The Importance Of Learning Log

On September 21, 2015, I met with Ms. Katie, a student in the MSW program at NCSU, to conduct an interview. We met at Starbucks in Cary, in the crossroads shopping center. Ms. Katie’s responses helped me learn and think about social workers in the child welfare social field. As a prospective social worker, my questions were formed based thoughts that I was concerned about my responsibilities in the social work field..

A child may start school who is already involved with a social worker due to external factors affecting the child’s development. The school may also contact a social worker if they become concerned about a child and their home environment. Social workers can provide advice to the school about the child’s background in order for the school to understand what support should be given.

Working with children can be difficult and time consuming because you never know what is going on unless they allow you into their world. Children will only allow a stranger in if they are scared of someone, have trust, or they know you well. This can serve as a difficult situation when a child is the victim of abuse or neglect and the outcome can lead to a negative outcome for the future of the child’s lifespan. The areas will involve mental and physical issues, poor academic development, social behavior issues, and health problems. As a human service worker and a leader in the community rather it be

Week two of field observation at Crestone Charter School. My Second week of field observations was really fun and interactive. I had the opportunity to work with several students from the k-1 class with special needs. We traveled to several reading stations and did a read along with the fourth and fifth-grade students. At arrival, I met with the main Para, Ammie Morphet and was informed that Lexi whom is one of the charter schools highest priority/needs students was the student I would be working with. Lexi usually has a personal in class Para that works with her throughout the day, but she was out sick. Since I know Lexi and have personal experience working with her we came to the conclusion that it would be best if I assisted with Lexis daily routine and any other classroom needs. This allowed Mrs. Morphet to attend to the other students she had previously scheduled for us to meet with.

I interviewed several service providers in my school, Stephen Knight Center for Early Education, that included the psychologist, special education teacher and a general education teacher. I interviewed Ms. Iris, the school psychologist, Ms. Kathy, the special education teacher, and Ms. Hilary, a general education teacher. Ms. Iris’ responsibilities include working with students who have social emotional needs. This can include behavior challenges, learning new social skills, managing grief, etc. She works directly with parents and teachers to provide resources regarding the child’s well-being, and ensure good attendance by setting up plans. Ms. Iris works with children in general education, counseling groups, and one-on-one situations, including special education minutes. Ms. Hilary is a general education classroom teacher. She is responsible for the well-being of her students academically, socially, physically and developmentally. Ms. Hilary also advocates for families and students to receive the support that they need to feel successful in their first years of school. Finally, Ms. Kathy is the staffing

Licensed Masters of Social Worker, Kimberley Fleischer, serves as a field supervisor for students obtaining a masters degree in the field of social work. She first attended Iowa State University and obtained her undergraduate degree in psychology. Later, she received her Masters in Social Work from the University of Kansas. She has worked in the field of social work for eleven years and has been with Richland County School District for nine years. Mrs. Fleischer currently serves two elementary schools, Lonnie B. Nelson and Pontiac for the 2016-2017 school year. She has been with Lonnie B. Nelson Elementary for three years and is currently serving her eighth year as a field supervisor. In order to identify her values, practice, leadership and supervision style, I interviewed Mrs. Fleischer 's to better understand her role professionally and personally as a school social worker. The interview was conducted through an open-ended response questionnaire. These responses were used along with information received during supervisory sessions. The combination of two, provided meaningful insight to the significance of an organization 's purpose, structure and effectiveness as well how individual social workers impact their occupational placements.

The social worker communicates effectively with the parents when issues are brought up in order to resolve them in a timely manner. The children miss school frequently if social workers do not make weekly visits to the homes due to the high poverty and amount of children per family students are persuaded by their parents to work within the garbage dump alongside them.

