Role
The Board of Directors meets two times a year and serves as the primary managing body of the Council on Social Work Education. The Board oversees and must approve all CSWE programs, plans, and budgets and is responsible for the activities and accountability of all governance and program units and commissions. This responsibility includes making the final decision to adopt or reject the accreditation standards and educational policies constructed, respectively, by the Commission on Accreditation and the Commission on Educational Policy. The Board of Directors also undertakes new programs, reviews resolutions passed at the annual program meeting, shapes the affirmative action plan, establishes membership dues, and conducts the executive director's annual performance evaluation review. Finally, the Board is responsible for reporting to the membership on its activities.
Charge from the Bylaws
The Board of Directors shall manage the affairs of the Council and exercise all the powers, rights and privileges of the Council subject to the provisions of law and the bylaws. The Board shall have the following functions:
- To review and approve annually the programs, plans and budgets of the Council, and hold all governance and program units accountable for their activities;
- To bear responsibility for planning, developing, monitoring, and reporting annually to the membership on an affirmative action plan;
- To establish membership dues;
- To decide whether to adopt in whole or in part standards and policies formulated by the Commission on Accreditation for evaluation of graduate and undergraduate social work education programs and policies developed by the Commission on Educational Policy;
- To have authority to formulate specific policies necessary for management of the affairs of the Council;
- To order priorities, and adopt and implement programs;
- To receive and review resolutions passed at annual membership meetings and report to the membership on actions taken on resolutions;
- To conduct an annual performance review of the executive director; and
- To meet at least twice a year.