Tracker
Down the Rabbit Hole: Tracking Our Curiosity
Navigating Your Growth Through the Looking-Glass
In our corner of Wonderland, curiosity is our greatest asset. I am committed to supporting your clinical evolution as you navigate the sometimes nonsensical world of professional licensure, ensuring your hours are protected and fully recognized by the state.
Curiouser and Curiouser Learning: Alice’s journey reminds us that growth and transformation are inherent to life. As a Minnesota Board-Approved Supervisor, I provide guidance that meets the rigorous standards for LGSW, LISW, and LICSW tracks, helping you adapt and scale your skills just as Alice adapted to her surroundings.
The White Rabbit’s Watch (CEU Tracking): "I'm late! I'm late! For a very important date!" We know the White Rabbit lives a life dictated by schedules and expectations. To ensure you are never "too late" for your license renewal, I act as your timekeeper. I provide all supervisees with a custom CEU Tracker and direct support in documenting your professional development—tracking credits from my live webinars and any outside requirements you encounter.
Keeping Time: Tracking Your MN BOSW CEUs
In our corner of Wonderland, administrative accountability isn't a chaotic last-minute rush before your board deadline—it is an intentional rhythm of your practice. To make sure you are never "too late" for your license renewal, you can choose the tracking tool that best fits your practice style.
🪐Option 1: The Constellation CEU Tracker
The Vibe: An automated, Minnesota-specific digital journal designed to protect your hours and align your metrics with intention.
What It Tracks: Auto-calculates your total 40 hours, counting down your mandatory CEUS
The Safeguard: Built-in alerts stop you from over-logging independent learning hours so you easily meet your 20-hour live interactive requirement.
The Supervisee Bonus:100% Free as a core part of our individual or group supervision container.
The Standalone Cost: Non-supervisees can grab The North Star CEU Journal in our shop for a limited-time launch price of $9.99 (True value: $15.00).
Option 2: The NASW National CE Tracker
The Vibe: A premium, subscription-based national platform managed by the National Association of Social Workers.
The Features: Automatically pulls in courses completed through the NASW Online Institute and tracks state-by-state mandate changes.
The Cost:$25/year for NASW members or $40/year for non-members.
Option 3: Generic DIY Trackers
The Vibe: Basic spreadsheet ledgers found on platforms like Etsy.
The Catch: Simple data entry rows with zero automation—you must manually calculate your state compliance categories and track your own deadlines.
The Cost: Typically $3.50 to $8.00.
Quick Check: Your Biennial MN BOSW Requirements
No matter which weapon of choice you pick to log your trajectory, your 2-year cosmic clinical hours mandate remains the same:
40 Clock Hours: Total required across all licensing levels (LSW, LGSW, LISW, LICSW).
20 Live Hours: Minimum required interactive learning hours (like my live webinars).
2 Ethics Hours: Minimum requirement focused on boundaries and risk management.
4 Cultural Hours: Minimum requirement focused on cultural responsiveness and systemic diversity.
12 Clinical Hours: (LICSW Only) Specialized content covering differential diagnosis or assessments.
Whether you choose to navigate your professional journey using our custom Constellation CEU Tracker, lean on the premium NASW National CE Tracker platform, or meticulously build a system entirely your own—the mandate remains identical. You must track your clinical hours.
In our shared workspace, administrative accountability isn't just an arbitrary compliance checkbox or an afterthought to tackle right before your state board deadline. It is an intentional, foundational rhythm of your practice.
Consider this your loving heads-up: maintaining an active, accurate log is a completely non-negotiable part of our supervision container.We are going to bake this checking-in habit directly into our regular supervision sessions until it becomes second nature to your nervous system.
By building this muscle right now, you ensure your clinical trajectory stays grounded, organized, and structurally safe from a chaotic compliance storm.
Pick your weapon of choice, open up your dashboard, and let’s start mapping out your hours.
In the vast landscape of social work, continuing education isn’t just a checklist—it’s a way to recalibrate your internal compass and add new depth to your clinical wisdom.
Whether you are fulfilling your biennial 40-hour requirement or seeking to illuminate new areas of practice, these curated paths help you stay grounded while you grow.
Honoring the Ethics of Self-Care: Fulfill your mandatory 2 hours of ethics with a focus on sustainable practice. We highly recommend Dr. Frederic Reamer’s deep dives into compelling ethical challenges, which help practitioners skillfully manage boundary issues and dual relationships.
Cultural Responsiveness & Humility: Meet your 4-hour requirement through activities that deepen your understanding of social diversity and oppression. Look for workshops that move beyond the surface, emphasizing cultural humility as central to effective, attuned practice.
Deepening Your Clinical Lens: For LICSW applicants or those maintaining their license, explore clinical knowledge areas like differential diagnosis and biopsychosocial assessment. The University of Minnesota offers advanced practice certificates in areas such as Motivational Interviewing and trauma-informed care to elevate your skill set.
Supervision Mastery: If you are a board-certified supervisor or pursuing certification like my own Join The Constellation Supervision, you must complete 6 hours of supervision training every cycle. This is your space to refine your personal style and lead with empathy.
Top CEU Ideas & PlatformsApproved Providers:
The state accepts courses approved by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB ACE). Use platforms like CE4Less for flexible independent learning or Continued Social Work for live webinars.
Join a Study Group: Connect with the Minnesota Society for Clinical Social Work to participate in approved educational study groups.
Professional Memberships: Invest in an NASW Membership to unlock free or discounted access to a vast library of CEU webinars. Find the complete breakdown of acceptable activities in the official Minnesota Board of Social Work Acceptable CE Content & Activities guide.
