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A Research-Based Child Welfare Employee Selection Protocol: Strengthening Retention of the Workforce
This article describes the development and initial implementation of a new employee selection protocol (ESP) for child welfare grounded in the results of recent large-scale employee retention studies and a set of research-based, minimally essential knowledge, skills, abilities, and values. The complete ESP consists of a sequenced set of Web- and site-based assessment processes and procedures for potential applicants. Using the ESP, applicants and employers make informed decisions about the goodness of fit between the applicant and the demands of a career in child welfare. To date, the new ESP has been piloted in three Georgia Division of Family and Children Services (DFCS) regions and implemented by all nine colleges and universities participating in IV-E child welfare education programs. Evaluation data collected from students and new employees in one DFCS region strongly support the value of the ESP Web-based activities to make a more informed decision about whether to apply for the IV-E stipends and child welfare positions. Feedback from trained ESP assessors supports the value of various ESP activities. A major goal of implementing the ESP is to select more professionally committed and highly qualified applicants to strengthen employee retention and outcomes for children and families.
Journal Article
The bridge ladies : a memoir
\"A fifty-year-old Bridge game provides an unexpected way to cross the generational divide between a daughter and her mother. Betsy Lerner takes us on a powerfully personal literary journey, where we learn a little about Bridge and a lot about life.After a lifetime defining herself in contrast to her mother's \"don't ask, don't tell\" generation, Lerner finds herself back in her childhood home, not five miles from the mother she spent decades avoiding. When Roz needs help after surgery, it falls to Betsy to take care of her. She expected a week of tense civility; what she got instead were the Bridge Ladies. Impressed by their loyalty, she saw something her generation lacked. Facebook was great, but it wouldn't deliver a pot roast.Tentatively at first, Betsy becomes a regular at her mother's Monday Bridge club. Through her friendships with the ladies, she is finally able to face years of misunderstandings and family tragedy, the Bridge table becoming the common ground she and Roz never had.By turns darkly funny and deeply moving, The Bridge Ladies is the unforgettable story of a hard-won--but never-too-late--bond between mother and daughter\"-- Provided by publisher.
Book
Calling all minds
\"[The author] explores how to experiment and how to think about science for young readers\"-- Provided by publisher.
Book
Rock, Paper, Scissors
When I was a young editor at Houghton Mifflin (this was before the 2007 merger with Harcourt), we'd go to the Boston office every few months for launch meetings. The walls were lined with framed National Book Award certificates and Pulitzer Prizes, a dizzying sight. On one trip up to Boston, I took my seat on the shuttle and removed the manuscript I was working on and my mechanical pencil.
Magazine Article
TK
If you were fortunate enough to know Liz Maguire, you knew her exuberance, her playfulness and most of all, her passion. In 2006, Maguire was diagnosed with ovarian cancer and died a little over two months later.
Trade Publication Article