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*Note: All competency descriptions are taken from the ACPA and NASPA Professional Competency Areas for Student Affairs Practitioners (2010)
ACPA/NASPA
Competency Area
Advising &
Helping
The Advising and
Helping competency
area addresses the
knowledge, skills, and
attitudes related to
providing counseling
and advising support,
direction, feedback,
critique, referral, and
guidance to
individuals and
groups.
Overall Rating:
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Evidence of Learning
C COUN 512
Continue to work in
the field of advising
Join NACADA and
follow their
publications
Work to fully
understand the
confidentiality and
legal requirements of
any institution that I
work with
Continue to seek out
professional
development
opportunities that will
allow me to expand my
knowledge of specific
student populations
and environments
ACPA/NASPA
Competency Area
Skill
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Specific
Rating
Evidence of Learning
I Academic Advising
Created new First Year
Experience Course
evaluation reporting
system, analyzed data, and
compiled
recommendations report
for future use
Created curriculum for
First Year Experience
Course in alignment with
goals and values of the
College
Completed a research
paper outlining best
practices for academic
advisors to create
successful transfer students
W CTSL
Create assessments for
staff meetings and
trainings
Use past assessments to
create direction for future
programs
C Best Practices, Higher Ed
Finance
Completed research papers
on best practices in first
year experience programs
and retention and return
on investment for
community colleges
repectively
ACPA/NASPA
Competency Area
Skill
Specific
Rating
Evidence of Learning
The Equity,
Diversity, and
Inclusion (EDI)
competency area
includes the
knowledge,
skills, and attitudes
needed to create
learning
environments that are
enriched with diverse
views and people. It
is also designed to
create an institutional
ethos that accepts
and celebrates
differences among
people, helping to
free them of any
misconceptions
Demonstrate fair treatment to all individuals and
and prejudices.
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Seek professional
development
opportunities to
continue to work to
understand my
privilege and identities
Seek opportunities to
work with underserved
student populations
Work with my
students to help them
understand their own
identities and how they
impact how they walk
through the world
Push myself to attend
opportunities outside
of my own identities
and comfort zone to
learn more about
diverse populations
ACPA/NASPA
Competency Area
Skill
Specific
Rating
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Evidence of Learning
C Lead I, Foundations,
Transformational Leadership,
Higher Ed Law
Articulated my personal
philosophy on leadership
and what it means to me to
be an ethical leader
Learned about the major
ethical issues that arise in
the field of student affairs
and how other professionals
have handled these
situations
W CTSL
Exhibited ethical behavior in
my job and in supervising
my staff and students
Sought the advice of my
superiors when it became
necessary
I Career Services, Academic
Advising
Demonstrated the use of my
personal code of ethics
when advising students as
well as adhering to the
schools ethical standards
Helped students with ethical
decision making strategies
O HSRC
Demonstrated ability to
make ethical decisions in
high stress, crisis situations
while assisting students to
do the same
Started to articulate my own
values and beliefs around
ethical issues
Continue to re-visit my
personal code of ethics
and make sure I am
aligning with it
Understand my
resources at whatever
institution I am
working at to make
sure I know who I can
go to in the case I need
counsel or help
Understand the major
ethical issues in the
functional area that I
choose to work in
through working with
my fellow co-workers
to better understand
the students that we
serve
ACPA/NASPA
Competency Area
Skill
History,
Philosophy, &
Values
Specific
Rating
Evidence of Learning
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ACPA/NASPA
Competency Area
Human &
Organizational
Resources
The Human and
Organizational
Resources competency
area includes
knowledge, skills,
and attitudes used in
the selection,
supervision,
motivation, and formal
evaluation of
staff; conflict
resolution; management
of the politics of
organizational
discourse; and the
effective application of
strategies and
techniques associated
with financial resources,
facilities management,
fundraising, technology
use, crisis management,
risk management, and
sustainable resources.
Overall Rating:
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Skill
Specific
Rating
Evidence of Learning
W CTSL
Hired 24 student staff
members each year for 5
collegia
Trained student staff each
year initially and
throughout the year
Worked with staff having
conflict issues throughout
the year
Maintained
professionalism when
faced with having to let a
staff member go
Maintained collegia space
and facilitated responsible
resource management in
the space
Implemented a new honor
bar assessment to reduce
waste in the spaces
Facilitated staff meetings
and one on one check ins
with staff throughout the
year
C Higher Ed Finance
Learned about university
resource allocation,
responsible budgeting, and
how different institutions
handle their resources
differently due to policy
and values
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Better understand
motivational
techniques through
reading about
motivational theory
and usage
Gain experience in
large budget
management and
better understanding
of how the budget is
shared and managed in
a department
ACPA/NASPA
Competency Area
Overall Rating:
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Skill
Specific
Rating
Evidence of Learning
ACPA/NASPA
Competency Area
Leadership
The Leadership
competency area
addresses the
knowledge, skills, and
attitudes required of a
leader, whether it be a
positional leader or a
member of the staff,
in both an individual
capacity and within a
process of how
individuals work
together effectively to
envision, plan, effect
change in
organizations, and
respond to internal
and external
constituencies and
issues.
Overall Rating:
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Skill
Specific
Rating
Evidence of Learning
W - CTSL
Took on leadership roles
within my department
Collaborated with other
offices on
interdepartmental
committees to reach
mutual goals
Understood campus
culture and politics to
successfully navigate
leading on campus
C Lead I, Transformational
Leadership, Leadership and
Governance, Theory,
Articulated my personal
philosophy on leadership
and social justice in
leadership
Learned various theories of
leadership and leadership
styles
I Career Services, Academic
Advising
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Worked independently to
reach goals set by department
and by myself
Understood what I could do
by myself and what I needed
to lean on others with a better
understanding of the
institution for
Used these opportunities to
better understand
organizations and leadership
structures in other institutions
and departments
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ACPA/NASPA
Competency Area
Skill
Specific
Rating
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Evidence of Learning
Be aware of work/life
balance in my first year
and work to maintain
professional and
personal priorities
Make professional and
personal goals and
stick to them
Keep reflecting!
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ACPA/NASPA
Competency Area
Skill
Specific
Rating
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Evidence of Learning
C Theory, Lead I
Overview of the theories
important to the field and
open dialog about how
they continue to affect
the field today
Identity development and
intersectionality
Took a critical lens to
theory and understood
limitations
I Academic Advising
Applied theory to
learning outcomes for
First Year Experience
Course curriculum
Applied theory to best
practices research
W CTSL
Used learning theory in
staff professional
development and in
training
Applied theory to one on
one development with
student staff