Professional Development
The Office of the Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs is pleased to host a series of webinars through NASPA (Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education).
Fall 2023 Student Affairs Professional Development Series
We invite Student Affairs staff, Higher Education & Student Affairs students, and campus partners to attend. Links to a webinar description, and presenter bios are available at the links below. These are on-demand webinar recordings. Click on each webinar title for session description
Utilizing Career Readiness Competencies to Elevate Student Employment
Date TBD | Time TBD | Location TBD
Student employees play a vital role in the success of an institution. But the struggle to hire students has become more pronounced in the last year. As educators, we have a responsibility to not only give students a paycheck but also help them connect with the broader skills and learning that result from on-campus employment. Adopting a career readiness framework for student employees can help add value for both you and your students. Iowa State University embarked on this journey several years ago, resulting in the creation of the ISU Career Ready framework. Attendees will be given a brief overview of the data surrounding the need for career competencies. Next, we will cover the creation of the ISU Career Ready framework and highlight several departments and offices on campus implementing the competencies, most prominently Recreation Services. Finally, we will walk through and share a practical toolkit full of ready-to-use documents and materials to help you in your journey!
Curtain Call: Combating Performative Allyship in Student Affairs
September 29 | 12-1 p.m. | 2306 Rendleman Hall Conference Room
Live Webinar presented by NASPA IV-E
Do you want to be a real ally for DEI? Do you want to avoid the trap of performative allyship, which is just showing off without taking action? Do you want to learn how to spot and challenge performative allyship in your organization? Do you want to create an action plan for authentic allyship that leads to justice? If yes, then join us for this interactive discussion where we will explore these questions and more.
Demystifying Institutional Data to Drive First-generation Student Success
November 9 | 3-4:30 p.m. | Faculty Innovation Center, 2040 Lovejoy Library
In this session, presenters from the Center for First-generation Student Success will guide participants through best practices in enhancing data support to advance first-generation student success. These best practices include interrogating institutional definitions of “first-generation student;” ensuring data are collected frequently and accurately; identifying readily available institutional data sources; and analyzing national data for benchmarking and trend analysis.
Gender Expansive Praxis in a Culture of Compliance
December 7 | 3-4:30 p.m. | Faculty Innovation Center
In this program, presenters discuss the current realities surrounding gender on campus, particularly as it relates to compliance with Title IX and other federal laws. Given these realities, they provide an emerging model from a recent empirical study that examined practitioner/educator attitudes regarding gender inclusion in sexual violence prevention work. Presenters also discuss the ways this model can be used to create broader thinking about what it means to be ‘gender inclusive’ on our campuses, and how we can be more effective advocates for transformation of our institutions by moving beyond a ‘culture of compliance’ and into a framework of gender expansive praxis.
