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Artifact H: Knowledge, Skills, and Competencies Analysis

ASSESSMENT KEY
Overall Competency Rating:
0= no exposure to and no experience in this competency
1= minimal exposure to but no experience in this competency
2= moderate exposure to and minimal experience in this competency
3= moderate experience in this competency
4= experience in this competency
5= much experience in this competency, basic master has been achieved
Specific Skill Rating:
(+)= highly competent
()= competent
()= area of improvement/experience needed
Evidence of Learning:
W= Work
I= Internship
C= Coursework
V= Volunteer work
O= Other

*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:

Skill

Exhibit active listening skills (e.g.,

appropriately establishing interpersonal
contact, paraphrasing, perception
checking, summarizing, questioning,
encouraging, avoid interrupting,
clarifying).
Establish rapport with students, groups,
colleagues, and others.
Facilitate reflection to make meaning
from experience.
Understand and use appropriate
nonverbal communication.
Strategically and simultaneously pursue
multiple objectives in conversations with
students.
Facilitate problem-solving.
Facilitate individual decision making and
goal setting.
Challenge and encourage students and
colleagues effectively.
Know and use referral sources (e.g.,
other offices, outside agencies,
knowledge sources), and exhibit referral
skills in seeking expert assistance.
Identify when and with whom to
implement appropriate crisis
management and intervention responses.
Maintain an appropriate degree of
confidentiality that follows applicable
legal and licensing requirements,
facilitates the development of trusting
relationships, and recognizes when
confidentiality should be broken to
protect the student or others.
Recognize the strengths and limitations

Specific
Rating

(+)

(+)
(+)
(+)
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(+)
()
(+)
(+)

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()

Evidence of Learning

Future Improvement &

Development

I: Through my work with

Academic Support
Programs, Ive had the
opportunity to work with a
diverse group of students
in GEN ST 297, GEN ST
101, and Tutor-Mentors in
EDUC 401.

Conflict resolution and

crisis management
training through
professional
development courses
offered at work. In
addition, being aware
of various resources
(e.g. hotlines, CAPS,
etc.) in case I need to
direct people to them.

O: Working directly with

student leaders through my
role as the Alumni Advisor
for the Chinese Student
Association at UW.
O: Supporting two firstyear SDA student-buddies.
W: Supporting 3 workstudy students in the
College of Arts & Sciences
Advancement and
Marketing office.
W: Working with the Asian
Student Commission
Director on issues API
student leaders are facing
on campus through my role
as a co-chair of Asian
Pacific Islander American
Faculty & Staff Association
(APIAFSA).
W: Working with alumni to
ensure confidentiality of
their contact information

Taking on new
opportunities and
experiences to gain
new knowledge by
working with other
specific student
populations like
veterans, LGBTQ
students, etc. attend
events put on my OMA
at Seattle University
and by OMAD at UW.

0 1 2 3 4 5

ACPA/NASPA
Competency
Area

of ones own worldview on

communication with others (e.g., how
terminology could either liberate or
constrain others with different gender
identities, sexual orientations, abilities,
cultural backgrounds).
Actively seek out opportunities to expand
ones own knowledge and skills in
helping students with specific concerns
(e.g., suicidal students) and as well as
interfacing with specific populations
within the college student environment
(e.g., student veterans).

Skill

Differentiate among assessment,

program review, evaluation, planning,
and research and the methodologies
Assessment,
Evaluation, & appropriate to each.
Effectively articulate, interpret, and
Research
use results of AER reports and
studies, including professional
The Assessment, literature.
Evaluation, and Facilitate appropriate data collection
for system/department-wide
Research
assessment and evaluation efforts
competency
using up-to-date technology and
area (AER)
methods.
focuses on the
Assess trustworthiness and other
ability to use,
aspects of quality in qualitative
design, conduct, studies and assess the transferability
and critique
of these findings to current work
qualitative and settings.
quantitative
Assess quantitative designs and
AER analyses; to analysis techniques, including factors

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()

Specific
Rating

()

(+)

()

()

()

and/or desire to maintain

as anonymous donors.
C: COUN 5120 helped me
better understand various
career counseling theories
for specific populations
through the group
presentation process.

