 From the Executive Director At the end of the month I will have completed my longest tenure in a job, 18 years of service to ASWB. I am very grateful for the experience and the opportunities it afforded me. There was something happening all the time at ASWB that was interesting and challenging. I have been delighted to have had a series of wonderful ASWB presidents, treasurers, secretaries and members of the Board of Directors with whom to work. My relationships with all of you were very special. What I treasure most were the opportunities that I had to meet social work regulators in Canada, the U.S., and around the world. These experiences enriched me personally as well as professionally, and it is these connections and relationships that I will miss the most. So, I wish you farewell. ASWB is in good hands and I look forward to following its continuing growth and progress to ensure minimum standards of professional social work competence and the protection of the public it serves. Keep up the good work. |
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Association business
Item Writer deadline extended!
Think you've got what it takes to write test questions for ASWB's licensing exams? The deadline for applying to be an item writer has been extended to Jan. 31, 2013. Visit www.aswb.org to learn more.
Board of Directors
A summary of the board's actions at its meetings in November
Regular Features
Failure to establish expert qualifications renders case moot. Counsel's column.
Executive Director's year-end report. From the staff.
Get to know a board. This issue: Louisiana.
What's a little weather? The ASWB annual meeting went on despite Superstorm Sandy. Asides.
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From the 2012 Annual Meeting
It's Official! Pat Heard, ASWB president, M. Jenise Comer, ASWB secretary, and Mary Jo Monahan all signed the paperwork at the 2012 Annual Meeting making Mary Jo Monahan ASWB's new executive director Jan. 2, 2013.
Election results are in! The Board of Directors welcomed Dorinda Noble as president-elect, John McBride as director at large, professional, Richard Silver as director at large, member board staff. M. Jenise Comer was reelected as secretary. Also elected to the Nominating Committee were Emma Lucas-Darby, Glenda McDonald, and Kristopher Walton. Read more. 
Elected to the 2013 Board of Directors: Richard Silver (QC), M. Jenise Comer (MO), John McBride (LA), and Dorinda Noble (TX).
  Elected to the Nominating Committee: Glenda McDonald (ON), Emma Lucas-Darby (PA), and Kristopher Walton (ID).
The theme at the Delegate Assembly: Transition
New Executive Director Mary Jo Monahan is excited to be joining a group that is the "quality control mechanism for our profession." Read more.
United we stand...
Committee members may have a variety of ideas and approaches, but they produce updates in bylaws, the model law, and other areas of the profession the association touches. Read more. Paula Tracey, MSW, LICSW, Foundation grant recipient, presented the findings of her research to the Delegate Assembly at the 2012 Annual Meeting. The Foundation is the research branch of ASWB. Needed supervision can be hard to come by in rural areas A study done with a grant from the American Foundation for Research and Consumer Education (ASWB's very own foundation) concentrates on Minnesota. Read more. A lifetime of service brings recognition to four dedicated ASWB membersThis year's Sunny Andrews and Board Administrator award winners represent nearly 70 years of service to social work regulation. Read more. And then there was one--because of Sandy Still, there was a thorough report of the work of the Examination Committee at the Annual Meeting. And the usual complaining about toiling away in dark rooms. Read more. See what you missed at the 2012 Annual Meeting
Matchmaker....matchmaker, make me a match!
Web-based software improvements to the ACE program are enabling social workers seeking continuing ed to find courses that match their needs. Read more.
More good-byes to share
Staff and friends, including a past president of ASWB, former ASWB staff, and ASWB's legal counsel-turned-poet laureate, gathered at the ASWB office holiday party to wish Executive Director Donna DeAngelis well as she prepares to retire. Read more.
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