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Class record · SCWK · SSW

SCWK 7762

Basic Skills in Clinical Social Work · 23 instructors on record · 55 sections

What the course score is made of
86BC evaluations55 records · weight ×1.0 · Fall 2021 – Fall 2025
Student reviewsno reviews — does not contribute
RateMyProfessorsno ratings — does not contribute

That is the class itself, averaged across everyone who taught it. Who taught it, and how each of them scored, is the board below — that is what a student picking a section is actually choosing between.

What the challenge rank is made of
33rdMore challenging than 33% of BC classesranked against every one we hold
88BC — “Intellectually Challenging”55 records · raw score out of 100

Boston College's own “intellectually challenging” question for this class only — students answer it positively about courses that stretched them, so it measures intellectual challenge and NOT grading, workload or quality. Almost every BC class scores high on it, which is why it is shown as a rank rather than a score.

What the workload rank is made of
34thMore work than 34% of BC classesranked against every one we hold
49BC — “Workload”55 records · raw score out of 100

Boston College reports workload for this class only as one of five bands, not as a number of hours, and it does not publish what the bands mean — so this site will not translate it into hours. Higher means more work, which is not the same as worse.

Required of all M.S.W. students. An overview of interventions emphasizing the multiple roles of a clinical social worker. Emphasis is placed on basic skills of intervention with individuals, families, and groups using the Assessment, Relationship, and Treatment (ART) model. Special attention is given to interviewing skills, data gathering, and psychosocial formulations. Various clinical practice models will be reviewed, including the strengths perspective, brief treatment, supportive treatment, and cognitive behavioral treatment. Students will learn how to conduct and write a psychosocial assessment.

The board

23 instructors · ranked on this class onlyCompare the top 3
Filters the rows below. Positions are always against the whole class, so a rank does not change when the list is narrowed.

Scores are real averages. The order also accounts for how many records back each one — the count is under every score — so one perfect review does not outrank a semester of them. 6 of the 23 rows carry a mark saying so.

RankInstructorOverallWorkloadChallengeRMP overall
1Tyrone ParchmentSocial Work975 records29th37thno page
2Alison MacneilSocial Work974 records78th39thno page
3Taylor YoungSocial Work Provisional fewer records1002 records78th87thno page
4Robin WarshSocial Work954 records29th70thno page
5Zoe SilverSocial Work Provisional fewer records992 records39th64thno page
6Teresa SchirmerSocial Work945 records29th52ndno page
7Elizabeth ChinSocial Work Provisional fewer records962 records39th51stno page
8Ramona Bullock-JohnsonSocial Work Provisional fewer records981 record78th62ndno page
9Amanda Connolly BenitezSocial Work Provisional911 record25th56thno page
10Sophie HansenSocial Work Provisional911 record25th82ndno page
11Erin LechterSocial Work885 records33rd12thno page
12Beth CraftSocial Work885 records28th34thno page
13Carol Mann-CohenSocial Work Provisional882 records25th31stno page
14Binh NguyenSocial Work Provisional881 record78th42ndno page
15Joshua CohenSocial Work Provisional861 record25th63rdno page
16Tsana DimaninSocial Work Provisional fewer records841 record78th79thno page
17Anshika Hansen-VermaSocial Work864 records45th58thno page
18Yvonne CastanedaSocial Work Provisional fewer records741 record78th14thno page
19Kerry MitchellSocial Work Provisional762 records39th25th801 rating · all classes
20Karen DexterLaw Provisional742 records85th29thno page
21Mark PetersSocial Work Provisional631 record25th0thno page
22Gerelyn BaezSocial Work Provisional632 records25th1stno page
23Elaine GatewoodSocial Work Provisional321 record0th202 ratings · all classes

All 23 instructors listed.

How this board is orderedPositions account for how many records stand behind each number, so one perfect review does not outrank a semester of them. Every score shown is the real average — only the ordering is adjusted. The comparison here is the class itself: a thin record is read against how this class was rated overall, not against the university.

