Core Competency Plan

Danielle Lewis
SDS 5040 1

Competency

Short- Term Plan

(What I Have Done So Far)
Within my first week I went through
advisor training. I continued to take
training courses for advisor
permissions and for different
accesses throughout the two years.

Advising and
Supporting

Long Term Plan

(What I Will Do After MS
Completion)

Intended Outcomes
(From This I Would Like to)

I hope to continue my job as an

I want to be able to meet students where
Academic Advisor in the Math
they are and be as helpful as I can be.
Department for a while, then
I want to be able to have the trust of my
possibly move to another subject, or
students
and be able to both support them
get back in honors. Possibly move to
and challenge them when they need it.
a new school where I can transfer the
In my assistantship as an advisor in
abundant skills I will have gained at
I would like to develop an advising
the Honors Program, I spent every
Florida State and apply them to a
program
that makes sense from both the
work day advising students one on
new campus and culture. Ultimately,
professional side and from the student
one about their schedule, their thesis
I would like to be the director of an
side.
project, or just offering general
advising program and create a
advice as a recent grad.
program where advisors will want to
stay in their position for long enough I would like to promote self-efficacy and
help foster the individual growth of
I was the graduate advisor for the
to be beneficial to the student and
Honors Student Association and
where the students feel like advising students both academically and personally.
supported the executive board in
is an important aspect of the college
I want academic advising to be looked at
their duties and learning and growing
experience.
as an experience that is just as important as
together.
any other foundational experience, and not
I would like to take the Intentional
as a hassle or a chore.
Additionally, I took a full time job as Interventions class as a non-degree
a departmental advisor for Florida
seeking student.
Most importantly, I would like to take the
State and have been the sole advisor
knowledge
I have acquired and the skills I
for upperclassmen in the Math
have attained and positively impact
department for the past month.
students and their growth and development
through college.

Competency

Short- Term Plan

(What I Have Done So Far)

Long Term Plan

(What I Will Do After MS
Completion)

I completed a quantitative research

project through Outcomes and
Research Methods.

I would like to create a short survey

to add to the exit survey to assess
their involvement with advising and
their opinions. I would like to use
I wrote a few smaller research papers
this information to tailor my
in American Community College
practices and use techniques that best
and Student Success in College.
fit the needs of the students.

Assessment,
Evaluation, and
Research

I also, conducted a qualitative

I would also like to use this survey as
research project in American College a career tracker and continue using it
Student.
beyond this position. I feel as though
this will help me in the long run and
I coordinated quality evaluations for
benefit the students along the way.
the HSA exec board to make sure
each chair was still satisfied in their
role and with their duties after
returning from summer term.
I created a satisfaction exit survey
for the Honors in the Major Program
to test if the students who were
participating in the program were
satisfied.

Intended Outcomes
(From This I Would Like to)
I want to know how to successfully get the
information we need out of students
through evaluations and assessments, and
research to best improve policies and
programs.
I would like to know how the students feel
about advising and continue to track their
thoughts and opinions to eventually help
me build an effective advising program of
university quality in a community college.

Competency

Social Justice and

Inclusion

Short- Term Plan

(What I Have Done So Far)

Long Term Plan

(What I Will Do After MS
Completion)

Intended Outcomes
(From This I Would Like to)

I participated in the Seminole Allies

and Safe Zone Training and have
displayed the placard in my office. I
have tried my best to include what I
learned into everyday life to create
an inclusive environment for all.

I would like to participate in the

Social Justice Training through the
Center for Leadership and Social
Change.

From this exposure I hope that I am more

open and accepting of cultural differences
and have a better idea of the world around
me. I want to epitomize an inclusive
method of work.

I took Diversity in Higher Education,

and through that class, not only did I
learn valuable lessons but I took
advantage of immersive experiences
on campus. I used the class as an
opportunity to get involved in areas I
wouldnt normally.
I participated in a few of the
international Coffee Hours held at
the Globe on campus
I participated in an English
conversation club meeting.
Completed a Case study for
Capstone focused on a diversity
issue.

I would like to keep updated with

social issues through my various
organizational memberships and
Facebook pages.

I want to stay knowledgeable in the social

issues so that I can remain an ally and
hopefully one day, I will have enough
knowledge to be an effective advocate for
each and every one of my students.

Competency

Short- Term Plan

(What I Have Done So Far)
In my new advisor training we
addressed FERPA and what FERPA
issues would look like. My training
there and in the new employee
training helped me recognize ethical
issues and points in my job and in
student affairs.
I participated in Green Dot Training
and learned how to cut down the
bystander effect.

Personal Ethical
Foundations

I have encountered situations in my

advising that I have had personal
conflicts with and did my best to
help the student without getting
overly involved.
I interned with the College of
Medicine where I had most of my
growth in this area through learning
boundaries and

Long Term Plan

(What I Will Do After MS
Completion)

Intended Outcomes
(From This I Would Like to)

I would like to participate in some

I hope to be able to consider myself an
ethical leadership trainings to help
ethical and professional practitioner that
refine not only my professional
can easily make the right decision and help
ethics trainings, but also how that
the students make the right decisions.
interacts with my leadership position.
I also, would like to balance that and being
I will be continuing to define my
the best professional I can be, without
boundaries to make sure that my
compromising my self-care and personal
work doesnt exhaust me.
foundations.
I will be sure in this position and
future ones to advocate for myself

I would like to be able to identify my goals

and what I am yearning to achieve in my
endeavors. I want to know how to
maintain work life balance. And I want to
be able to help the students I see to do the
same.

