Faculty Development Program
The Faculty Development Program, administered by the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE) and its Strengthening Aging and Gerontology Education in Social Work (SAGE-SW) initiative has two main objectives, to:

• Provide faculty training opportunities that enhance the capacity of BSW and MSW faculty to teach gerontological content in the social work curriculum, particularly the foundation courses used in both BSW and MSW education; and
• Strengthen social work education's capacity to transform gerontological data, resources and information into core educational practice.

The CSWE/SAGE-SW project had played a critical role in advancing gerontology competency for social work. As the standard-setting body for BSW and MSW education, CSWE's mission is to enhance the quality of social work education. CSWE/SAGE-SW has had overwhelming success in:

• Developing gerontology resources and materials,
• Providing Faculty Development Institutes (FDIs) for social work educators, and
• Extending outreach, expertise and visibility for gerontology and geriatrics to the social work community.

Sign up for a Faculty Development Institute
During the next two years, the Faculty Development program is offering one and four-day Faculty Development Institutes designed to strengthen social work faculty's ability to develop, integrate and teach aging content in new and existing courses. Learn more

The Faculty Development Program and the broader CSWE/SAGE-SW project is overseen by its Executive Committee and administered by its project staff:

Executive Committee:

• Frank Baskind, Principal Investigator, Chair and Dean, School of Social Work, Virginia Commonwealth University
• Nancy Hooyman, School of Social Work, University of Washington
• Mildred Joyner, Undergraduate Social Work Department, West Chester University
• Joan Levy Zlotnik, Institute for the Advancement of Social Work Research

Project Staff:

• Anita Rosen, Project Director
• Catherine Tompkins, Faculty Development Coordinator
• Kelsey Simons, Research Assistant
• Heather Simons, Research Assistant
• Jocelyn Hermoso, Research Assistant

For more information about the Faculty Development program or the CSWE/SAGE-SW project, please see our Web site at: http://www.cswe.org/sage-sw or contact Cathy Tompkins.