Evidence of Learning

C: EDUC 5000 Introduction

to Research and Graduate
Study exposed me to what
research is like in higher
education; more qualitative
and mixed method unlike
when I was conducting
scientific research when I
was an undergraduate;
EDUC 5200 Social Justice
in Professional Practice
allowed me to conduct
research on different
teaching styles and
pedagogies; EDLPS 561
Educational Policies &
Leadership in Political
Contexts introduced
policies and the limitation
of assessment; SDAD 5850
Higher Education Finance
required me to interpret
data in articulate ways.

Future Improvement &

Development

There is a lot of
opportunity for growth
in this area for me as I
pursue a PhD degree. I
seek to gain better
methodological skills
through a PhD
program, and strive to
generate new
knowledge in the field
of higher education
student affairs.
Continue to stay up to
date with new NASPA
publications.

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.

Overall Rating:
0 1 2 3 4 5
ACPA/NASPA
Competency
Area

Equity,
Diversity, &
Inclusion
The Equity,
Diversity, and
Inclusion (EDI)

that might lead to measurement

problems, such as those relating to
sampling, validity, and reliability.
Explain the necessity to follow
institutional and divisional
procedures and policies (e.g., IRB
approval, informed consent) with
regard to ethical assessment,
evaluation, and other research
activities.
Explain to students and colleagues
the relationship of AER processes to
learning outcomes and goals.
Identify the political and educational
sensitivity of raw and partially
processed data and AER results,
handling them with appropriate
confidentiality and deference to the
organizational hierarchy.
Align program and learning outcomes
with organization goals and values.

()

(+)

W: Former research
experience with Social
Development Research
Group.
I: Independent study
internship with Academic
Support Programs to
evaluate qualitative student
responses to better
understand the needs of
international students in
transition.

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()

Skill

Specific
Rating

Evidence of Learning

Identify the contributions of similar and

diverse people within and to the
institutional environment.
Integrate cultural knowledge with
specific and relevant diverse issues on
campus.
Assess and address ones own awareness
of EDI, and articulate ones own
differences and similarities with others.

()

C: SDAD 5300 Foundations of

the Student Affairs Profession
provide knowledge on
millennial students and the
changing student
demographics; SDAD 5400
Student Development Theory,
Research, and Practice
provided better understanding
of multicultural competence
and how it is a continuous

Demonstrate personal skills associated

with EDI by participating in activities

(+)

(+)
(+)

Future
Improvement &
Development
I need to
continually
enhance my
multicultural
competence and
learn to address
and/or facilitate
such sensitive
conversations in
group settings. In

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
and prejudices.
Overall Rating:
0 1 2 3 4 5

that challenge ones beliefs.

Facilitate dialogue effectively among
disparate audiences.
Interact with diverse individuals and
implement programs, services, and
activities that reflect an understanding
and appreciation of cultural and
human differences.
Recognize the intersectionality of diverse
identities possessed by an individual.
Recognize social systems and their
influence on people of diverse
backgrounds.
Articulate a foundational understanding
of social justice and the role of higher
education, the institution, the
department, the unit, and the
individual in furthering its goals.
Use appropriate technology to aid in
identifying individuals with diverse
backgrounds as well as assessing
progress towards successful integration
of these individuals into the campus
environment.
Design culturally relevant and inclusive
programs, services, policies, and
practices.
Demonstrate fair treatment to all
individuals and change aspects of the
environment that do not promote fair
treatment.
Analyze the interconnectedness of
societies worldwide and how these global
perspectives impact institutional
learning.

