I think that it is important to introduce leadership concepts and principles at the start of the MSW program because they are skills that require practice. We need to continue learning and practicing good leadership skills thought our time in the MSW program. Noone can just become a great leader overnight, especially a leader in social work. It takes time, practice, and continuing education. The skills we learned in this course will be skills that we utilize thought our time in the MSW program and into our future careers as social workers.
In the future, I hope that this class can become a 16 course. I think there are so many important things to learn about becoming a professional in the social work world. Trying to cover everything in 8weeks is difficult and I feel as if it does not do the class justice. I took a class on leadership and ethics this semester as well and the classes covered many of the same topics. Perhaps there could be a combined section on social work and leadership ethics that is a full 16-week course.