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SCWK 8800

Basic Skills in Macro Practice · 19 instructors on record · 55 sections

What the course score is made of

82BC 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

29thMore challenging than 29% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

87BC — “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

30thMore work than 30% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

47BC — “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.. A course designed to introduce students to specific knowledge and skills useful to achieve change in organizational and community settings. These include basic administrative skills, community needs assessment, strategic planning, community development, and advocacy for policy change.

The board

19 instructors · ranked on this class onlyCompare the top 3

Find an instructor among the 19Filters 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. 4 of the 19 rows carry a mark saying so.

Rank	Instructor	Overall	Workload	Challenge	RMP overall
1	Samuel BradleySocial Work	1004 records	43rd	71st	1001 rating · all classes
2	Cal HalvorsenSocial Work	984 records	30th	39th	—no page
3	Yvonne CastanedaSocial Work	974 records	29th	50th	—no page
4	Katelyn TeagueSocial Work Provisional	972 records	39th	17th	—no page
5	Vincent FusaroSocial Work	948 records	39th	36th	—no page
6	Diane SantoroSocial Work fewer records	953 records	25th	23rd	—no page
7	Malaka MimsSocial Work Provisional fewer records	991 record	78th	56th	—no page
8	Sharla RandazzoSocial Work	944 records	29th	37th	—no page
9	William FreySocial Work Provisional fewer records	971 record	25th	29th	—no page
10	Vivian PhamSocial Work Provisional	932 records	39th	66th	—no page
11	Jessica JohnsonSocial Work Provisional	931 record	—	23rd	—no page
12	Elizabeth KleinSocial Work Provisional	931 record	25th	25th	—no page
13	Olivia AmadonSocial Work Provisional	931 record	25th	9th	—no page
14	Patrick Mc CabeSocial Work Provisional	921 record	25th	25th	—no page
15	Julia MacmahonSocial Work	904 records	78th	41st	401 rating · all classes
16	Samantha TeixeiraSocial Work Provisional	872 records	39th	27th	—no page
17	Katherine HutchersonSocial Work Provisional fewer records	751 record	25th	9th	—no page
18	Rebecca JacksonSocial Work	817 records	25th	12th	—no page
19	Deborah RamboSocial Work	754 records	29th	9th	—no page

All 19 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. 10 of 19 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.

9349th pctl

Available Outside of ClassThe instructor was available for help outside of class.

9452nd pctl

Brings Out Your Best WorkThe instructor motivated me to do my best work.

9351st pctl

Sparked My InterestThe course stimulated my interest in the subject matter.

9343rd pctl

The Course3 items

Well-Organized CourseThe course was well organized.

8937th pctl

Clear Learning GoalsThe learning objectives for the course were clear.

9037th pctl

Useful Beyond the CourseWhat I learned is applicable beyond this course.

8929th pctl

Assignments & Feedback3 items

Assignments Help You LearnAssignments and exams contributed to my learning.

9040th pctl

Gives Feedback PromptlyI received feedback on my work in a timely manner.

9254th pctl

Meaningful FeedbackThe feedback I received on my work was meaningful.

9357th 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.

4730th pctl

Intellectually ChallengingThe course was intellectually challenging.

8729th pctl

Attendance MattersAttending class was necessary to do well in this course.

8729th 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

Instructor	Term	Sec	Instr	Course	Work
Samantha Teixeira	Fall 2025	02	80	71	60
Vincent Fusaro	Fall 2025	03	92	77	—
Samantha Teixeira	Fall 2025	04	93	78	40
Vivian Pham	Fall 2025	05	95	88	60
Malaka Mims	Fall 2025	06	99	91	60
Sharla Randazzo	Fall 2025	07	100	84	40
Yvonne Castaneda	Fall 2025	10	97	96	40
Rebecca Jackson	Fall 2025	11	68	45	40
Julia Macmahon	Fall 2025	12	95	84	60
Julia Macmahon	Fall 2025	13	89	81	60
William Frey	Fall 2024	02	97	81	40
Vincent Fusaro	Fall 2024	03	95	88	60
Vincent Fusaro	Fall 2024	04	87	80	60
Vivian Pham	Fall 2024	05	92	91	40
Sharla Randazzo	Fall 2024	06	100	96	40
Deborah Rambo	Fall 2024	07	73	67	40
Yvonne Castaneda	Fall 2024	08	97	91	40
Rebecca Jackson	Fall 2024	09	85	78	40
Samuel Bradley	Fall 2024	10	98	93	60
Julia Macmahon	Fall 2024	11	89	83	60
Julia Macmahon	Fall 2024	12	89	81	—
Cal Halvorsen	Fall 2023	01	98	95	60
Elizabeth Klein	Fall 2023	02	93	73	40
Vincent Fusaro	Fall 2023	03	96	85	40
Cal Halvorsen	Fall 2023	04	99	96	40

Showing the first 25.

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.