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(+)

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()

(+)
(+)

(+)

process; EDAD 5700

Leadership in Education
provided me with the
knowledge to work in a
political environment,
allowing me to apply these
concepts to my work; COUN
5120 Lifespan Career
Development explore the
process of counseling diverse
populations; EDUC 5200
Social Justice in Professional
Practice helped me better
understand the history of
oppression in this country;
W: Co-Chairing the Asian Pacific
Islander American Faculty &
Staff Association (APIAFSA) and
working with the Office of
Minority Affairs and Diversity
(OMAD) to provide a voice for
APIA faculty and staff at the
UW.
W: NetWork: Student-Alumni
Career Networking Night
program developmentparticularly inviting a diverse
group of alumni to be visible to
students.
I: Promoting an inclusive
learning environment in GEN
ST 297 where students are
welcome to share their
histories, experiences, and
backgrounds.

addition, there is
plenty of room to
grow in
acknowledging the
various
intersections of
multiple identities.
Continue to engage
in difficult
conversations in
order to grow and
having a better
understanding of
how to be inclusive.

ACPA/NASPA
Competency
Area

Skill

Articulate ones personal code of

ethics for student affairs practice,
which reflects the ethical
Ethical
statements of professional student
Professional
affairs associations and their
Practice
foundational ethical principles.
Describe the ethical statements and
The Ethical
their foundational principles of any
Professional
professional associations directly
Practice
relevant to ones working context.
competency
Explain how ones behavior
area pertains to embodies the ethical statements of
the knowledge, the profession, particularly in
skills, and
relationships with students and
attitudes needed colleagues, in the use of technology
to understand
and sustainable practices, in
and apply
professional settings and meetings,
ethical
in global relationships, and while
standards to
participating in job search
ones work.
processes.
While ethics is Identify ethical issues in the course
an integral
of ones job.
component of all Utilize institutional and professional
the competency resources to assist with ethical
areas, this
issues (e.g., consultation with more
competency
experienced supervisors and/or
area focuses
colleagues, consultation with an
specifically on
associations Ethics Committee).
the integration Assist students in ethical decision
of ethics into all making and make referrals to more
aspects of self
experienced professionals when

Specific
Rating

()

()

()

Evidence of Learning

C: SDAD 5300 Foundations of

the Student Affairs Profession
was my first introduction to
ethical practice in this
profession; EDAD 5700
Leadership in Education
allowed me to verbalize my
leadership practice; PUBM
5210 Management and Human
Relations case presentations
provided to opportunity to
diagnose negative ethical
behavior; SDAD 5760
Leadership & Governance in
Postsecondary Education
provided real examples of how
various leaders actually apply
this to their work;
W: Ethical awareness when it
comes to alumni and donor
information and their decisions
on where donations should go
to support.

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(+)

()

I: Maintaining confidentiality
when students share personal
struggles with me.

Future
Improvement &
Development
Complete SDAD
5800 Higher
Education Law and
SDAD 5750 Best
Practices in
Student Services to
gain further
understanding of
professional
practice.
Need to learn how
to empower others
with information
that can guide their
ethical practice and
to learn how to be
prepared to handle
unethical situations
when they arise.

and professional appropriate.

practice.
Demonstrate an understanding of
the role of beliefs and values in
personal integrity and professional
ethical practices.
Overall Rating: Appropriately address institutional
actions that are not consistent with
0 1 2 3 4 5
ethical standards.
Demonstrate an ethical commitment
to just and sustainable practices.
ACPA/NASPA
Skill
Competency
Area
Describe the foundational
History,
Philosophy, & philosophies, disciplines, and values
on which the profession is built.
Values
Articulate the historical contexts of
institutional types and functional
The History,
Philosophy, and
areas within higher education and
Values
student affairs.
competency area Describe the various philosophies
involves
that define the profession.
knowledge, skills, Demonstrate responsible campus
and attitudes that citizenship.
connect the
Demonstrate empathy and
history,
compassion for student needs.
philosophy, and
Describe the roles of both faculty and
values of the
student affairs educators in the
profession to
academy.
ones current
Explain the importance of service to
professional
the academy and to student affairs
practice. This
competency area professional associations.
Articulate the principles of
embodies the
foundations of the professional practice.
Articulate the history of the inclusion

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()
()
Specific
Rating

Evidence of Learning

(+)

