Program Information Contact updated: 2018
Program approved for: 1st-Year MSW [x] 2nd-Year MSW [x]
- Parent Agency Name: Berkeley Unified School District
- Agency Name: Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School
- Program Name: School Counseling Dept.
- Agency Hours/Days: School Hours – Sept. to June
- Address: 1781 Rose Street Berkeley, 94703
- Phone: 510.644.8534 Fax:510.644.8783
Internship contact person:
Katherine Sherwood Title: School Social Worker
Contact's e-mail: katherinesherwood@berkeley.net
Contact's phone number: 510.644.8534
Briefly describe agency’s services and attach any approved program description for your files.
All individual and group school counseling services, student advocacy, organizational, programmatic school change, 504 plan development, SST participation, youth development, multiple opportunities for school personnel collaboration and program implementation, home visits, work with families, peer youth programs
Please identify specific disadvantaged/oppressed constituencies served by your agency. Approx 50% of students free and reduced lunch, 27 different languages spoken throughout school population, population reflects Berkeley community
ABOUT FIELD EDUCATION:
1. Staff members proposed as field instructors:
(We require that all of the proposed instructors have an M.S.W.)
a. Katherine Sherwood, MSW, PPSC
b. __________________________________________________________
(Name) (Location and Phone Number, if different)
c. __________________________________________________________
(Name) (Location and Phone Number, if different)
4. Student Field Travel (please mark all appropriate items):
a. Public transportation available and possible: Yes ___X__ No _____
b. Agency car available for students: Yes _____ No ___X__
c. Agency pays mileage for use of personal cars: Yes _____ No ___X__
d. Personal car required: Yes _____ No ___X__
If yes, any specific insurance requirements: no but fingerprints are required
9. How many students do you feel your agency can adequately supervise?
TWO (2)
12. What attitudes/aptitudes/characteristics do you consider desirable for students placed in your agency?
Openness to learn, assertive, questioning, curious, self-respecting, passionate about their work, responsible
Keywords:
1st-Year MSW, 2nd-Year MSW, counseling, group work, advocacy, school based, adolescents