Council on Social Work Education Assessment
Guiding Documents
Our program is built on a strong liberal arts base and a solid social work curriculum that provides students with core foundational knowledge, values, and skills that are transferable to different settings, populations, and social issues. We invite you to explore our guiding documents below.
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Council on Social Work Education (CSWE) Assessment of Learning Outcomes
Program Goal
The curriculum is designed and organized around one primary goal, namely to educate and prepare students for ethical, effective, and culturally competent generalist social work practice for service in the world.
Program Competencies
Program Competencies, adopted from CSWE foundational competencies, are covered in courses central to the foundation curriculum (CSWE, EPAS, 2015). These nine competencies guide faculty as they prepare students to engage in the necessary knowledge, values, and skill development for ethical, effective and culturally competent entry-level generalist practice.
- Demonstrate Ethical and Professional Behavior
- Engage Diversity and Difference in Practice
- Advance Human Rights and Social, Economic, and Environmental Justice
- Engage in Practice-informed Research and Research-informed Practice
- Engage in Policy Practice
- Engage with Individuals, Families, Groups, Organizations, and Communities
- Assess Individuals, Families, Groups, Organizations, and Communities
- Intervene with Individuals, Families, Groups, Organizations, and Communities
- Evaluate Practice with Individuals, Families, Groups, Organizations, and Communities
We invite you to explore our guiding documents:
2025:
- Form AS B5.0.1(d) | Public Reporting of Assessment Outcomes
- May 30, 2025 2022 EPAS 5.0.3 Graduate Outcomes
- 2025 EPAS Assessment for AS 5.0.1(a-d): and AS 5.0.2(a-b): Explicit and Implicit Curriculum
2024
- May 30, 2024, CSWE Assessment AS 4 B Form 2023-2024
- June 1, 2024 Data and Action Plan for Explicit and Implicit Curriculum
- Dec 2024 Annual Program Review Report Executive Summary
2023
- CSWE Assessment AS 4 B Form 2022-2023
- 2022-2023 Data & Action Plan
- 2022-2023 Annual Program Review Report Executive Summary
2022
- 2021-2022 Annual Program Review
- 2021-2022 Annual Program Review Report Executive Summary
- CSWE Assessment AS 4 B Form 2021-2022
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Contact the Department
Wendy Paterson, Administrative Assistant
Benjamin Boche, Interim Department Chair
department of Education and
Social Work
219.464.5077
Wesemann Hall
656 S Greenwich Street
Valparaiso, IN 46383