C: SDAD 5300 Foundations of

the Student Affairs Profession;
EDAD 5700 Leadership in
Education; SDAD 5760
Leadership & Governance in
Postsecondary Education;
SDAD 5900 Student
Development Capstone
Seminar; SDAD 5590 The
American Community College;
SDAD 5850 Higher Education
Finance

(+)
()
(+)
()
()
(+)
()
()

I: Designing the curriculum and

teaching GEN ST 297:
American Higher Education
that helps me further
understand the history and
philosophy of higher education.
V: Involvement in NASPA
Region V Program and Awards
Committees

Future
Improvement &
Development
Complete SDAD
5750 Best Practices
in Student Services
to better
understand various
practice and values
of different
institution types.
Strive to better
understand the
histories, issues,
and values of other
marginalized
student
populations.

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profession from
which current
and future
research and
practice will
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 1 2 3 4 5
ACPA/NASPA
Competency
Area
Human &
Organizational
Resources
The Human and
Organizational
Resources
competency area
includes

and exclusion of people with a variety

of identities in higher education.
Explain the role and responsibilities
of the student affairs professional
associations.
Explain the purpose and use of
publications that incorporate the
philosophy and values of the
profession.
Explain the public role and societal
benefits of student affairs and of
higher education generally.
Articulate an understanding of the
ongoing nature of history and ones
role in shaping it.
Model the principles of the profession
and communicate the expectation of
the same from colleagues and
supervisees.
Explain how the values of the
profession contribute to sustainable
practices.
Skill

Describe appropriate hiring techniques and

institutional hiring policies, procedures, and
processes.
Demonstrate familiarity in basic tenets of
supervision and possible application of these
supervision techniques.
Explain how job descriptions are designed
and support overall staffing patterns in ones
work setting.
Design a professional development plan in
ones current professional position that
assesses ones strengths and weaknesses in
ones current position, and establishes action

()
(+)

W: Working in institutional
advancement to better
understand the higher
education financial situation.
W: Opportunities to engage in
dialogue with Dean of the
College of Arts & Sciences re:
Importance of a liberal arts
education.

(+)
()
()

()
Specific
Rating

Evidence of Learning

(+)

C: SDAD 5300 Foundations of

the Student Affairs Profession;
EDAD 5700 Leadership in
Education; PUBM 5210
Management and Human
Relations; SDAD 5760
Leadership & Governance in
Postsecondary Education;
SDAD 5900 Student
Development Capstone
Seminar

()
()

()

Future
Improvement &
Development
Need opportunities
to learn about
conflict
management and
crisis management.
Further enhance
my knowledge on
institutional
differences in

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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:

items for fostering an appropriate level of

growth.
Explain the application of introductory
motivational techniques with students, staff,
and others.
Describe the basic premises that underlie
conflict in organizational and student life and
the constructs utilized for facilitating conflict
resolution in these settings.
Effectively and appropriately use facilities
management procedures as related to
operating a facility or program in a facility.
Articulate basic accounting techniques for
budgeting, monitoring, and processing
expenditures.
Demonstrate effective stewardship and use of
resources (i.e., financial, human, material)
Use technological resources with respect to
maximizing the efficiency and effectiveness of
ones work.
Describe environmentally sensitive issues and
explain how ones work can incorporate
elements of sustainability.
Develop and disseminate agendas for
meetings.
Communicate with others using effective
verbal and nonverbal strategies appropriate
to the situation in both one-on-one and small
group settings.
Recognize how networks in organizations
play a role in how work gets done.
Understand the role alliances play in the
completion of goals and work assignments.
Describe campus protocols for responding to
significant incidents and campus crises.
Explain the basic tenets of personal or
organizational risk and liability as they relate
to ones work.

hiring processes.
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()

W: Sat on numerous hiring

committees.
V: Involved in faculty hiring
discussions with the Student
Development Administration
Advisory Board.

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()

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(+)
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()

0 1 2 3 4 5
ACPA/NASPA
Competency Area

Skill

Specific Rating

Evidence of Learning

Future Improvement
& Development

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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.

