Student Affairs | Strategic Action Plan 2021-2025 18 We invest in our personnel as educators and primary service providers to ensure high quality student success programs and operations. Student Affairs team members are creative, flexible, and prepared to respond to student needs in an ever-changing environment. From virtual HOWL, a pandemic safe Homecoming, to COVID-19 isolation housing – the Student Affairs team is prepared to meet the strategic needs of Northern and our students now and into the future. Northern needs this dynamic team as we chart a course for institutional growth in these unprecedented times. Key Results: 188. Establish a Student Affairs Professional Development Committee based upon the ACPA and NASPA Professional Competency Areas for Student Affairs Educators and South Dakota Board of Counselors and Marriage and Family Therapists. 189. Create and implement a professional development framework that encourages and challenges all team members to be life-long learners, engages with national and regional professional associations, and utilizes institutional opportunities (committee assignments, campus and community projects coordination/supervision) to develop team members. 190. Create and implement a Student Affairs on-boarding process for all new team members to improve our staff welcome and more quickly acclimate team members. 191. Host intentional monthly All Staff Meetings for all team members with: a. Team building activities b. Showcase highlights 192. Host an intentional annual half-day winter retreat for all team members. 193. Host an intentional annual full-day summer retreat in late July for all team members. 194. Audit and adjust for additional duties assigned to the secretary for Residence Life and Student Involvement and Leadership. 195. Transition the senior secretary for Student Affairs position to a program assistant. 196. Residence Life will study and recommend a best practice staff model. OBJECTIVE 8: Support Human Capital. Key Results that are maroon and bold have been accomplished.
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