In this online course you will learn:

Social work organizations often lose valuable practice wisdom when advancement into research, policy, teaching, or leadership depends on informal networks and hidden knowledge. This session presents a practice informed Scholar Leader Pipeline Framework that helps managers build equitable pathways through mentorship, sponsorship, protected development, and intentional knowledge transfer.

Learning Objectives

By the end of this session, participants will be able to:

1. Identify at least three organizational barriers that can limit practitioners' equitable access to research, policy, education, and leadership development opportunities.

2. Describe the five components of the Scholar Leader Pipeline Framework and how each supports practitioner development and organizational knowledge retention.

3. Differentiate among low, moderate, and higher investment strategies that organizations can use to strengthen mentorship, sponsorship, professional development, and knowledge transfer.

4. Select at least two strategies that can be applied within their own organizational context to strengthen equitable scholar and leader development.