FDIs
A Faculty Development Institute (FDI) is a preconference workshop in which individuals with special expertise share information for the purpose of enhancing the knowledge and skills of social work educators. It focuses on topics in social work education with a broad appeal for the development of knowledge and skills.
F. Managing the Ethical–Legal Risks of Our Teaching Practices
Given recent teaching-related lawsuits against social work academe, faculty are confronted with increasing vulnerability to liability and educational malpractice. In this skill-building workshop, participants apply ethical–legal parameters to evaluate their teaching practices, appraise their teaching-related risks, and formulate strategies to reduce risks and manage situations that arise.
FDI Teachers:
Mary Kay Houston-Vega, University of Texas at San Antonio
Rosalie Ambrosino, University of Texas at San Antonio
G. Preparing Social Work Programs for Reaffirmation Using the Core Competencies—SOLD OUT
This FDI engages educators in applying the core competencies to assignments within their own courses. Participants will develop behavioral indicators for course assignments that represent students' achievement of the competencies. Each participant will create a rubric for his or her course assignment that measures one of the competencies.
FDI Teachers:
Wendy Turner-Frey, University of Southern Indiana
C. Christy Baker, University of Southern Indiana
Patricia Loehr, University of Southern Indiana
Marie Opatrny, University of Southern Indiana
Iris Phillips, University of Southern Indiana
H. Publish, Don't Perish: Everything You Wanted to Know About Journal and Book Publishing
This skills-based workshop will help participants learn the basics of writing a publishable professional paper or book. Guidelines will be provided to help attendees become published authors. Participants are encouraged to come with specific ideas of what they would like to publish or actual drafts of papers.
FDI Teachers:
Carol Tosone, New York University
Lala Ashenberg Straussner, New York University
I. Sustainable Macro Practice Social Work Through Social Entrepreneurship
This session lays the foundation for parallels between social entrepreneurship (SE) intervention and macro practice social work. It justifies the merits of nurturing SE among graduate students in macro practice courses to create sustainable change by infusing SE curriculum into courses and designing internship opportunities with graduate level business students.
FDI Teacher:
Monica Nandan, University of Missouri–Kansas City
J. Teaching About Spiritual Diversity in Social Work: International Content and Contexts
This FDI provides educators with ideas, content, and techniques to address spiritual diversity from an international perspective within specialized and foundation courses, including within the United States and for study abroad. It provides examples of learning dynamics, online resources, and experiential approaches based on 25 years of experience teaching in the United States, Japan, and Korea.
FDI Teachers:
Edward Canda, University of Kansas
Sachiko Gomi, University of Kansas
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FDDIs
A Field Directors Development Institute (FDDI) is a preconference workshop in which individuals with field education expertise share information for the purpose of enhancing knowledge and skills of field directors as well as faculty involved in field education.
L. EPAS 2008—Developing a Signature Field Curriculum: Leadership, Implementation, Integration, and Evaluation—SOLD OUT
The 2008 EPAS articulates “marching orders” regarding the development of competent social work practitioners. Operationalizing the required core competencies within field education is the heart of this institute. Join us to learn how three large midwestern universities with different missions and emphases have implemented and are evaluating a competency-based curriculum.
FDDI Teachers:
Jo Ann P. McFall, Michigan State University
Anwar Najor-Durack, Wayne State University
Elizabeth H. Voshel, University of Michigan
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LDIs
A Leadership Development Institute (LDI) is a preconference workshop in which a senior faculty/administrator with special expertise shares knowledge for the purpose of promoting leadership roles and enhancing leadership skills.
N. Taking Our Place at the Table: Social Work in Higher Education Administration
Colleges and universities need social work educators with the knowledge, skills, and aptitudes to exercise creative leadership. Given that social work programs are part of larger university systems, this institute introduces social work educators to assuming senior administrative positions that will help shape the future of higher education.
LDI Teachers:
Carol Bonner, Simmons College
Stefan Gardiner Krug, Simmons College
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