Jackie Votapek
- MSW
- Clinical Associate Professor for Child Welfare Scholars MSW Program
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IU Indianapolis Child Welfare Education and Training Partnership
Contact
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(317) 278-9813
- jvotapek@iu.edu
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Education/Social Work Building Room ES 4146
902 W. New York St.
About
Jackie Votapek is a Clinical Associate Professor with Indiana University School of Social Work. She has worked at IU for more than 15 years. In her current role she is the MSW Child Welfare Scholars Program Coordinator. She works with the IN Department of Child Services to recruit, select, and support employees pursuing their MSW degree as they matriculate through the graduate program.
Prior to this, Jackie held a field faculty coordinator role with the MSW Direct online program. She worked with more than 500 students across the country and had the pleasure of seeing 6 graduating classes from the program. While in this role she co-founded a national consortium, the Social Work Distance Education Field Consortium. The mission of this consortium is "to create a platform for collaboration and cooperation for those placing students at a distance; educate and advocate for distance education within schools of social work and the practice community; and engage in research to further develop best practices for field education at a distance". Jackie was elected as the Consortium's first President and served on the leadership team for more than 6 years in various roles. She worked with field faculty across the country to develop best practices for field education programs that worked with students at a distance and made conference presentations each year to share them with others.
Jackie's first role with IU School of Social Work was Training Manager with the Indiana Child Welfare Education & Training Partnership. She spent her first 7 years at IU partnering with the Indiana Department of Child Services to build an innovative workforce development program. The goal of this program was to effectively and efficiently train more than 2,000 staff working for the state of Indiana’s child welfare agency. As a result of the Training Partnership accomplishments, IU School of Social Work and IN Department of Child Services were awarded the Spirit of Philanthropy Award by IUPUI and the Governor of Indiana in April 2011.
Jackie earned her MSW degree from IU School of Social Work in 2001. She has a diverse social work background that includes working with children and families, not-for-profit organizations, philanthropy, community planning, leadership, education, and training. The focus of her professional experience and academic work includes child welfare, positive youth development, leadership training, and education. Her interest in online education has inspired her to pursue a Ph.D. in Education, still in progress. Jackie is a native of Minnesota, she has been married for more than 25 years, and has two adult daughters. She enjoys spending free time with her family and traveling.
Education
Master of Social Work - MSW
Emphasis/Major: Social Work2001 - Indiana University School of Social Work
BA
Emphasis/Major: Applied Sociology1995 - St. Cloud State University
Research Interests
On-line education, social work supervision and leadership, organizational development, accreditation, and competency-based learning.
Teaching Interests
Social work education, clinical supervision, leadership, program development, community organizing, advocacy, and policy.
Presentations
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Votapek, J. S. (2019). Improving student services and communication using innovative technologies. Council of Social Work Education , Denver, CO United States.
In an effort to improve students experience through the field placement process, field faculty piloted a new communication strategy using Canvas. This presentation reviews how the field placement process was adapted for the learning management system, the experience for the field faculty, and survey results from students.
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Votapek, J. S. (2019). Improving Student Service and Communication using Canvas. Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN United States.
In an effort to improve students experience through the field placement process, field faculty piloted a new communication strategy using Canvas. This presentation reviews how the field placement process was adapted for the learning management system, the experience for the field faculty, and survey results from students. It has greater implications for improving student services at a distance and increasing communication and student engagement in the distance program as well.
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Votapek, J. S., & Yearwood, C. J. (2018). New Social Work Technology Standards: Oppressive or Helpful?. Our Lady of the Lake University, San Antonio, TX United States.
The new social work technology standards issued by the National Association of Social Workers (NASW), Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB), Council on Social Work Education (CSWE), and Clinical Social Work Association (CSWA) have outlined standards for social work practitioners, students, and educators to guide their use of technology in practice. Upon reviewing the standards, it appears as if they place undue burden on social work practitioners to be responsible for internet content that is outside of their control and violates their right to free speech. As field educators partner with social work practitioners in their local communities, they should actively engage and inform them of these new standards and their implications for social work practice with clients and field instruction of students.
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Votapek, J. S. (2018). Field Educator Dual Roles and Conflicts: Violation of Code of Ethics. Our Lady of the Lake University, San Antonio, TX United States.
There are instances where the makeup of field education offices or programs lend themselves to students working with the same person who developed their field placement and who will be their field liaison. Sometimes the person who does the previous two roles is also a director or assistant director of the field office. This panel will discuss the different makeups of three field offices and what procedures and policies are put in place to mitigate conflicts from the students perspective should they arise.
