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About ISSWA |
The Iowa School Social
Workers Association
ISSWA is an association of masters level social workers
employed by area education agencies and local school districts in Iowa. Thank you for visiting
our site. Please sign our guest book on the "About us" page. Let us
know if this site is useful and what it lacks that you need.
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Membership |
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ISSWA Board |
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ISSWA News |
Download the ISSWA
Fall Newsletter here and on the Archives Page.
Fall 2008
Newsletter
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For many school social workers it is time to re-new your Social
Work License. For information on license renewal go to the
Licensure Page. |
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Licensure |
Meet me in Ames for the ISSWA Fall Conference
November 7, 2008 at the Heartland AEA 11 Ames office.
Download the brochure here:
School Mental
Health Professions: Using Data to Support Interventions in Schools
Scholarships are available to this conference for social work
students. Download the form here:
Scholarship Form
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Training |
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Jill Schager, School Social Worker in AEA 267, is
Iowa's 2008 School Social Worker of the Year.
Jill will be honored at the Iowa School
Social Workers Association's Annual Conference in Ames on November 7, 2008.
She was also honored as the Iowa School Social Worker of the Year at the
Midwest Annual Fall Conference in St. Louis on September 18, 2008. |
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Employment |
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Administrator Information |
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Discussion |
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Mollie O'Meara Conrad from the
Mississippi Bend AEA 9, will receive the Leahgreta Spears Career Achievement
Award for 2008.
Mollie will be honored at
the Iowa School Social Workers Association's Annual Conference in Ames on
November 7, 2008. |
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News from the Midwest School Social
Work Council
See the ISSWA News page for highlights of the Midwest School Social Work
Conference in St. Louis this year. Plan to present at the 2009 Midwest
School Social Work Conference. Download the presentation proposal form
here and on the training page.
Midwest School Social Work Conference
Presentation Proposal |
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CHECK THIS OUT! The school social workers at Prairie
Lakes AEA 8 made a video-tape to help people considering a career in school
social work to understand what they do. You can see it at:
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School Social Workers Play
Leadership Roles in PBS
Go to the News page to see photos of school social
workers who gave presentations at the 4th Annual Iowa PBS Conference held in
Ames on September 30--October 1, 2008! |
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Our Association is dedicated to:
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Maintaining high ethical and practice standards for
school social work practice in Iowa
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Providing professional development opportunities for
school social workers
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Promoting the profession of school social work to AEA and
district administrators, Schools of Social Work at the Universities in
Iowa and with the public.
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ISSWA
supports school social workers by:
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Providing
the School Social Work Journal
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Communicating information about policy and practice
through a quarterly newsletter and the ISSWA website
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Recognizing excellence in professional
school social work practice
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Advocating for children, families
and schools
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LINKS TO OTHER PAGES IN THE
ISSWA WEBSITE |
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About
ISSWA Sign the Guest Book and comment about this site |
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Membership JOIN
ISSWA TODAY--Get the new membership form |
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ISSWA Board See who serves on
the Board of ISSWA |
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Links
Find links to important sites for School Social
Workers |
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ISSWA
News News for Iowa school social workers |
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Training
Check for fall conferences offered in Iowa |
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Licensure Information on Licensure by the
Department of Health and the Department of Education |
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Archive
Get the Spring/Summer 2008 newsletteer |
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Employment Check out job
listings |
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Administrator Information
Check out this new page for AEA and district administrators |
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Discussion (at Nicenet.org) Talk to your Iowa colleagues |
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Website designed by
Cherie Post Dargan
& Charlene Thiede.
For problems or questions regarding this web page, contact
cdargan@mchsi.com
and
charlene_thiede@yahoo.com, Webmasters.
Last updated: November 5, 2008
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