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Alliant Professional Practice Competencies
In order to achieve its vision as a Professional Practice University, Alliant has identified a set ofProfessional Practice Competencies (knowledge, skills and attitudes) that all students should master at a level appropriate to their degree
programs. These competencies must be learned and practiced in the context of Alliants Core Values of Integrity, Intellectual Advancement, Diversity, Social Responsibility, Innovation, Stewardship, and Community & Partnership.
Mission: Alliant International University prepares students for professional careers of service and leadership, and promotes the discovery and application of knowledge to improve the lives of people in diverse cultures and commun
around the world.
Competency General Definition Examples of Student Skills and Abilities Alignment with Alliant Core Values
Alliant trainsstudents to influence
our world = A(lliant)-
IMPACT
Integrity IntellectualAdvancement
Diversity SocialResponsibility
Innovation Stewardship ComPar
A A discipline-specific
body of knowledge
and
research/scholarship
Students master a
discipline-specific body
of knowledge and gain
competency in
research/scholarship at
levels appropriate to
their degree programs.
1. Students master a discipline-specific body of knowledge and professionalskills.
2. Students produce applied research/scholarship that can be used byprofessionals to inform their practices. That research/scholarship is also
informed by those practices, which provide insight into the implications
of current research/scholarship and present new questions for applied
researchers/scholars. Engaging in this iterative process is a key
component of research/scholarship in a professional practice context,
and ensures that research/scholarship training at Alliant remains vital,
productive, and relevant.
X X X
I Insight into the
context of practice
Students place issues
or problems
encountered in their
professions in their
appropriate and
relevant contexts.
1. Students place problems in context, including social, political, economic,cultural, and environmental.
2. Students understand the similarities and differences with, andrelationships to, other related and intersecting professional disciplines.
X X X X
M Multicultural/inter-
national competence
(I-MERIT)
Students have an
awareness of, respect
for, and curiosity about
multicultural and
international
similarities and
differences; knowledge
of frameworks
for exploring the
similarities and
differences; and skills
in applying the
frameworks in
interpersonal and
professional contexts.
1. Students have a positive, pro-active and non-judgmental attitude towardsdiverse cultural and international identities and in their interpersonal and
professional interactions.
2. Students have a multicultural skill set for understanding oneself and beingable to successfully navigate intercultural transactions.
3. Students have the ability to engage effectively in difficult dialogues aboutmulticultural and international issues.
4. Students have the ability to transfer and apply insights from ones group,region or nation-state and cultureto another to create knowledge and
understanding in areas of professional practice.
5. Students have general knowledge of various local and internationalcultures as it relates to ones own field to include: cultural differences and
similarities, the dimensions of privilege and power, identity, social and
political issues; communication and personal expression.
a. Understanding of at least two cultures, preferably covering atleast two countries.
b. Understanding of problems and issues related to race, gender,
X X X X
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Competency General Definition Examples of Student Skills and Abilities Alignment with Alliant Core Values
Alliant trains
students to influence
our world = A(lliant)-
IMPACT
Integrity Intellectual
Advancement
Diversity Social
Responsibility
Innovation Stewardship Com
Par
social class, etc. within the two cultures.
6. Students demonstrate an ability to conceptualize and deliver culturallycompetent professional services in their respective areas to diverse
populations.
7. Student should be able to show respect, affirmation and adaptability todiverse cultures and nationalities with which they interact.
8. Students should be able to communicate effectively regardingmulticultural and international issues.
[Desired/Aspirational] Students should demonstrate skills and abilities in a
second language; one of the two languages should be Alliants language of
instruction.
P Professional
literacies
Students achieve
language literacy, data
literacy, information
literacy, and
organization/communit
y (systems) literacy at
the appropriate
educational/
professional level.
Students achieve four professional literacies as described below:
1) Language literacy oral, written and technology-mediated fluency inlanguage and communication,including the ability to construct
professional-level arguments and present thoughts in a reasoned,
organized and compelling way.
