Membership
Minnesota School Social Workers – Join MSSWA!
Minnesota SSW – Please consider taking the opportunity to join MSSWA, your state organization. Learn new skills, contribute to your profession, and enjoy the comradery of belonging to an association specific to the needs and concerns of school social workers.
Benefits of membership include:
- Receive Discounts for all MSSWA sponsored conferences
- Student Record Database
- Early Warning Signs of Mental Health Disorders - Powerpoint
Presentation for Practioners - Getting current news through email and our MSSWA newsletter
- Availability of promotional items about school social work
- Affiliation with two national associations, the National Association
of Social Workers and School Social Work Association of America - Providing a forum for communication and networking through regional
meetings and workshops
MSSWA also funds this website. We are developing a MSSWA Egroup and pursuing on-line registration for conferences and membership.
Your membership is a way to demonstrate strength in the political arena and is seen by some as a professional responsibility. With every school social worker in the state of Minnesota joining the movement and providing quality services to Minnesota students, we can make a difference.
The cost is $50 a year for membership. A cost of $20 per year is available for those retired, graduate students or in related professions. Undergraduate social work students receive complimentary membership and should complete a membership form.
Click on the membership form link below and complete the application to join now! The annual membership period is September 1 – August 30.
The Illinois School Social Work journal, printed twice annually, is available to MSSWA members for $18.00 per year. This professional journal is directed primarily to the interests of social workers practicing in the public schools and school social work educators.
For more information, please contact:
Julie Porath Membership Co-Chair or
Heather.Alden-Pope President
