Spring 2025 SOWK 587 Week 14 - School Policy, Program Development, & Evaluation

A presentation at Heritage University in April 2025 by Jacob Campbell and is tagged with Heritage University, MSW Program, SOWK 587

Title slide with text announcing 'School Policy, Program Development, & Evaluation,' for 'Spring 2025 SOWK 587 Week 14,' presented by 'Jacob Campbell, Ph.D. LICSW at Heritage University,' set on a gradient background.

The slide features a weekly plan. **In-Class Agenda** lists 'Summer Registration,' 'Student’s view into school policy,' 'Needs assessment process,' 'School intervention assessment and plan,' and 'Course evaluation.' **In-Class Learning Objectives** include identifying student engagement with school policy, describing steps for needs assessment, understanding the final paper, and providing course feedback. The background is black.

Text advertisement: 'Register for Summer 2025.' Lists courses 'SOWK 588 Advanced Social Policy' with Dr. Jacob Campbell and 'SOWK 589 Organizational & Community Leadership' with Dr. Miguel Juarez. Displayed on a dark background with a green circle.

The slide displays a list of school policy topics including alcohol awareness, suicide prevention, and bullying. Adjacent, a prompt encourages discussion on observed practices, gaps, and improvements.

The slide displays text discussing school-related problems and social policy issues. It asks about existing policy analysis, equity and access concerns, and the application of social policy theory.

Text in a stylized gradient reads: 'Needs assessments can be very helpful in eliciting the support of the administration for many of these policies and programs ... to use this information to reinforce your case for the need in your school.' Cited as (Jarolmen & Bautista, 2023 p.259). The background is black.

A flowchart illustrates the steps in school-based planning policy: Planning, Data Collection, Interpretation, Prioritization, Implementation. Below each step, specific actions are listed. Title: 'School-Based Planning Policy Planning: Steps in a Need Assessment.'

Table listing categories for data assessment in education, including demographics, student achievement, and staff quality. Descriptors specify ethnicity, growth, alignment, involvement, qualifications, and cultural relevance. Titled 'Data Collection' and from the 'Comprehensive Needs Assessment Toolkit.'

The slide features a rubric for 'School Intervention Assessment and Plan,' detailing competency areas and 'Highly Developed' expectations. Categories include bias reflection, policy dismantling, problem assessment, intervention planning, resource integration, organization, and assignment adherence.

A black-and-white photo of a man labeled 'Sir Winston Churchill' appears on a slide. The text reads: 'To improve is to change, so to be perfect is to have changed often.' Additional notes include course evaluation requests and citation details.

Dr. Jacob Campbell

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Description

Week 14 is the last synchronous class session of the semester, and class will take place on Saturday, 04/26. During class, we will focus on policy and program development. Through the forums, students will concentrate on professional development. During class we have time preparing for the end of the semester and this course. We will also consider school policy in the context of learning from this semester and the process for school-based needs assessments.

The agenda for the in-person class session is:

Summer Registration
Student’s view into school policy
Needs assessment process
School intervention assessment and plan
Course evaluation

The learning objectives for this week include:

Identify students’ understanding and engagement with the school policy over the semester.
Describe the basic steps needed to complete a needs assessment.
Understand the content of the final paper
Provide meaningful feedback on this course.
Use professional standards to inform professional growth planning.