Over the course of the past few years, I have been very blessed to have professional experiences that reinforced my interest in social work. In 2014, I worked as a guidance counselor and learning support intern at St. Pius Elementary school in Greensboro, North Carolina. In the guidance-counseling department, I assisted with counseling appointments with children in grades K-8. We often discussed topics

Meadow View Elementary School was my practicum site for my Bachelor of Social Work (BSW). The assigned unit, was the Family Resource Center (FRC) which is a government funded agency. Erica Scott is the FRC Coordinator at Meadow View Elementary School, while completing the practicum, Erica Scott demonstrated the epitome of a great social worker. The social work profession requirements include: Being flexible as knowing how to prioritize and complete several tasks at once is crucial to getting things done in an effective and efficient manner. Empathy, seeing that the students/families are hurting and trying to help them to cope and move forward. Trustworthiness, as a result the students/families are more apt to be relaxed and open with her as they feel they can trust the coordinator with vital information and active listening, Scott’s knack to listen prudently, ask appropriate questions and retain verbally transmitted information is fundamental to opening doors and discovering valuable details about the students/families who seek help as a result understanding the students/families unique circumstances since the primary goal of the FRC is to “remove nonacademic barriers to learning as a means to enhance student academic success. The mission is to enhance students’ ability to succeed in school by developing and sustaining partnerships that promote early learning and successful transition to school, academic achievement and well-being, and graduation and transition into adult

I made it to school just as the 7:23 bell was ringing. I sat in the counselors office for what seemed like hours even though I’m sure now that it had only been about 20 minutes before my brand new counselor, Ms. Cami, called me into her office so I could review my schedule and various other paper. So much information was being Thrown at me in so little time but I kept a gleaming smile on my face as she quickly told me what lunch I had, where my bus was going to be after school, where my locker was, etc. AS she handed me my schedule she explained that today was a C day and I had to go to my 2nd hour first which was psychology with Mr. Schwendeman. I never her asked any questions, I just boyishly shook my head as she and others feed me with

Walking up to Boca Raton Elementary School all I could think of was, wow I’m about to enter this school and start my field experience. It’s all I ever wanted to do and it was finally coming true. I was so nervous, yet so excited. I didn’t know what to expect, were the kids going to like me, would I be any help in the classroom? Mrs. Vickers made me feel so welcome and from the start started telling me everything that was planned for the day. She taught first grade and has only been teaching for five years. While teaching, she was obtaining her masters degree at FAU.

Today was a hard day for me. I wasn’t feeling well when I got up this morning, but I push through and I’m glad that I did. There is one baby in the infant classroom that want go to anyone except for me; which make me feel good in a kind away. Mrs. Wright keep on trying to work with her, but she’s very slow to warm up to people. It will just have to take time for her to adjust to the teachers. Maybe next week once I’m not in the classroom she will start to warm up to them. I know for me at times it was hard hearing her cry for me, but I couldn’t do anything because I was attending to the other babies in the classroom. It was a challenge for me, but I got over it and learn how to multitask. I couldn’t go to planning with the teachers today

As a kinesiology, or exercise science, major, enrolling in a social science course was a new experience that I wont forget. This class, which involved learning about communities and cultures, opened my eyes to a broader perspective of how I view the world, more specifically the United Kingdom and my home country the U.S.A. Being a science major, I am more accustomed to viewing problems from a scientific or mathematical standpoint. After this class I can now view my community, Los Angeles, with more understanding in terms of how this society works and its components. This class has helped me look at societal issues of the past and those we face today with more understanding where I can now develop an opinion with more knowledge

I agree with you Macy and your discussion had some good points. I definitely agree with you about the staff situation. There needs to be enough staff so that each child can get help right away. Some kids are very impatient and wants things done when they are ready. There need to be more staff where at least each staff attend two to three people every day. Each child needs more attention than other children. I think they should come up with a plan about funding and staff, because without these two there will be nothing for there for the child. Then the child will have to go somewhere else to seek help. Without funding the child would not have the proper stuff they need and the child would be starving. For more help the staff can seek out more

Feeling a slight nudge forward, I knew we have finally arrived to school. The school was the same as it was the day before. It was a small school with three classrooms, each holding a different set of grades. One held Pre-K through Kindergarten, the second held first through fourth grade, and the third held fifth through eighth graders. I had a very standard routine that I would do once I got to school. First, I would wipe my desk with a Clorox wipe, then I would organize my pencils and pens, and lastly I made sure I looked sharp. I wanted