Overall Rating:

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

()

()
()

C: SDAD 5300 Foundations

of the Student Affairs
Profession; EDLPS 561
Education Policies &
Leadership in Political
Context; SDAD 5760
Leadership & Governance
in Postsecondary
Education; SDAD 5850
Higher Education Finance;
SDAD 5590 The American
Community College

()
(+)

W: Experience working and

schooling in different
institutional types.

()

W: Experience drafting
donor endowment
agreements and
amendments.

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()

()

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()

O: Recipient of UWs AAUP

emails; offered advice on
Student Affairs
Professionals Facebook
page regarding donor and
endowment policies.

Complete SDAD 5800

Higher Education Law
course.
Gain more exposure to
conduct policies and
procedures by
intentionally having
conversations with
those who facilitate
those areas.
Seek out information
and knowledge on risk
management and
liability reduction
strategies.
Continue to stay
engage in federal and
state policies and
issues by staying
connected to articles
posted in the Chronicle
of Higher Ed, Inside
Higher Ed, etc.

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0 1 2 3 4 5

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

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.

()

()

Skill

Specific
Rating

Evidence of Learning

Future Improvement &

Development

Describe how ones personal values, beliefs,

histories, and perspectives inform ones view of
oneself as an effective leader.
Identify ones strengths and weaknesses as a
leader and seek opportunities to develop ones
leadership skills.
Identify various constructs of leadership and
leadership styles that include but are not limited
to symbolic, expert, relational, and inspirational.
Identify basic fundamentals of teamwork and
teambuilding in ones work setting and
communities of practice.
Describe and apply the basic principles of
community building.
Use technology to support the leadership
process (e.g., seeking feedback, sharing
decisions, posting data that support decisions,
using group-support website tools).
Understand campus cultures (e.g., academic
cultures, student cultures) and collaborative
relationships, applying that understanding to
ones work.
Articulate the vision and mission of the primary
work unit, the division, and the institution.
Explain the values and processes that lead to
organizational improvement.
Identify institutional traditions, mores, and
organizational structures (e.g., hierarchy,
networks, governing groups, nature of power,
policies, goals, agendas and resource allocation
processes) and how they influence others to act
in the organization.
Explain the advantages and disadvantages of
different types of decision-making processes
(e.g., consensus, majority vote, and decision by

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C: SDAD 5300
Foundations of the
Student Affairs
Profession; EDAD 5700
Leadership in Education;
PUBM 5210 Management
and Human Relations;
EDLPS 561 Education
Policies & Leadership in
Political Context; SDAD
5760 Leadership &
Governance in
Postsecondary Education

Pursue other
leadership
opportunities outside
of work and school in
order to become more
connected with the
greater community.

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(+)
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(+)
()
(+)
(+)
(+)
(+)

(+)

W: Serving as Co-Chair of
the Asian Pacific Islander
American Faculty and
Staff Association
(APIAFSA) at the
University of Washington.
V: Serving on the Student
Development
Administration Advisory
Board as a student
representative.
O: Serving as Vice
President and President of
the Chinese Student

Get involved in more

committees on either
the UW or SU campus
that will provide more
exposure to different
functional areas.
Seek out more
opportunities with
NASPA or ACPA.

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organizations,
and respond to
internal and
external
constituencies
and issues.

Overall Rating:
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,

authority).
Think critically and creatively, and imagine
possibilities for solutions that do not currently
exist or are not apparent.
Identify and then effectively consult with key
stakeholders and those with diverse
perspectives to make informed decisions.
Explain the impact of decisions on diverse
groups of people, other units, and sustainable
practices.
Articulate the logic used in making decisions to
all interested parties.
Exhibit informed confidence in the capacity of
ordinary people to pull together and take
practical action to transform their communities
and world.
Identify and introduce conversations on
potential issues and developing trends into
appropriate venues such as staff meetings.

Skill

Identify key elements of ones set of

personal beliefs and commitments
(e.g., values, morals, goals, desires,
self-definitions), as well as the
source of each (e.g., self, peers,
family, or one or more larger
communities).
Identify ones primary work
responsibilities and, with
appropriate ongoing feedback, craft
a realistic, summative self-appraisal
of ones strengths and limitations.
Describe the importance of ones
professional and personal life to
self, and recognize the intersection
of each.
Articulate awareness and

(+)
(+)

Association during my
time as an undergraduate
at the University of
Washington.