Competency

Values,
Philosophy, and
History

Short- Term Plan

(What I Have Done So Far)

Long Term Plan

(What I Will Do After MS
Completion)

Intended Outcomes
(From This I Would Like to)

I took the class EDH 5051: Higher

Education in America: Basic
Understandings in Fall of 2014
which has a history undertone.

I am very interested in updating my

personal philosophy statement with
each new job and maintaining my
changes.

By completing this competency, I hope to

have the background knowledge of my
field and be able to recognize and
encourage the values of myself and the
students I work with.

Took student personnel work in

higher education which introduced
me to the values and philosophy of
the student affairs world

I am also interested in researching

the history of any school that I will
be working for.

I took Practicum and Capstone that

touched on each of these topics.
I attended, volunteered for, and was
on the planning committee through
internship with the Jon C. Dalton
Institute on College Student Values.
I wrote and updated a personal
student affairs philosophy statement.
I have used values based activities
and discussion topics during team
building and leadership events with
the HSA executive board.

I also will hopefully feel more established

with each new job I have.

Competency

Short- Term Plan

(What I Have Done So Far)

Long Term Plan

(What I Will Do After MS
Completion)

Intended Outcomes
(From This I Would Like to)

I ran the entire elections process for

the Honors Student Association
Executive Board.

Just as everyone else, I hope to climb

the ladder, in order to do that I will
need to learn more about HR
policies.

This competency area can help me in so

many more areas, including my personal
life. I would find it very helpful to be able
to manage time money and people
especially in groups.

I had a role on the selection

committee for the Presidential
Scholars Program.
Organizational
and Human
Resource

I would like to have background

knowledge in order to be an effective
and good supervisor.

I organized and implemented a

training program for the Honors
Program Colloquium Leaders
I assisted in the initiation of a mock
interview program through
undergraduate advising in the
College of Medicine.
I was on the committee who
reviewed and revised the
organizational contract for the
Honors Student Association.

Law, Policy, and

Governance

In Practicum we toured schools and

learned about their policies and
systems.
In American Community College I
have learned a lot about the laws and
policies behind Community Colleges
and how and why they were
established.

I would like to become more

involved, or follow more closely the
decision making process around
university policies.
I would like to eventually be on a
committee where my voice can be
heard on behalf of the staff to be able
to advocate for the students.

I would love to know the governance

behind university decision making and
policy creation.
I would like to stay up to date on policies
and laws so that I know I am doing my job
to the very best of my abilities, and that I
am doing all that I can within my
boundaries.

Competency

Leadership

Competency

Short- Term Plan

(What I Have Done So Far)

Long Term Plan

(What I Will Do After MS
Completion)

Intended Outcomes
(From This I Would Like to)

I served as advisor to the honor

student association

I would like to have a supervisory

role and/or emerge a leader in my
work community

I want to have the skills and confidence to

successfully lead a student or a group of
students on the right path. I would love to
be an impacting leader in a students life
and my own.

I led a session in the training

program for Honors Colloquium
Leaders
Three of my students became my
mentees.

I want to keep up my level of

involvement both in general and with
my alma mater.

Short- Term Plan

(What I Have Done So Far)

Long Term Plan

(What I Will Do After MS
Completion)

Intended Outcomes
(From This I Would Like to)

I served as Marketing Chair for the

Dalton Institute and created flyers
that I would use while maintaining
the social media accounts.

I would like to create a system online

to help my advisees request
information or an appointment

I would like to improve academic advising

and help to make it more accessible to
students.

I will use computer programs to keep

track of advisee attendance and
academic progress.

I would like to stay current and tech savvy

so that I can identify the best ways to get
in touch and engage my students.

I would like to create a system where

advising can be electronic and from a
distance

I would like to incorporate technology into

advising or keeping students up to date on
requirements.

I became familiar with office suite

and Prezi through schoolwork
Technology

I would like to hold a seat on several

different types of committees.

I created a video for practicum

Maintained excel sheets and
databases of student enrollment
Introduced an online task
list/delegation system

I would like to be able to incorporate

technology into advising

Competency

Short- Term Plan

(What I Have Done So Far)

Long Term Plan

(What I Will Do After MS
Completion)

I shadowed with college life coaches.

I would like to take another Theories

Class later on.

I took EDH 5045: Student

Development Theories in the Spring
of 2015.
Student Learning
and Development

Presented and used multiple theories

in research.

Intended Outcomes
(From This I Would Like to)

I want to have the knowledge to be able to

identify the stages of development the
students I am working with are in. My goal
I would like to keep cheat sheets of
is to help the students I have develop
different stages and try to apply
through their college career and become
theories to my interactions with
the best person they can be.
students.
I would like to become familiar with
individual classes to assist the
students in making the most of their
experience.