SOCIAL WORK PRACTICE IN SCHOOLS II

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: Graduate/professional standing and concurrent enrollment in SOC WORK 801 or declared in the Professional or Personal Enrichment Program. Course Designation: Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Spring 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Educate families, schools, and communities on the role and impact of school social work in promoting student success. Audience: Graduate 2. Understand and apply policy formation and implementation to analyze, influence and advocate for student and family supports in educational settings. Audience: Graduate 3. Challenge norms, practices, and structural barriers that promote social inequities and educational disparities, structural racism, and school to prison pipeline. Utilize social work, anti-racist, and social justice theories for service delivery in schools. Audience: Graduate 4. Promote and utilize data-informed decision-making through collecting and assessing data based on equity-based data management strategies applicable in schools. Audience: Graduate 5. Engage in prevention-oriented systems of support, which may include behavior management, continuum of service provisions, and social-emotional support. Audience: Graduate 6. Develop cooperative and collaborative relationships with community agencies and organizations and interdisciplinary teams to improve students' educational outcomes. Audience: Graduate 7. Design and implement practice strategies and assessments with persons from diverse backgrounds as applicable in educational settings. Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Educate families, schools, and communities on the role and impact of school social work in promoting student success. Audience: Graduate 2. Understand and apply policy formation and implementation to analyze, influence and advocate for student and family supports in educational settings. Audience: Graduate 3. Challenge norms, practices, and structural barriers that promote social inequities and educational disparities, structural racism, and school to prison pipeline. Utilize social work, anti-racist, and social justice theories for service delivery in schools. Audience: Graduate 4. Promote and utilize data-informed decision-making through collecting and assessing data based on equity-based data management strategies applicable in schools. Audience: Graduate 5. Engage in prevention-oriented systems of support, which may include behavior management, continuum of service provisions, and social-emotional support. Audience: Graduate 6. Develop cooperative and collaborative relationships with community agencies and organizations and interdisciplinary teams to improve students' educational outcomes. Audience: Graduate 7. Design and implement practice strategies and assessments with persons from diverse backgrounds as applicable in educational settings. Audience: Graduate