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*Note: All competency descriptions are taken from the ACPA and NASPA Professional Competency Areas for Student Affairs Practitioners (2010)
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ACPA/NASPA
Competency Area
Overall Rating:
0 1 2 3
Skill
Specific
Rating
Evidence of
Learning
W as an RA
W as an RA, C in
grad school classes
C beginning to do
in SDAD 578
W as an RA
W as an RA
W as a Program
Assistant, C in
undergrad and grad
school classes
W- as RA and
program assistant, C
as student at UW
and SU
W as an RA
W as an RA
W as an RA, C in
grad school classes
W as an RA and
Program Assistant
W as an RA and
Program Assistant,
C with students
Skill
ACPA/NASPA
Competency Area
Assessment,
Evaluation, &
Research
The Assessment,
Evaluation, and
Research competency
area (AER) focuses on
the ability to use,
design, conduct, and
critique qualitative and
quantitative AER
analyses; to manage
organizations using
AER processes and the
results obtained from
them; and to
shape the political and
ethical climate
surrounding AER
processes and uses on
campus.
Specific Rating
Evidence of Learning
W as an RA and
program
assistant,
C
W program
assistant
learning from
students and
colleagues
No
experience
W RA and program
assistant, C
undergrad research
classes
C undergrad and
grad school research
classes
W program
assistant, C
undergrad and grad
research classes
W- program assistant,
C undergrad and
grad research classes
W- program assistant
No experience
4
Align program and learning outcomes with
organization goals and values.
W- program assistant
Overall Rating:
0 1 2 3 4 5
ACPA/NASPA
Competency Area
Skill
Specific Rating
Evidence of Learning
C graduate school
W program assistant, C
graduate coursework
C- graduate coursework, W
program assistant
C graduate coursework
W program assistant
C grad studies
Overall Rating:
Articulate a foundational understanding of social justice
5
0 1 2 3 4 5
ACPA/NASPA
Competency Area
Ethical Professional
Practice
The Ethical
Professional Practice
competency area
pertains to the
knowledge, skills, and
attitudes needed to
understand and apply
ethical standards to
ones work. While
ethics is an integral
component of all the
foundational understanding
No experience
W- RA
Skill
No experience
Specific Rating
Evidence of Learning
C graduate coursework
No experience
W program assistant
W program assistant
6
competency areas, this
competency area
focuses specifically on
the integration of ethics
into all aspects of self
and professional
practice.
Overall Rating:
0 1 2 3 4 5
ACPA/NASPA
Competency Area
Skill
Specific Rating
Evidence of Learning
History, Philosophy,
& Values
No experience
No experience
No experience
W as an RA, C graduate
studies
C SDAD 577
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grow. The commitment to
demonstrating this
competency area ensures
that our present and
future practices are
informed by an
understanding of our
history, philosophy, and
values.
Overall Rating:
0 12 3 4 5
ACPA/NASPA
Competency Area
Human &
Organizational
Resources
The Human and
Organizational Resources
competency area includes
knowledge, skills,
and attitudes used in the
No experience
No experience
No experience
W RA, C graduate classes
No experience
W- program assistant, C
graduate work
No experience
No experience
Specific Rating
Evidence of Learning
W as a Program Assistant
W Interim RD
W program assistant, RA
8
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.
W as a program assistant
W as a program assistant
W as a program assistant
W Program Assistant
W Interim RD
W as Program Assistant, C
W program assistant
W program assistant
Overall Rating:
0 1 2 3 4 5
9
ACPA/NASPA
Competency Area
Overall Rating:
Skill
Specific
Rating
Evidence of Learning
No experience
No experience
No experience
W RA and program
assistant
W RA and program
assistant
No experience
No experience
No experience
No experience
0 1 2 3 4 5
W- program assistant
No experience
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education.
Describe the federal and state/province role in higher
education.
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:
No experience
Specific
Rating
Evidence of Learning
W RA
C undergrad courses
W RA and program
assistant, C undergrad and
grad
W, C
Attend leadership
development trainings and
workshops
Be able to identify different
leadership styles in practice,
identify my leadership style
Allow everyone in team
setting to be heard
Learn the basic principles of
community building
Find ways to incorporate
technology further into
leadership style
Understand SU campus
culture
Understand vision and
mission on SU campus
No experience
Skill
No experience
W RA and Program
assistant, C
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0 1 2 3 4 5
ACPA/NASPA
Competency Area
Personal
Foundations
The Personal
Foundations
competency area
involves the
knowledge, skills, and
attitudes to maintain
emotional, physical,
social,
environmental,
relational, spiritual,
and intellectual
wellness; be self
W RA and program
assistant, C graduate classes
No experience
W RA and program
assistant
Specific
Rating
Evidence of Learning
Skill
W program assistant
W RA and program
assistant
Continue to evaluate
strengths and weaknesses as
they may change with more
experience in field
Need to reflect on
intersection of personal,
professional lives and self.
Work to put my personal
beliefs on back burner and
allow diverse others to share
their experiences with me in
order to learn about diverse
W program assistant, RA
C- graduate coursework
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directed and selfreflective; maintain
excellence and
integrity in work; be
comfortable with
ambiguity; be aware
of ones own areas of
strength and growth;
have a passion for
work; and remain
curious.
Overall Rating:
0 1 2 3 4 5
ACPA/NASPA
Competency Area
Skill
W- RA, C
W RA and program
assistant, C
W RA and program
assistant, C undergrad and
grad courses
W program assistant
W and C happening together
C- graduate coursework
Specific
Rating
Evidence of Learning
Build understanding of
importance of reflection and
different ways in which
reflection can be used in
working with students.
Future Improvement &
Development
C SDAD 578
C SDAD 578
C grad course
Continue to develop
knowledge in classroom
No experience
others
Be able to articulate these
habits to students I serve
Build knowledge around
resources pertaining to each
area of wellness, be able to
refer students to these offices
Understand institutional
expectations for excellence at
current institution
More practice in doing this
Seek assistance when impacts
on wellness are negative
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includes the ability to
apply theory to
improve and inform
student affairs
practice, as well as
understanding
teaching and training
theory and practice.
Overall Rating:
0 1 2 3 4 5
demographic groups.
Articulate ones own developmental journey
and identify ones own informal theories of
student development and learning (also called
theories-in-use) and how they can be
informed by formal theories to enhance work
with students.
Generate ways in which various learning
theories and models can inform training and
teaching practice.
Identify and construct learning outcomes for
both daily practice as well as teaching and
training activities.
Assess teaching, learning, and training and
incorporate the results into practice.
No experience
No experience
W RA and program
assistant
No experience