Brescia University’s Social Work Program received reaffirmation of accreditation for another eight years.
This good news was a process in the making as preparations began three year ago when Susan Howard, 社会工作项目主任, attended a Council on Social Work Education (CSWE) Reaffirmation Workshop in Virginia.
CSWE instituted new accreditation standards in 2008. They now mandate that all social work graduates obtain 10 specific competencies and demonstrate competence through 41 different practice behaviors. In an effort to comply with the new standards, Brescia’s Social Work Program revitalized the program’s mission, 复习所有教材, 修订的教学大纲和作业, 创建了评估工具. In 2010 the program implemented these changes.
玛丽莲·康利, 野外教育主任, adapted the field curriculum to the new standards, while also creating a new Field Supervisor’s training program. She then made the training accessible for online field supervisors by utilizing i-tunes. Conley also adapted a new assessment tool for field education.
Howard then completed a self-study containing three volumes of data and submitted it to the Council on Social Work Education’s Commission on 认证 on August 1, 2011. In October, the Commission on 认证 reviewed the documents and followed up with a required site visit in February 2012. The Commission had no further requests for reports and the site visit was deemed a success.
The Commission on 认证 met in early June 2012 and notified the program on June 12 that it was reaccredited for eight years. This accreditation includes both the on campus and online formats.
Howard summed up the experience saying, “It was a very lengthy and time consuming process, 但这是值得的.”
Brescia’s CSWE Accredited BSW Degree Completion program is the only one in the nation fully online. Students are not required to be on campus at any time during the process.
“This is a huge advantage to those who work full-time and desire to obtain a BSW degree”, 说霍华德. “It also is a great asset to military personnel and family members who may frequently move or experience deployment in the middle of their college career. They remain a part of the Social Work program and the Brescia family through the internet and online classes.”
Those interested in learning more about Brescia’s online Bachelor of Social Work degree completion program can call 1-877-BRESCIA, email (电子邮件保护) or visit kr1fr4t.papaimarket.com/online-programs.