Professional Documents
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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.
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ACPA/NASPA
Competency Area
Skill
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W: In my role in housing I
have been faced with ethical
issues of hiring and firing
student staff. My nature as a
supervisor is also one that has
a friendly foundation, so I
work hard to integrate a sense
of respect through this so that
I do not run into unethical
situations with students.
Proximity in age also adds to
this issue that I have learned
to navigate.
W: My role as a conduct
officer for the university
brings up ethical issues often.
I am often one to address
policies and sanctions that do
not immediately give off a
sense of equity.
C: SDAD 5760 gave me a
chance to discuss and research
ethical issues faced by
institutional leaders.
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ACPA/NASPA
Competency Area
Skill
History,
Philosophy, &
Values
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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.
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ACPA/NASPA
Competency Area
Law, Policy, &
Governance
The Law, Policy, and
Governance
competency area
includes the
knowledge, skills, and
attitudes relating to
policy development
processes used in
various contexts, the
application of legal
constructs, and the
understanding of
governance structures
and their impact on
ones professional
practice.
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Skill
Explain the differences between public and private
higher education with respect to the legal system and
what they may mean for students, faculty, and staff at
both types of institutions.
Describe the evolving legal theories that define the
studentinstitution relationship and how they affect
professional practice.
Describe how national constitutions and laws influence
the rights that students, faculty, and staff have on public
and private college campuses.
Explain the concepts of risk management and liability
reduction strategies.
Explain when to consult with ones immediate supervisor
and campus legal counsel about those matters that may
have legal ramifications.
Act in accordance with federal and state/province laws
and institutional policies regarding nondiscrimination.
Describe how policy is developed in ones department
and institution, as well as the local, state/province, and
federal levels of government.
Identify the major policy makers who influence ones
professional practice at the institutional, local,
state/province, and federal levels of government.
Identify the internal and external special interest groups
that influence policy makers at the department,
institutional, local, state/province, and federal levels.
Describe the public debates surrounding the major policy
issues in higher education, including access, affordability,
accountability, and quality.
Describe the governance systems at ones institution,
including the governance structures for faculty, staff, and
students.
Describe the system used to govern or coordinate ones
state/province system of higher education, including
community college, for-profit, and private higher
education.
Describe the federal and state/province role in higher
education.
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Evidence of Learning
I: Internship gave me the
comparison of how a private school
operates vs a public school, namely
the community college system. I
have learned about the governing
structures of this system, including
funding constraints and statemandates for employees.
C: SDAD 5760 gave me the
opportunity to discuss issues of
policy and governance with my
peers and learn from case studies.
C: SDAD 5590 gave me more
information on the governance of
the community college system.
W: My role as a university conduct
officer gave me experience in
communicating law and policy to
students and making sure I was
acting in accordance to these as well.
This role also gave me experience in
discussing how law and policy are
interpreted and brining up questions
and issues with my superiors.
W: My role in housing also has
made me familiar with policies
concerning FERPA and protecting
students privacy. Likewise,
mandatory reporting is something I
have had to gain experience in. Both
of these areas have involved training
students in them as well.
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.
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ACPA/NASPA
Competency Area
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ACPA/NASPA
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Taking multicultural
perspectives will help increase
the breadth of social identities
and differences in student
populations that I am
proactively working to include
in programs and
developmental experiences.
I plan on attending
professional development, like
conference through NASPA
to stay up to date in best
practices for promoting
student learning.
As I know I will be leaving
school soon and have the
likelihood of becoming out of
touch with theory, I plan on
using personal intrinsically
motivated reading to continue
growing in this competency
area.