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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)