2) Data literacy expertise with numbers, measures, and arithmeticfunctions and statistics; gathering, analyzing/evaluating and presenting
quantitative and qualitative data; understanding the cultural contexts for
designing and interpreting data, and the uses and misuses of data for
decision-making.
3)
Information literacy ability to identify information needs, access andevaluate various types of information from many sources, incorporate
information into ones knowledge base and use information effectively
and appropriately.
4) Organizational/community (systems) literacy understanding of theculture, values, and concepts and demonstration of the skills required to
function successfully in complex social systems; fluency with the
dynamics of power, privilege, oppression and the differential distribution
of resources within social and environmental contexts and political
systems.
Students at the undergraduate or foundational level will have the abilityto access, understand, analyze, synthesize, create and communicate
information successfully including fluent use of traditional tools and
contemporary technologies to achieve professional goals.
Students at the graduate level attain these literacies in the context oftheir chosen discipline or profession, each of which has a defined set ofadvanced professional literacies including particular genres and
expectations for written and oral communication and presentation;
quantitative and qualitative methodological norms and competence;
ability to find and use information effectively to accomplish
research/scholarship and creative activity goals; and systems-level
X X X
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Competency General Definition Examples of Student Skills and Abilities Alignment with Alliant Core Values
Alliant trains
students to influence
our world = A(lliant)-
IMPACT
Integrity Intellectual
Advancement
Diversity Social
Responsibility
Innovation Stewardship Com
Par
conceptualization and action. Graduate level work is focused on the
higher order cognitive levels of Blooms Taxonomy (applying, analyzing,
evaluating, and creating).
A Application of
knowledge and
research/scholarship
in new ways
Students possess the
reflective abilities skills
to connect theories
and research/
scholarship toimmediate issues in
professional practice
and the skills to apply
appropriate models,
strategies and
interventions in new
ways.
1. Students can recognize issues and cl assify them using consensually-accepted, domain-specific, knowledge-based taxonomies (or relevant
specially-created taxonomies when pre-existing classifications do not
exist or are insufficient).
2. Students can select appropriate interventions that have reasonablelikelihoods of positively addressing identified issues from among
alternatives anchored in empirical and professional practice findings and
grounded in the value of positive social change.
3. Students can implement proposed solutions, evaluate their interventionsand adjust their approaches when those approaches prove ineffective,
inappropriate or lack sufficient social value.
4. Students can apply the latest scholarly findings to the practice andevaluation of professional activities in order to be change agents for
individuals, families, groups, organizations and communities.
X X X
C Conduct, judgment,
dispositions and
ethics
Students demonstrate
ethical conduct in all
aspects of personal
interactions andprofessional practice.
1. Students employ ethical communications and the ethical use of data andinformation.
2. Students understand and apply principles of ethical decision making.3. Students have knowledge of and apply legal principles and regulatory
guidelines, and the professional standards for their c hosen discipline.
4. Students demonstrate ethical behavior in the application of knowledge.5. Students demonstrate integrity in leadership and professional practice.
X X
T Team-based and
multidisciplinary
approaches
Students collaborate
with other
professionals or teams,
integrating information
and implementing
knowledge across
disciplines and
domains in order to
develop creative, multi-faceted responses to
community needs.
1. Students have the ability to incorporate or draw from interdisciplinary orextra-disciplinary approaches and perspectives.
2. Students have the ability to translate their own disciplinary perspectivesand genres into other genres so that others may benefit from the
knowledge of their discipline.
3. Students take leadership and responsibility to seek out, organize andcollaborate with others in the application of theory andresearch/scholarship to practical problem-solving.
X X X X X
Endorsed by the Faculty Senate: Spring 2010
Endorsed by SSGA: September 26, 2009
Endorsed by the Academic Council: October 7, 2009 (pending final faculty discussions, issues or concerns, or final changes)
Endorsed by the Academic Affairs Committee of the Board: October 23, 2009 (pending final faculty discussions, issues or concerns or final changes)