CSU BAKERSFIELD AUXILIARY FOR SPONSORED PROGRAMS ADMINISTRATION

CALSWEC'S TITLE IV-E PROGRAM PROVIDES PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION AND MONETARY SUPPORT TO UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE SOCIAL WORK STUDENTS WHO INTEND TO PURSUE OR CONTINUE A CAREER IN THE FIELD OF PUBLIC CHILD WELFARE. THE PROGRAM'S GOALS ARE TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF PUBLIC CHILD WELFARE (PCW) WORKERS IN CALIFORNIA WITH BASW AND MSW DEGREES. PRIORITIZE THE ENROLLMENT OF CURRENT STATE/COUNTY/TRIBAL SOCIAL SERVICES STAFF. PRIORITIZE THE ENROLLMENT OF STUDENTS WHO REFLECT THE DIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA'S CHILD WELFARE POPULATION. PROVIDE SPECIFIC PROGRAM SUPPORT THROUGH THE PROVISION OF MONETARY SUPPORT TO STUDENTS. PROVIDE SPECIFIC PROGRAM SUPPORT THROUGH A SPECIALIZED COMPETENCY-BASED CHILD WELFARE CURRICULUM. TOTAL NUMBER OF CALSWEC STUDENTS ENROLLED IN CSUB'S MSW PROGRAM WERE 37 STUDENTS. OUT OF THE 37, 19 WERE PART-TIME STUDENTS AND 18 FULL-TIME STUDENTS. SINCE 2019 TO THE PRESENT, 93% OF ALL GRADUATES WERE HIRED BY A QUALIFYING AGENCY.

THE CITIZEN SCIENTIST RESIDENCY PATHWAY IS DESIGNED TO BUILD CAPACITY FOR CITIZEN SCIENCE WITHIN OUR THREE PARTNERING TEACHER RESIDENCY PROGRAMS - KERN TEACHER RESIDENCY GREENFIELD (GREENFIELD UNION SCHOOL DISTRICT), KERN HIGH TEACHER RESIDENCY (KERN HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT), AND KERN URBAN TEACHER RESIDENCY (BAKERSFIELD CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT). WE HAVE ALSO INCREASED OUR ORGANIZATIONAL CAPACITY BY PARTNERING WITH THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY, MY NASA DATA, AND THE CSU CHANCELLOR'S OFFICE. OUR MOST ROBUST PARTNERSHIP IS THROUGH THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY. THROUGH THIS PARTNERSHIP, WE HAVE LAUNCHED CURRICULUM AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR EDUCATORS THAT ARE NOW AVAILABLE ON A GLOBAL SCALE AND IN MULTIPLE LANGUAGES, WHICH ACHIEVES OUR GOAL OF SCALING AND SUSTAINING BEYOND THE GRANT PERIOD. TO OPERATIONALIZE AND EMBED CITIZEN SCIENCE WITHIN THE THREE RESIDENCY PROGRAMS, WE HAVE CONTINUED TO ITERATE THE SCIENCE AND MATH METHODS COURSEWORK AND CLINICAL PRACTICE EXPERIENCES WITHIN EACH RESIDENCY PROGRAM TO INCLUDE THE INTRODUCTORY COMPUTER SCIENCE SUPPLEMENTARY AUTHORIZATION, UC DAVIS C-STEM CERTIFICATION, PROJECT LEAD THE WAY CERTIFICATION AND CITIZEN SCIENCE RESIDENCY SEMINAR. TO CREATE SPACE FOR INNOVATION OUTSIDE OF THE TRADITIONAL MODES OF A TEACHER EDUCATION PROGRAM, WE ALSO LEAD JOINT SUMMER PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT EXPERIENCES IN WHICH RESIDENTS AND MENTOR TEACHERS WORK COLLABORATIVELY TO LEAD CITIZEN-SCIENCE-INFORMED COMPUTER SCIENCE, DATA SCIENCE, AND ROBOTICS CAMPS FOR ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE SCHOOL, AND HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS. THROUGH THESE INITIATIVES OVER THE PAST FIVE YEARS, WE HAVE SERVED 3 SCHOOL DISTRICTS, 222 RESIDENTS, 192 RESIDENCY MENTOR TEACHERS, AND APPROXIMATELY 7,140 K-12 STUDENTS.