Dependable Housing and Residence Life Professional
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Professional Knowledge Development Plan
Housing and Residence Life
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Join state, regional, and national associations for housing; for example Indiana State Affairs Association, Great Lakes Affiliate of College/University Housing Officers, and Association of College and University Housing Officers – International
Attend at least one regional and one national conference​
Attend a professional development institute such as GLACUHO’s Mid-Level Professionals Institute
Professional Knowledge Development Plan
Housing and Residence Life
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Join state, regional, and national associations for housing; for example Indiana State Affairs Association, Great Lakes Affiliate of College/University Housing Officers, and Association of College and University Housing Officers – International
Attend at least one regional and one national conference​
Attend a professional development institute such as GLACUHO’s Mid-Level Professionals Institute
Join a Committee or Working group for a regional conference/association​
Attend ACUHO-i’s Mid-level Leadership Institute
The Gender Non-Conforming (GNC) Student Experience in Higher Education
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
ReRead Trans* in College: Transgender Students’ Strategies for Navigating Campus Life and the Institutional Politics of Inclusion by Z Nicolazzo
Ask to participate with or advise the campus gender/sexual minority organization if they have one
ReRead Normal Life: Administrative Violence, Critical Trans Politics, and the Limits of Law by D. Spade​
Talk to my supervisors about the possibility of arranging gender inclusive housing​
Work with RAs to do awareness building initiatives
Continue to advocate for Gender Inclusive Housing and benchmark best practices in working with the student populations​
Continue to work through the updated Trans* Studies in Higher Education Syllabus co-maintained by Z Nicolazzo and R. Thompkins-Jones
The Law and Higher Education
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Read through appropriate sections of The Law of Higher Education (5th ed) by W. A. Kaplin and B. A. Lee​
Read and discuss state housing laws that affect housing operations for our campus.​
Read articles in The Chronicle of Higher Education about law and policy such as In Times of Scandal, Conflicts With College Lawyers Multiply By P. F. Lake
Work with University Legal Counsel to attend drive-ins or webinars that focus on legal concerns and housing.
Attend Sessions at NASPA that are part of the Law and Policy track
Talk to our VPSA or Dean of Students about legal concerns for our institution. What are they seeing? What are we struggling with?
Participate in the 2020 NASPA Certificate Program in Student Affairs Law and Policy​
Read a book on timely legal topics in higher education such as Free Speech on Campus by E. Chemerinsky and H. Gillman
Creating Educational Plans for Achieving Learning Outcomes
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Attend sessions on campus aimed at the faculty for improving teaching if permissible.
Stay up to date on blogs from the National Institute for Learning Outcomes Assessment such as those written about alignment by P. Hutchings
Ask to teach or co-teach an on-campus course that is aimed at “soft skill” development (ex. study strategies). If this doesn’t exist on my campus, talk to appropriate stakeholders to determine what initiatives are in place for academically ill-prepared students and offer assistance and support.
Look for a certificate or course that I can take for teaching in college. This will vary depending on position, but examples include the Association of College and University Educator’s Course in Effective Teaching Practices
Enrollment Management: Retention, Persistence, and Progress to Student Graduation
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Join the NASPA Knowledge Community about Enrollment Management and Student Affairs working Together​
Attempt to sit on a Retention Committee or Task Force at my Institution​
Become familiar with the IPEDS date at my institution as well as the information and guidelines provided to institutions on the IPEDS web-pages of the National Center for Education Statistics website
Do research and co-lead a professional development session for my department or division of Enrollment Management practices at our institution with the VP of Enrollment Management or similar position.​
Read the Enrollment Management for the 21st Century: Institutional Goals, Accountability, and Fiscal Responsibility. ASHE-ERIC Higher Education Report, Volume 26, Number 7
Work with institutional research person/department to utilize IPEDS data and Housing / Residence Life satisfaction survey data together to see if any interesting and useful correlations surface.​
Read articles in The Chronicle of Higher Education about Recruitment, Retention, Persistence such as Are You an Enrollment-Management Tycoon? By E. Hoover.
Community College Student Experience and Outcomes
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Attend Sessions at NASPA or ACPA about Community Colleges​
Talk to students in my sphere of influence who have transferred in from a 2-year institution about their experiences and their transitions.
Read The American Community College (6th ed.) by A. M. Cohen and F. B. Brawer
Read articles in The Chronicle of Higher Education by setting up a specific search bot.
Network with some Student Affairs/Service professionals at local Community Colleges
Read Redesigning America’s Community Colleges: A Clearer Path to Student Success by T. R. Bailey, S. S. Jaggars, and D. Jenkins
Once a month read a journal Article using ERIC, such as The Journey of a Midwestern Community College in the U.S. by N. Grandgenett, P. Perry, T. Pensabene, K. Wegner, R. Nirenberg, P. Pilcher, and C. Otterpohl in the Journal of Education and Training Studies
Educating Students on Power, Privilege, and Multi-cultural Competence
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Read The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by M. Alexander
Read This Book is Gay by J. Dawson
Participate in campus events by student organizations about social justice issues​
Read Privilege, Power, and Difference (3rd ed.) by A. Johnson​
Read Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America by I. Khendi​
Attend several sessions at NASPA or ACPA about Social Justice
Read A People’s History of the United States by H. Zinn
Read Red Skin, White Masks: Rejecting the Colonial Politics of Recognition by G. Coulthard
Join GLACUHO’s Inclusion and Equity Committee
Technological Competence and Software Applications in Higher Education
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Follow and read several Higher Ed Technology Blogs such as Eric Stoller on Inside Higher Ed, On the Go with Ed Cabellon, TechKNOW Tools with Laura Pasquini, and Student Affairs Women Talk Tech
Read National Education Technology Plan and Reimagining the Role of Technology in Higher Education from the Office of Technology in the Department of Education
Form relationships with our on-campus IT department and take offered training
Complete my Microsoft Certification
Take the NASPA Course “Making Your Media Accessible” with Rachel Luna and Amy Jorgensen that focuses on applying principles of Universal Design to media use
Continue to take on-campus training if and as offered
Attend webinars on Technology usage in Higher Education
Follow/Join NASPA’s Technology Knowledge Community​
Work with on-campus IT and marketing departments to do a departmental audit geared at streamlining departmental practices and resource
Residential Curriculum Awareness, Knowledge, and Skills
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Read Kerr, K. G., & Tweedy, J. (2006). Beyond seat time and student satisfaction: A curricular approach to residential education. About Campus, 11(5), 9-15. doi:10.1002/abc.181
Kerr, K. G., Tweedy, J., Edwards, K. E., & Kimmel, D. (2017, March-April). Shifting to curricular approaches to learning beyond the classroom. About Campus, 22(1), 22-31. doi:10.1002/abc.21279
Attend the ACPA’s 13th annual Residential Curriculum Institute
Join or Form a committee on my campus for Residential Curriculum
Read Blimling, G. S. (2015). Student learning in college residence halls: What works, what doesn’t, and why. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass and
Dunkel, N. & Baumann, J. (Eds.), (2013). Campus housing management: Residence life and education. Columbus, OH: Association of College and University Housing Officers-International.
Attend the ACPA’s 14th annual Residential Curriculum Institute with team members if possible.
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Work with other RCI experienced professionals to do an external review of my campuses Residential Curriculum if possible.
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Do an internal audit.
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Benchmark what other institutions Residential Curriculums look like and that have shown good assessment practices in order to determine good practices.