Last week, the North Carolina State Board of Education and NC Health Schools discussed data and recommendations on specialized instructional support personnel. School counselors, social workers, and psychologists all fall under the category of specialized, instructional support personnel. The committee’s first recommendation that they presented was to advocate for funding for such personnel while continuing to address pipeline issues.
One of the recommendations from the group is to support master’s level pay for school social workers. The committee presented the different abilities of people with a bachelor’s degree in social work versus a master’s in depth here. North Carolina removed master’s pay for social workers for everyone hired after 2013.
Learn more about NASW-NC's significant advocacy efforts to restore Masters pay for school social workers here: https://www.naswnc.org/page/45
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