PREWINTER SCHOOL SUMMIT FEEDBACK WAYFORWARD NASDEV CONFERENCE DURBAN

PRE-WINTER SCHOOL SUMMIT FEEDBACK & WAYFORWARD NASDEV CONFERENCE DURBAN 17 OCTOBER 2015 Dr MJ Nkonoane Deputy Campus Manager CUT-Welkom Campus

q Introduction (Background) q Recommendations of Commissions q Essential Competencies for Student Affairs Practitioners q Way Forward q Proposed Capacity Building Model

INTRODUCTION • Commission 1: Essential Competencies for a successful student affairs practitioner • Commission 2: Appreciative inquiry of the services that Student Development Practitioners render • Commission 3: Ethical issues, norms and standards • Commission 4: Global Best practice and Research Agenda • Commission 5: Raising Funds for NASDEV

RECOMMENDATIONS OF COMMISSIONS § Commission 1: Each institution to adopt and unpack at least one competency towards developing the curriculum § Commission 2: Research and course content development § Commission 3: NASDEV Affiliation with Ethics SA § Commission 4: Research based scholarship of practice § Commission 5: Aggressive fund raising initiatives

ACPA-NASPA ESSENTIAL COMPETENCIES FOR STUDENT AFFAIRS PRACTITIONERS § § § § § Advising and Helping Assessment, Evaluation, and Research Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Ethical Professional Practice History, Philosophy, and Values Human and Organizational Resources Law, Policy, and Governance Leadership Personal Foundations Student Learning and Development

WAY FORWARD Allocation of Competencies per Region/University & TVET Clusters KZN (DUT, MUT, UNIZUL &UKZN)- C 1 &C 2 WC ( US, UWC, CPUT & UCT)- C 3 & C 4 GP North (TUT, UP & UL) C 5 &C 6 GP South (VUT & NWU)-C 7 FS (CUT & UFS) C 8 & C 9 EC (WSU, NMMU &UFH) C 10 First Draft: 28 Feb 2016 Final Draft: 30 April 2016 Main Role players: Regional Coordinators, SAPs, Deans, Policy & Research Coordinator & Specialist Consultant

PROPOSED CAPACITY BUILDING MODEL Student Affairs Competency Areas 1. Advising and Helping 2. Assessment, Evaluation and Research 3. Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion 4. Ethical Professional Practice 5. History, Philosophy, and Values Curriculum Educational Psychology Research Methodology 6. Human and Organizational Resources 7. Law, Policy, and Governance 8. Leadership 9. Personal Foundations 10. Student Development Learning and Inclusive Education Ethics Student Development Services in Higher Education Administration Foundations of Higher Education and Educational Law Higher Education Leadership and Management Studies Philosophical Foundations of Student Affairs Practice Theories of Student development in Higher Education

Thank you Contact details Dr MJ Nkonoane Deputy Campus Manager Tel. : 057 -9103505 E-mail: jnkonoan@cut. ac. za www. cut. ac. za | Bloemfontein (051) 507 3911 | Welkom (057) 910 3500