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Project CEO: Building Career Competencies into Cocurricular Experiences | By Dr. Adam Peck

  • Wednesday, September 23, 2015
  • 12:00 PM
  • Online

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Those in student affairs know the challenges of explaining to others what we do. Often even our closest family members have only a basic understanding of our challenging work. What’s worse, our colleagues in academic affairs often suffer from significant misconceptions about student affairs. These misconceptions can paint student affairs as separate from or even a distraction to learning. We have to prepare ourselves to refute these dangerous myths.  

In the recent book, “Contested Issues in Student Affairs,” Marcia Baxter Magolda and Peter Magolda pose the question, “How does the perception that learning takes place exclusively in the classroom persist?” This is a good question given how much evidence there is about the rich and substantial learning that takes place outside of the classroom. Perhaps it is confusion about how this learning is intended to connect with class experiences. Former NASPA Executive Director Gwendolyn Dungy addressed this as she ended her time with the association saying, ““For those in student affairs, it’s time to stop saying that our programs complement the teaching and learning that occurs in the classroom when at too many campuses student affairs has no relationship with the faculty and no idea about what the student’s experience is in the classroom.” If the profession of student affairs wants others to understand how we contribute to student learning, we need to find ways to tell the same story. 

The presenter has been at the forefront of a national movement to design and measure learning experiences that focus on building career competencies into a wide variety of cocurricular experiences. He is the principle investigator of the Project CEO national study which has been completed by nearly 16,000 college students. He will draw upon this research throughout the webinar and provide practical applications for this work.

This session will provide evidence of student learning outside of the classroom and help participants learn to tell their own student learning story to others.

Learning Outcomes:

·         The participant will express more confidence in their ability to articulate what students gain from their involvement in co-curricular experiences.

·         The participant will be exposed to data from a recent national study on outcomes from co-curricular experiences conducted by the presenter.

·         The participant will be able to determine three statistics specific to their institution that will help them tell their story to others.

Who should attend:

·         Entry-level student affairs professionals

·         Mid-level student affairs professionals

·         Senior-level student affairs professionals

·         Student affairs professionals who report to academic affairs 

Bio: Dr. Adam Peck serves as Assistant Vice President and Dean of Student Affairs at Stephen F. Austin State University in Nacogdoches, Texas. He is the Principle Investigator for the national study called, “Project CEO.” He is also a consultant specializing in the development of engagement on campuses around the country.

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