Section 340.1012. Qualifications of school social worker.

(1) For temporary approval, a school social worker shall meet all of the following:

(a)  ) A master's degree from a graduate school of social work program.

(b)   Completion of an approved graduate school social work program.

(c)        A minimum of a 500-clock-hour supervised social work practicum completed through the process of earning a master's degree in social work and completing a program for school social worker approval.

(2)   Temporary approval shall be granted to a school social worker for the initial year of service.

(3)   For full approval, a school social worker shall possess the following minimum qualifications:

(a)  Temporary approval as a school social worker.

(b)     Written documentation from the employing school district of satisfactory completion of 1 year as a temporary approved school social worker working with direction from a fully approved school social worker.

(4)   A previously approved school social worker who has not been employed by a public school in Michigan for 5 or more consecutive years shall seek recommendation from a Michigan institution of higher education to obtain reapproval from the department of education as a condition of reemployment.

History: 1979 AC; 2011 MR 20, Eff. Oct. 18, 2011.