(+)
(+)
()
(+)
Specific
Rating

(+)

(+)

(+)

Evidence of Learning

Future Improvement &

Development

C: SDAD 5300
Foundations of the
Student Affairs
Profession; SDAD 5400
Student Development
Theory, Research, and
Practice; EDAD 5700
Leadership in Education;
COUN 5120 Lifespan
Career Development;
EDUC 5200 Social Justice
in Professional Practice;

Being a student at
Seattle University and
in the SDA program
has provided strong
Jesuit values of selfreflection that has
been utilized in most if
not all of my
coursework and life
outside of being at SU.
I understand that there
is no end point in this
process of discovering
who I am as a
professional and aim to
continually build upon
previous beliefs.

W: Regular performance
reviews have been a
helpful opportunity to
reflect, become more selfaware, and receive
feedback from my

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spiritual, and
intellectual
wellness; be
self- 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

Student

understanding of ones attitudes,

values, beliefs, assumptions, biases,
and identity as it impacts ones
work with others; and take
responsibility to develop personal
cultural skills by participating in
activities that challenge ones
beliefs.
Recognize and articulate healthy
habits for better living.
Articulate an understanding that
wellness is a broad concept
comprised of emotional, physical,
social, environmental, relational,
spiritual, and intellectual elements.
Identify and describe personal and
professional responsibilities
inherent to excellence.
Articulate meaningful goals for
ones work.
Identify positive and negative
impacts on psychological wellness
and, as appropriate, seek assistance
from available resources.
Recognize the importance of
reflection in personal and
professional development.
Skill

Articulate theories and models that

describe the development of college
students and the conditions and
practices that facilitate holistic

supervisor.

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Specific
Rating

Evidence of
Learning

Future Improvement
& Development

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C: SDAD 5300
Foundations of the
Student Affairs Profession
exposed me to the

I hope to build upon

current student
development theories
with new and more

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Learning &
Development

development.

Articulate how differences of race,

ethnicity, nationality, class, gender,
The Student
age, sexual orientation, gender
Learning and
identity, disability, and religious
Development
belief can influence development
competency
during the college years.
area addresses Identify and define types of theories
the concepts
(e.g., learning, psychosocial and
and principles of identity development, cognitivestudent
structural, typological, and
development
environmental).
and learning
Identify the limitations in applying
theory. This
existing theories and models to
includes the
varying student demographic
ability to apply groups.
theory to
Articulate ones own developmental
improve and
journey and identify ones own
inform student informal theories of student
affairs practice, development and learning (also
as well as
called theories-in-use) and how
understanding they can be informed by formal
teaching and
theories to enhance work with
training theory students.
and practice.
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
Overall Rating: well as teaching and training
activities.
0 1 2 3 4 5
Assess teaching, learning, and

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changing demographics of
college students that is
becoming more and more
diverse; SDAD 5400
Student Development
Theory, Research, and
Practice workshop
development allowed me
to create a workshop to
education on Yossos
theory of community
cultural wealth; and in
EDAD 5700 Leadership in
Education, I learned from
class discussions that
involved intersections of
identities and how that
influenced leadership;
I: Applying Schlossberg's
Transition Theory to
practice in designing the
curriculum for GEN ST
297 course.
I: Facilitating EDUC 401
gave me the opportunity
to hold conversations
about different student
populations on campus.
O: Creating a Statement
of Purpose for my PhD
application has allowed
me to reflect upon and
articulate my
developmental journey
and how theyve led me to
my future academic

relevant ones through

future doctoral work.
In addition, I hope to
improve on my ability
to translate theory to
practice, and be able to
help other
practitioners do the
same as well through
designing and adapting
useful assessment
tools.
I hope to be able to
attend more NASPA
and ACPA conferences
to enhance my
understanding of
research and best
practices in the field of
student affairs.

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training and incorporate the results

into practice.

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aspirations.