Use empathy and other interpersonal skills.
81%
65%
81%
88%
C. Develop a mutually agreed-on focus of work and desired outcomes.
D. Collect, organize, and interpret client data.
88%
88%
E. Assess client strengths and limitations.
88%
F. Develop mutually agreed-on intervention goals and objectives.
G. Select appropriate intervention strategies.
85%
85%
H. Initiate actions to achieve organizational goals.
I. Implement prevention interventions that enhance client capacities.
77%
73%
J. Help clients resolve problems.
K. Negotiate, mediate, and advocate for clients.
85%
85%
L. Facilitate transitions and endings.
77%
M. Critically analyze, monitor, and evaluate interventions.
77%