Reflection Questions for Social Work Education Programs
1. What is the perception of child welfare in our community? What impacts this?
2. How can our program contribute to making sure the perception of child welfare is fair and accurate?
3. How can our program rebuild trust between social work and service users in the child welfare system?
4. What is the experience and commitment by faculty to teach and research in areas of child protection? Child and family well-being?
5. How are faculty with other areas of interest addressing child welfare across courses?
6. If a student does not take a child welfare elective, will they be prepared to work in child welfare?
7. How does your program specifically prepare students to work in systems that operate from oppressive colonial frameworks? How will
they cope and be effective in these fields?
8. How are Indigenous pedagogies and cultural knowledges integrated into the curriculum? What is the representation of Indigenous
faculty? How are Indigenous faculty and students supported?
9. How are non-Indigenous educators and researchers integrating Indigenous perspectives in their teaching?
10. How is decolonizing and or indigenizing happening in the program?
11. What is your programs action plan for responding to the TRC calls to action regarding child welfare?
12. What is the accountability plan?
13. How can the alliance between education and the field be strengthened? What relationships exist? Collaborative research?
15. Is there a means for sharing information about what is being taught and what the field needs?
16. What opportunities do faculty have for learning how to facilitate brave spaces in social work courses?
17. How do faculty feel about facilitating brave spaces? Navigating difficult conversation?
18. How do faculty create safe learning environments?
19. What opportunities for professional development related to child welfare are available? How can this be improved?