Competencies Initiatives: Shaping the Future of Student Success and Institutional Effectiveness

About the event

Virtual NASPA Session 2024

Join via Zoom: https://wsu.zoom.us/j/95120567064

Overview

Competency development is essential for students as they prepare for a successful transition from college to career. As students experience college, they are able to hone competencies that have real-life implications. Recent NACE data point to employers hiring decisions emphasizing competency proficiency, more so than GPA when considering who to hire. Now, more than ever before, colleges and universities are integrating competencies into the fabric of their student experiences by infusing intentional competency-based student learning into the curriculum and co-curriculum—all with the goal of fostering student success and career readiness. 

Join us as association leaders discuss the impact competency implementation has on institutional effectiveness and student preparedness, the importance of competency implementation across the higher education community, opportunities for collaboration between academic and student affairs, and strategies and leading practices with institutions to establish new and enhance existing competency initiatives.

Learning Outcomes: 

• Understand the impact of competency implementation on institutional effectiveness and student preparedness.
• Socialize the importance of competency implementation across the higher education community.
• Share strategies and leading practices with institutions to establish new and enhance existing implementation initiatives.

Speakers

• Stephanie Gordon, Ed.D., Vice President of Professional Development
• Matthew Brink, Chief Programs & Content Officer
• Ashely Finley, Vice President of Research and Senior Advisor to the President
• Amy Geist, Director of Strategic Initiatives