Alexa

Forster | 5-Year Professional Development Plan | Artifact I

CAREER

June 2015 May 2016

Create operations manual
for Program Assistant
position
Begin position as Resident
Director at UW (July 2015)
Learn new job
responsibilities

NETWORKING

ASSESSMENT

Conduct informational
interviews with Student
Life employees at UW
Conduct informational
interviews with Athletics
employees at UW
Facilitate Green Dot
bystander training
Attend SafeZone training
Self-awareness

Join ACPA or NASPA

organization
Read one scholarly article
per month
Present workshop to
student leaders at UW

SOCIAL JUSTICE

PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT

June 2016 May 2017

Continue position as RD at
UW
Create career
development workshop
series for student leaders
Take on additional
committee work in
department and/or at UW

Do research on
assessment best practices
Self-assessment of
professional
development/goals

Attend local conference

Attend one professional
development job-related
webinar per academic
quarter
Present workshop to
student leaders at UW

Informational interviews
with Athletics employees
at outside D1 schools

June 2017 May 2018

Open new building as RD
at UW
Facilitate career
development workshop
series for student leaders
Begin job search process

Facilitate Green Dot

bystander training
Attend on-campus social
justice training
Self-awareness

Participate on Residential
Life assessment
committee
Self-assessment of
professional
development/goals

June 2018 May 2019

Move-into new position
with focus on career
development in Athletics
at D1 public institution

Present at local
conference
Attend national
conference
Present workshop to
student leaders at UW
Research student-athlete
development and career
discernment

Network with
professionals at National
conference

Facilitate Green Dot

bystander training
Attend social justice
related webinar
Self-awareness

Participate in campus-
wide assessment
committee
Self-assessment of
professional
development/goals

Attend Athletics
conference (local or
national)
Regularly read scholarly
articles to continue life
long learning

June 2019 June 2020

Athletics position working
with student-athletes
transitioning out of
college
Taking on additional
tasks/committee work in
Athletics department

Research potential
masters programs related
to sports management or
athletics
Research potential law
programs

Maintain contacts in Res

Life and Student Life at
UW
Build peer network with
Athletics employees

Facilitate Green Dot

bystander training to
student-athletes
Assess social justice
efforts in Athletics
Self-awareness
Gather information about
assessment efforts in
Athletics student-
development
Self-assessment of
professional
development/goals

Maintain contacts in Res

Life and Student Life at
UW
Informational interviews
with faculty of grad
programs
Facilitate Green Dot
bystander training to
student-athletes
Participate in facilitation
of social justice trainings
Self-awareness
Create/re-develop
assessment of student-
athlete development and
career discernment
process
Self-assessment of
professional
development/goals