JOSHELYN S. MARTIN

In 2015, ACPA—College Student Educators International and NASPA—Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education updated their set of professional competency areas for student affairs educators. Under each professional competency area, I have reflected upon how my experiences in student affairs thus far have impacted my level of competency in the outlined 10 professional competency areas. For more information on the competencies, please click here

 

 

PERSONAL & ETHICAL FOUNDATIONS (PEF)

Involves the knowledge, skills, and dispositions to develop and maintain integrity in one’s life and work;
this includes thoughtful development, critique, and adherence to a holistic and comprehensive standard
of ethics and commitment to one’s own wellness and growth.

• Treasurer at Western Association of College and University Housing Officers (WACUHO)

• Residential Life Coordinator at California State University at Monterey Bay

• Area Coordinator at University of Vermont

• Residence Director at University of Vermont

• Graduate Hall Coordinator at Occidental College

• EDHP 552: Politics of Difference

• EDHP 687: Student Development in Higher Education

• EDHP 657: Management of Student Services in Higher Education

• EDHP 670: Legal Issues in the Administration of Higher Education
   

VALUES, PHILOSOPHY & HISTORY (VPH)

The commitment to demonstrating this competency area ensures that our present and future practices
are informed by an understanding of the profession’s history, philosophy, and values.

• Residential Life Coordinator at California State University at Monterey Bay

• Area Coordinator at University of Vermont

• Residence Director at University of Vermont

• EDHP 500: Foundations of Higher, Adult, and Professional Education

• EDHP 670: Legal Issues in the Administration of Higher Education

• EDHP 587: Fieldwork in Higher, Adult, and Professional Education

• EDHP 552: Politics of Difference
   

ASSESSMENT, EVALUATION & RESEARCH (AER)

Focuses on the ability to design, conduct, critique, and use various AER methodologies and the results
obtained from them, to utilize AER processes and their results to inform practice, and to shape the political
and ethical climate surrounding AER processes and uses in higher education.

• Graduate Intern in Career Services at Occidental College

• Graduate Intern in Residential Education at University of Southern California

• Career Guidance Counseling Assistant at Los Angeles City College

• EDHP 551: Applied Educational Ethnography

• EDUC 570: Research Methods and Data Analysis
   

LAW, POLICY & GOVERNANCE (LPG)

Includes the knowledge, skills, and dispositions relating to policy development processes used in various

contexts, the application of legal constructs, compliance/policy issues, and the understanding of governance
structures and their impact on one’s professional practice.

• Treasurer at Western Association of College and University Housing Officers (WACUHO)

• Residential Life Coordinator at California State University at Monterey Bay

• Area Coordinator at University of Vermont

• Residence Director at University of Vermont

• Graduate Hall Coordinator at Occidental College

• EDHP 657: Management of Student Services in Higher Education

• EDHP 670: Legal Issues in the Administration of Higher Education
   

ORGANIZATIONAL & HUMAN RESOURCE (OHR)

This competency area recognizes that student affairs professionals bring personal strengths and grow as
managers through challenging themselves to build new skills in the selection, supervision, motivation, and
formal evaluation of staff; resolution of conflict; and management of the politics of organizational discourse.

• Board Member at Everyone's Harvest

• Residential Life Coordinator at California State University at Monterey Bay

• Area Coordinator at University of Vermont

• Residence Director at University of Vermont

• Graduate Hall Coordinator at Occidental College

• EDHP 567: Management of Student Services in Higher Education
   

LEADERSHIP (LEAD)

Addresses the knowledge, skills, and dispositions required of a leader, with or without positional authority.
Leadership involves both the individual role of a leader and the leadership process of individuals working
together to envision, plan, and affect change in organizations and respond to broad-based constituencies
and issues.

• Chair, WACUHO Northern Student Leadership Drive-In Conference

• Residential Life Coordinator at California State University at Monterey Bay

• Area Coordinator at University of Vermont

• Residence Director at University of Vermont

• Graduate Intern for Emerging Leaders Program and Women in Leadership at Occidental College

• Graduate Hall Coordinator at Occidental College

• President at Latino/a Graduate Student Association

• EDHP 657: Management of Student Services in Higher Education

• EDHP 552: Politics of Difference
   

SOCIAL JUSTICE & INCLUSION (SJI)

The knowledge, skills, and dispositions needed to create learning environments that foster equitable
participation of all groups while seeking to address and acknowledge issues of oppression, privilege,
and power. This competency involves student affairs educators who have a sense of their own agency
and social responsibility that includes others, their community, and the larger global context.

• Residential Life Coordinator at California State University at Monterey Bay

• Area Coordinator at University of Vermont

• Residence Director at University of Vermont

• Mentor at Legacy LA

• Graduate Hall Coordinator at Occidental College

• President at Latino/a Graduate Student Association

• EDHP 552: Politics of Difference
   

STUDENT LEARNING & DEVELOPMENT (SLD)

Addresses the concepts and principles of student development and learning theory. This includes the
ability to apply theory to improve and inform student affairs and teaching practice.

• Residential Life Coordinator at California State University at Monterey Bay

• Area Coordinator at University of Vermont

• Residence Director at University of Vermont

• EDHP 503: Curriculum, Teaching, Learning in Higher, Adult, and Professional Education

• Graduate Hall Coordinator at Occidental College

• EDHP 552: Politics of Difference

• EDUC 609: Academic Advising in Postsecondary Education

• EDHP 687: Student Development in Higher Education
   

TECHNOLOGY (TECH)

Focuses on the use of digital tools, resources, and technologies for the advancement of student learning,
development, and success as well as the improved performance of student affairs professionals, leading
to the generation of digital literacy and digital citizenship within communities of students, student affairs
professionals, faculty members, and colleges and universities as a whole.

• Residential Life Coordinator at California State University at Monterey Bay

• Graduate Intern in Office of Student Life at Occidental College

• Graduate Intern in Career Services at Occidental College

• Graduate Hall Coordinator at Occidental College

• President at Latino/a Graduate Student Association

• Graduate Intern in Residential Education at the University of Southern California

• EDHP 587: Fieldwork in Higher, Adult, and Professional Education

• EDUC 616: Higher Education Seminar
   

ADVISING & SUPPORTING (A/S)

Addresses the knowledge, skills, and dispositions related to providing advising and support to individuals
and groups through direction, feedback, critique, referral, and guidance. Through developing advising
and supporting strategies that take into account self-knowledge and the needs of others, we play critical
roles in advancing the holistic wellness of ourselves, our students, and our colleagues.​

• Residential Life Coordinator at California State University at Monterey Bay

• Residence Director at University of Vermont

• Graduate Intern in Career Services at Occidental College

• Mentor at Legacy LA

• Graduate Hall Coordinator at Occidental College

• Career Guidance Counseling Assistant at Los Angeles City College

• EDUC 609: Academic Advising in Postsecondary Education