Competency Area

Self-Assessed Degree of Competency

Most Prominent Skills in Area

Evidence of Competency Related to Coursework and/or Professional Practice Working through the emotional responses surrounding conflict in MGMT 575 Leading with Emotional Intelligence and COUN 510 Basic counseling responses in a conduct setting

Future strategies of Improvement or Development

Manage conflict

More and continued experience in student conduct

Advising and Helping

Facilitate or coach group decision making, goal setting, and Intermediate process.

Developing a writing and development plan for Continue working as Co-chair of the Rock the Red executing team goals writing with team members in Committee SDAD 785 Best Practices in Higher Education Mentoring student employees to become more productive and efficient communicators with strong reflective Jesuit influences and presented to Challenge colleagues effectively as well as students Orientation Staff about emotional intellegence and how to use it in the workplace Completed Student Development Assessment Certification in Summer 2012 Continually improving our communication and implimentation of New Student Immersions based on feedback from previous year. Used AER data to continually improve processes within our unit. Join the Division Assessment working group (DAWG) while working at SU Developing my own assessment from the beginning

Challenge and encourage students and colleagues effectively.

Construct basic surveys and other instruments with consultation Assessment, Evaluation and Research Effectively manage align and guide implementation of results of assessment, evaluation and research reports and studies Facilitate the prioritization of decisions and resources to implement those decisions that are informed by AER activities Design culturally relevant and inclusive programs, services, policies, and practices Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Basic Engage in hiring and promotion of practices that are fair, inclusive, proactive and nondiscriminatory Facilitate others learning and practice in social justice concepts Assist students in ethical decision making and make referrals to more experienced professionals when appropriate Ethical Professional Intermediate Address and resolve lapses in ethical behavior among colleagues Practice and students Engage in effective consultation and provide advice regarding ethical issues with colleagues and students

Basic

Attend a conference, or conference session on implementing AER results

Continue to engage with my peers, and colleagues Developing Multicultural Competency workshop for surrounding the variety of issues around multicultural Orientation Advisors competency Co-authored New Orientation Advisor Work more with OMA with a goal of getting a more advertisements with increased cultural sensitivity to representative population of student employees recruit more diverse students Developing Multicultural Competency workshop for Actively engage in more conversations with a variety of Orientation Advisors individuals to become more comfortable in the tension. Interning as a university conduct officer and facilitating 1 on 1 hearings Developing and presenting workshops to students who purchased Fake I.D.'s Presenting to students of legal drinking age regarding their off campus parties Develop a stronger personal voice in conduct hearings through continued engagement Use student feedback from presentation to revamp to get more student engagement Utilize assessment in continued develop of presentation abilities

Explain how today's practice is informed by historical context

Actively engage in service to the academy and to student affairs professional associate History, Philosophy and Values Intermediate

Reading Professional Foundational documents in SDAD 577 and then working with students to Keep up with Chronical of Higher Education and understand our role is to challenge them and set professional journals within Higher Education them up for life long success, not simply make their life easier. Join either NASPA or ACAP or other professional Co-Chair of the Rock the Red Committee organization

Context is my number one strength, so I am adept at looking at the past information in relation to the now, and the future. For example as Rock the Red Co-Chair I developed a button marketing plan using Increase longevity in the field to see if idea/visions Articulate how historical lessons will inform ones future practice Seattle Univeristy students love of unique things to become reality. make our buttons more desirable, but harder to collect, while giving prizes to those who collect all four. Implement advanced accounting techniques that include MBA 504 Managerial Accounting gave me the tools Implement more in class room learning's to my forecasting, efficient use of fiscal resources, and interpretation of and experience to look at finances efficiently use professional budgets financial results fiscal resources and forecast costing

Human and Organizational Resources

Worked with Office of Multicultural Affairs to Intermediate Develop recruitment and hiring strategies that encourage develop inclusive recruitment strategies, which individuals from underrepresented groups to apply for positions helped us hire a more diverse staff this year

Work more with OMA with a goal of getting an even more representative population of student employees

Effectively speak on behalf of the institution with internal and Speak with parents and incoming students on a daily Gain experience working with outside organizations, external constituents (i.e. parents, prospective students, external basis as office coordinator with excellent customer and legislatures while talking about higher education organizations) services satisfaction Explain the differences between public and private higher SDAD 580 Higher Education Law case writings using Maintain my observance of the legal happenings within education with respect to the legal systems and what they mean tort law and case precedent to make case decisions. higher education through professional journals. for students, faculty, and staff at both types of institutions. Describe the governance systems at one's institution, including Intermediate the governance structures for faculty, staff and students SDAD 576- Leadership and Governance in PostContinue to engage in professional development, and Secondary Education through writing campus a work on teams with a variety of university crisis paper about university structure and response administrators of different functions to critical situations. SDAD 580 Higher Education Law and working with students and parents about how FERPA and how/what information can be shared abouts students with or without their prior consent Find additional courses on higher education law in increase my knowledge on laws, policies, titles, and statues that have major effects on higher education

Law, Policy and Governance

Explain the legal theories connected with torts and negligence and how they effect professional practice

Articulate the vision and mission of the primary work unit, the division and the institution Think critically and creatively, and imagine possibilities for solutions that do not currently exist or are not apparent

Experience workings, learning, and living the Seattle Gain greater context of how SU lives their mission University mission. different from other institutions My Leadership compass points West, which makes me a strong planner, and ability to see problems before they arise, and develop solutions Supervisor student office assistant and mentor Orientation Coordinators to become more effictive leaders through emtional intellegence training Persist within higher education, and my position to see if the changes I foresee happen, and when they do/don't assess myself, and my reasons based on the actual outcome Craft stronger mentorship relationship with Office Assistant despite the changing role

Leadership

Basic/ Give appropriate feedback to colleagues and students on the Intermediate skills they may seek to become more effective leaders

Serving in the SUSDA Mentorship program working Serve as mentor for students, new professionals, or those new to Serve as an alumni mentor to second year student upon with the new GA in our office to give her as smooth the organizational unit graduation of SDA program of transition as possible Lead, motivate, influence, inspire, and enable others to contribute toward the effectiveness and success of the organization Recognizing needs and opportunities for continued growth Personal Foundations Intermediate Identify and employ resources to improve ones wellness. Attend not only to immediate areas of growth, but also those areas relating to one's anticipated career trajectory Supervisor student office assistant and mentor Orientation Coordinators to become more effictive leaders through emtional intellegence training Provide more leadership and training opportunities for my student staff members

Challenging myself to take courses such as MBA 504 Continue to use tuition benefits continued for learning that are well outside of the typical SDA class load throughout my career Using Seattle Universities LiVE software and am in the Upper Level category and climbing Interning with the Chief Financial Officer of Seattle University Become a distinguished level employee on LiVE Seattle U Reconnect with the CFO as my mentor in the field

Student Learning and Development

Basic

SDAD 578 Student Development Theory, Research Articulate theories and models that describe the development of and Practice final paper on developing theory based college students and the conditions and practices that facilitate credit awarding residential living/learning their holistic development experience Design programs and services to promote student learning and SDAD 564 Developing presentations based on development that are based on current research on student ethical development theories. learning and development Construct effective lesson plans and syllabi AEDT 510 Developing courses of adult learners.

Reread my theory summaries, find new theories, and write independent summaries Develop program/service check list that includes tying in relevant theory Put lesson plans and syllabi into action during SDAD 566 Internship