Description

Week three is synchronous, with class taking place on Saturday (2/7). This week’s content focuses on school culture and strategies to develop an environment that fosters safety, health, and learning for all students. Students will read about essential practices and skills for school social workers in Jarolmen and Bautista-Thomas (2023). They will review the updated standards of practice for school social workers, as defined by the National Association of Social Workers (2025), and read about opportunities for leadership and collaboration in addressing school climate (Teasley, 2017). Discussion forums this week offer opportunities to further engage with the material and share additional resources, helping to connect social work practice in schools, school culture, and student wellbeing. During the in-person class session, we will explore schools as organizations and multi-tiered systems of support. The agenda for the person session this week includes:

• Understanding school climate and school culture
• Exploring what the climate is in your schools
• Multi-Tiered Systems of Support
• Exploring interventions within MTSS
• Diversity and inclusion within services

Learning objectives this week include:

• Understand and demonstrate knowledge of working within the culture of the schools, creating an environment that fosters safety, health, and learning for the students
• Explain the difference between RTI, PBIS, and MTSS
• Be able to assess school climate
• Identify potential interventions and what tier they are
• Develop insight into diversity and inclusion