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Votapek, J. S., Brandt, M., Johnson, S., & Sienkiewicz, M. (2017). Hindsight is 20/20: What We Wish We had Known. Our Lady of the Lake University, San Antonio, TX United States.
Online social work programs have multiplied exponentially over the last five years. While the idealistic nature of offering higher education to underserved and rural areas of the country and the world appeals to many educators, the reality is that online programs for social work include a substantial internship component which does not easily translate to online learning. In addition, many social workers in academia and the community still acknowledge a bias that social work skills and values cannot be taught in a solely online format. Field education has historically been built on strong partnerships between schools of social work and non-profit agencies in their local community. Students graduate, become employed in a social work agency, and eventually agree to supervise future students for an internship in their agency. Now that many schools of social work have begun to offer an online degree program, field faculty and staff must meet geographical challenges across time zones and states, programmatic complications in terms of agency approvals and liaison visits, and issues of competition in other communities from local schools that are unprecedented and unforeseen.
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Votapek, J. S. (2016). SWDE Consortium Meeting.
Institutional Services
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Committee Member
2020 - IUPUI Faculty Council - Technology CommitteeActively participate on the Technology committee as a campus representative to identify, discuss, and address technology related challenges that impact academic work and progress that faculty and staff encounter in their day to day work. -
Committee Member
2020 - IUSSW - System Field Team - Field & Task Instructor OrientationWork with a group of field faculty to develop an asynchronous self directed orientation for the Field & Task Instructors assigned to work with BSW & MSW students enrolled in social work programs across the state of Indiana. -
Committee Member
2020 - School of Social Work - Student Awards CommitteeActive committee member of the school's student awards committee. -
Committee Member
2015 - System-Wide Field TeamActively participate in monthly meetings to discuss field education courses, policies, and activities related to the IU School of Social Work -
Committee Member
2020 - School of Social Work - Promotion & Tenure CommitteeMember of the committee that developed promotion and tenure standards for clinical faculty appointments with the School of Social Work. The work on this committee began in January 2020 and was completed in April 2020. -
Committee Member
2018 - Faculty Council - OmbudsteamHelped to assess and revise current faculty grievance process and adopt an ombudsteam process. -
Committee Member
2019 - Faculty Search and Screen CommitteeHiring committee member for the field faculty positions in my assigned program, MSW Direct. Engaged in a search and screen process to fill 3 faculty positions throughout 2019. -
Committee Member
2019 - Faculty Merit PolicyThis work group was tasked with researching best practices for annual faculty review and merit pay increases. They were tasked with putting for a recommendation to implement with faculty. -
Committee Member
2019 - Bereavement WorkgroupThis work group was tasked with looking at bereavement policies and best practices for students and developing a policy for implementation at the IU School of Social Work -
Committee Member
2018 - Special Populations Practice Area CommitteeMember of Special Populations Practice Area Committee. Worked to assess and revise the 555 and 651/652 field courses to reflect the CSWE 2015 EPAS Competencies. -
Task Force Chair
2016 - Optimal Field WorkgroupFocus of the workgroup is to identify and develop standards for an optimal field education program. The focus of the workgroup I chaired was on field agency criteria -
Committee Member
2016 - Field Sonia Form WorkgroupFocus of work group was to review all MSW field documents, assess their utility, and recommend use for Sonia if appropriate. -
Committee Member
2016 - Policy Training WorkgroupDevelop a policy training for field instructors. -
Committee Member
2016 - Sonia ImplementationImplementation of new information management system for field system and department.
Memberships
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National Association of Social Workers
2017 to 2019 -
Social Work Distance Education Field Consortium
2016 to Present -
Council on Social Work Education
2014 to Present
Professional Services
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Officer, Secretary
2021 to Present - Social Work Distance Education Field ConsortiumAs Secretary responsibilities include documenting meeting minutes and publishing them. Drafting and publishing announcements, newsletters, and other brief updates via social media.
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Other
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Leadership Mentor
2020 to 2020 - IN Department of Child ServicesBecome familiar with leadership models being used with IN Dept of Child Service Middle Managers. Schedule regular meetings with assigned mentee to discuss leadership project.
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Officer, President/Elect/Past
2016 to 2021 - Social Work Distance Education Field ConsortiumAssist with planning and facilitation of monthly meetings of leadership team, consortium meetings (virtual and in person), and survey of membership
Public Services
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Board Member
2017 to Present - Wynbrooke Homeowner's Association BoardI serve as the Secretary for my community homeowner's association board of directors. I attend monthly meetings, plan the agenda, and write minutes. Disseminate minutes to the community and communicate other events and activities taking place in the community as well.