Every instructor with an evaluation record for this class is on this board — it is not a top ten, and nothing is hidden behind a “show more”. Overall is the instructor's blended score for THIS class only, and its one contributing source is Boston College's evaluations for the sections in the row's record count — nothing on this board is an average across the other things they teach. Workload and Challenge are RANKS against every class we hold, not scores: BC's questions all sit near the top of the 1-5 scale, so a raw number would put almost every row in the high eighties and tell you nothing. Challenge is BC's “intellectually challenging” item, which students answer positively about courses that stretched them — it is not a measure of difficulty or grading. Neither column is ever marked better or worse. 16 of 23 rows are marked provisional: fewer than 3 records stand behind the number. That is thin evidence, not a bad instructor — the record count is in every row. The RateMyProfessors column is an instructor's overall figure across everything they teach; that site has no course dimension, so it is shown for information and kept out of the ranking.

The line

All 13 items · means across 55 records
The Professor4 items
Clearly Explains MaterialThe instructor was effective at creating an understanding of difficult subject matter.
9135th pctl
Available Outside of ClassThe instructor was available for help outside of class.
9238th pctl
Brings Out Your Best WorkThe instructor motivated me to do my best work.
9137th pctl
Sparked My InterestThe course stimulated my interest in the subject matter.
9236th pctl
The Course3 items
Well-Organized CourseThe course was well organized.
9043rd pctl
Clear Learning GoalsThe learning objectives for the course were clear.
9144th pctl
Useful Beyond the CourseWhat I learned is applicable beyond this course.
9460th pctl
Assignments & Feedback3 items
Assignments Help You LearnAssignments and exams contributed to my learning.
9150th pctl
Gives Feedback PromptlyI received feedback on my work in a timely manner.
9255th pctl
Meaningful FeedbackThe feedback I received on my work was meaningful.
9250th pctl
Workload, difficulty & attendanceNot ratings
WorkloadHow much work the course took outside class, on Boston College's five-band scale — the band boundaries are not published, so this is not a number of hours.
4934th pctl
Intellectually ChallengingThe course was intellectually challenging.
8833rd pctl
Attendance MattersAttending class was necessary to do well in this course.
8937th pctl

Bar length is the rank against every comparable record we hold, not the raw score: BC's questions all have a median around 4.5, so a raw-scale bar would be nearly full on every row and would tell you nothing. Every bar is one ink colour — nothing here is graded green or red. The hatched bars are not ratings at all: a higher number on either describes a different course, not a better one.

Game log

55 sections · newest first
InstructorTermSecInstrCourseWork
Taylor YoungFall 2025011009960
Alison MacneilFall 202502100100
Gerelyn BaezFall 202503546140
Gerelyn BaezFall 202504727340
Zoe SilverFall 202505989660
Teresa SchirmerFall 202506979640
Ramona Bullock-JohnsonFall 202507989560
Binh NguyenFall 202508888560
Joshua CohenFall 202509868940
Beth CraftFall 202510919040
Erin LechterFall 202511887940
Karen DexterFall 202513888880
Taylor YoungFall 20240110098
Alison MacneilFall 202402959260
Anshika Hansen-VermaFall 202403817760
Anshika Hansen-VermaFall 202404888540
Zoe SilverFall 2024051009840
Erin LechterFall 202406848140
Robin WarshFall 202407929040
Beth CraftFall 202408939140
Teresa SchirmerFall 202409979140
Tsana DimaninFall 202410848960
Elaine GatewoodFall 2024113243
Karen DexterFall 202412616460
Alison MacneilFall 2023021007860

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How to read this boardInstructors are ranked on their record in this class only, never on their average across everything they teach. Scores are out of 100 — Boston College's 1–5 agreement scale, ×20, the way these numbers were printed for years. Workload is BC's own five-band figure, not a number of hours, and is shown as a rank. A dash means the question was not reported, and is never a zero.