Running Head: FIVE YEAR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND ACTION PLAN

Yasi Raouf
Five Year Professional Development and Action Plan
Seattle University
Thai-Huy Nguyen
SDAD 5900: Capstone Seminar

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Five Year Professional Development and Action Plan

Year
1:
20152016

Year 2: 2016-2017

Year 3: 2017-2018

Career: Obtain a professional position that encapsulates

advising and program development. I hope to work in an
environment that serves underrepresented populations.
Work to maintain my connection with community allies
and youth programs and encourage their participation in
higher education.
Professional Development: Attend NASPA 2016 which will
take place in Seattle. Engage in self-reflection on my
professional formation and the congruence of my beliefs
within my job.
Skill development: Learn how to mediate conflicts with
students and resolve issues that I do not have the
answer to. Learn to develop relationships with individuals
who come from non-student affairs backgrounds.
Develop skills in working with adult learners such as
graduate students and non-traditional students returning
to school. Seek out knowledge resource on higher
education law and policies.
Career: Develop new tools and programs as appropriate
to my department and functional area. Develop tools to
support and increase diverse student populations in
higher education. Find mentors who will nurture and
support my path. Develop training programs to advance
diversity education and diversifying staffing in higher
education.
Professional Development: Continue to self-reflect and
build strong ally-ship on campus. Seek out mentors and
engage in critical conversations about student access
and success.
Skill Development: Learn how to negotiate the
implementation of new programs and practices with
upper management leadership teams. Utilize best
practices in collaborating with faculty and other
constituents. Reflect on whether my leadership
capacities are congruent with my beliefs and emerging
leadership models.
Career: Reflect on my experiences in student affairs.
Strive to gain 2-3 years of experience in one position.
Seek out opportunities to engage students in creation of
extracurricular activities such as clubs and conferences.
Professional Development: Cross-collaborate with other
institutions to work on developing programs for student
services that can be useful regionally. Re-evaluate 5-year

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professional plan.

Year 4: 2018-2019

Year 5: 2019-2020

Career: Seek out opportunities for advancement. Seek

out jobs and advancement opportunities to utilize my
capacities in developing leadership and collaborative
capacity.
Professional Development: Seek out new positions.
Reflect on what is my next step and what I am seeking to
do in my next positionhow do I want to contribute to
higher education?
Personal: Research PhD programs
Career: Obtain a position that affirms my beliefs and
changes I would like to make in education/higher
education
Mentor emerging student affairs professionals in their
educational and career development
Personal: Come closer to a decision about applying to a
PhD or EDD programs
Professional Development: Continue my membership in
knowledge communities in higher education.

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