ABSTRACT

As a result of the health and safety concerns associated with the COVID-19 pandemic, in Spring 2020 social work programs nationwide were required to make significant shifts in their instructional methods and field placements. These changes often resulted in faculty members taking on new or additional responsibilities related to teaching and field. This work explores the experiences of full time faculty members from the 18 accredited Masters of Social Work (MSW) programs in Texas. Sixty faculty members completed an online survey about changes to their teaching and field related responsibilities during COVID-19. Results indicate that non-tenure track faculty were most acutely impacted by these changes, leading to significant increases in both teaching and field responsibilities relative to their tenure track peers. Additionally, faculty working at private institutions reported less of an impact on their workload than those working at public institutions. These results underscore the importance of supporting non-tenure track faculty, who are often women and from racial/ethnic groups historically underrepresented in academia, who are afforded less job security and employment related benefits, as they continue to take on additional responsibilities essential to the continued operation of MSW programs. Implications for future research and social work education are discussed.

摘要

由于与 COVID-19 大流行相关的健康和安全问题，2020 年春季全国的社会工作计划需要对其教学方法和现场安置进行重大转变。这些变化往往导致教职员工承担与教学和领域相关的新职责或额外职责。这项工作探讨了来自德克萨斯州 18 个经认可的社会工作硕士 (MSW) 课程的全职教师的经验。60 名教职员工完成了一项关于在 COVID-19 期间其教学和现场相关职责变化的在线调查。结果表明，非终身教职教师受这些变化的影响最为严重，导致教学和实地职责相对于他们的终身教职同龄人显着增加。此外，与在公共机构工作的教师相比，在私立机构工作的教师对他们的工作量的影响较小。这些结果强调了支持非终身制教师的重要性，这些教师通常是女性，来自历史上在学术界代表性不足的种族/族裔群体，她们获得的工作保障和与就业相关的福利较少，因为他们继续承担对发展至关重要的额外责任。继续运作 MSW 计划。讨论了对未来研究和社会工作教育的影响。由于他们继续承担对 MSW 计划的持续运作至关重要的额外责任，他们获得的工作保障和与就业相关的福利较少。讨论了对未来研究和社会工作教育的影响。由于他们继续承担对 MSW 计划的持续运作至关重要的额外责任，他们获得的工作保障和与就业相关的福利较少。讨论了对未来研究和社会工作教育的影响。