Common Core 3.5 (New Child Welfare Staff Training)
The foundational statewide Core 3.5 Common Core courses that are designed for social workers and new staff in child welfare are continuously being reviewed and revised by the statewide Curriculum Development Oversight Group (CDOG). Update and revision to the content are based on feedback from statewide course evaluation, trainers, and child welfare leadership. Courses that have been revised are listed below. All current Core 3.5 course materials and updates are available in the statewide California Child Welfare Training (CACWT) system as all state standardized courses are delivered via CACWT. CalSWEC is the statewide entity that uploads and manages all Core 3.5 content in the CACWT system. If you have feedback and/or information to share about Core 3.5 Curriculum please submit your feedback to CalSWEC via the Core 3.5 Feedback Form.
Note: Updates and revisions to Common Core curriculum may have been made in the Trainer’s Guide (which may include an embedded Virtual Guide), Trainee Guide, and/or PowerPoint. Please review the Version Change Doc (VCD) for the specific course in CACWT for more details.
Supervisor Core (Required Training for Supervisors in Child Welfare)
The Supervisor Core curriculum is also being updated and revised at the state level. Revisions are currently underway to accommodate the revised post-test administration. The revisedAs previously noted, starting in January 2023, the post-test will be administered in 15-minute increments on Days 2, 4, 6, 8, and 10, using questions related to the content being delivered on those days, respectively, instead of a single, full post-test administered at the end of Day 10. Administration of the 60-minute pre-test will remain as is at the start of Day 1. This plan was approved by the Evaluation Development and Implementation Teams and endorsed by CDSS.
To facilitate the statewide Supervisor Core series, trainers must meet these Statewide Supervisor Core Trainer Qualifications and Requirements.
CACWT Resource Available: The state has developed this CACWT Manual for all CACWT users. This resource provides information on technical assistance and all things related to the CACWT system.
For more information about curriculum and training requests with CWDS, please go to CWDS Curriculum and Training Request Page. CWDS continues to develop curriculum for e-learnings, micro-learnings, simulations, etc. for counties and the region as needed and/or as per request. Please note that any curriculum developed for CWDS must be approved by CDSS and meet ADA compliance standards.
