Professional Competencies
Every profession has its rules which require that people who practice it can comply n order to produce an effective result. For a person evolving as a professional of Higher Education, it is important to understand and self-assess the NASPA/ACPA Competencies, to correct the course if necessary.The Collins Dictionary defines competence as the ability to do something well or effectively. But for the meaning of proficiency, the dictionary simply says” If you show proficiency in something, you show ability or skill at it”.NASPA/ACPA counted 10 areas of competencies that are gauged on proficiency levels of foundational, intermediate, and advanced: Personal and Ethical Foundations (PEF), Values, Philosophy, and History (VPH), Assessment, Evaluation, and Research (AER), Law, Policy, and Governance (LPG), Organizational and Human Resources (OHR), Leadership(LEAD), Social Justice and Inclusion (SJI), Student Learning and Development (SLD), Technology (TECH), Advising, and Supporting.The Personal and Ethical Foundations involve the knowledge, skills, and dispositions to develop and maintain integrity in one’s life and work.Values, Philosophy, and History (VPH): it is important to know the history and the philosophy of the student affairs profession. What are the values of this profession? This knowledge will enable a practitioner to think critically about it.Law. Policy, and Governance (LPG): every science has diverse dispositions that rule it. Knowing is good, but it is better to be able to apply each rule in a variety of situations that can arise.Assessment, Evaluation, and Research (AER): this area has grown and continues to be a professional development priority for NASPA. It is about judgment or rating, appraisal, investigation, analysis, or experimentation.
Organizational, Human Resources (OHR): Human capital is very important in an organization. What are the skills and abilities needed by a student affairs professional? In the management of an organization. Leadership (LEAD): the skills that produce a superior performance that bring a plus value. Social Justice and Inclusion (SJI): Skills that interact effectively with diverse people, and build equity and inclusivity (Goodman, 2013). Student Learning and Development (SLD): It is the application of student development and learning theories. How someone can use and apply theories to improve student affairs and teaching practice. Technology (TECH): In the era of Covid, technology made it possible for classes to be given via Zoom and other technical means. The practitioner must be able to create and use technology effectively. Advising and supporting: In all areas, there are advisors. In student affairs, it is necessary and important to advise and support students to lead them to succeed in their studies. The counselor shows the direction to people to bring them to succeed. The mentor (advisor) is a guide to success. In all of these 10 areas, I am at the basic level. I adapt quickly and I am open to learning new things that will be useful in my profession. That is why I am in class (I am 62 years old)!
Advising and supporting
“The human organ is the ear,” says an old adage from my country (Congo). This means that the man/woman must first listen to advice, before acting. Advice is needed at every social level of life, even a king, a traditional chief, and a president of the republic are surrounded by a college of advisers. The student also does not escape the rule. Does he/she want to succeed? He/she must be advised. Hence the importance of this competence. Support the student by indicating the different options available to him/her. The student will choose “the best” adapted to his/her needs and abilities and which will lead him/her to success. This is the role that the practitioner that we are will play.
Although being a pastor, I am at the intermediate level. Indeed, I can assess the needs of the students from a developmental point of view, and when I speak with the students, I can strategically direct my discussions with them, with the sole aim of discovering more.
I am an associate pastor in a multicultural church (Sunday, November 13, a worship service was organized where Rwandans, Burundians, Sudanese, Congolese, Afro-Americans, Whites, and Myanmar (Burma) met to celebrate the Most-High), which allows me to easily come into contact with different cultures. This knowledge is very important for a practitioner that I am if he wants to engage in advising that takes into account the cultural background of someone.
To help the student, you have to get in touch with him/her. We can talk to each other or enter into communication through social networks. The pandemic has shown the importance of technology as a communication channel.
The Techniques of Counseling course equipped us with signs to detect the presence of mental illness. If these signs appear, we will not fail to sound the alarm bells to other students, faculty, and staff. When we will be hired somewhere, we will be able to help colleagues who need a little practice to develop their skills.
The advisor must have an insightful look. I had read a story in a book for which I no longer have any references, a nurse working in a specialized clinic had found herself at a family party. She noticed that her father-in-law was showing signs of a future heart attack. So she asked him to sit down and relax. But as he still felt nothing, he had difficulty complying. When the ambulance called by the nurse arrived, the doctors said that the gentleman was lucky because he had been taken to the hospital in time. This is the kind of insight an advisor needs to have. Detect the warning signs, to prevent and save. Of course, we are only a link, the cases thus detected will be forwarded to the specialist for appropriate care.
“My people are destroyed from lack of knowledge” (Hosea 4:6 NIV). In my (future) practice, I will develop and implement prevention and outreach programs to raise awareness and provide the right information about mental illness.
As a pastor, I am a man of peace. On several occasions, I have already brought people who are in conflict, to find common ground and reconcile. It’s not easy, but it happens. And the help of the Holy Spirit in this matter is very important(I speak as a man of God).
Yes, the student thus supported and advised is put in optimal conditions for success on a university campus.
Artifacts:
Marriage Counselor: married couples meeting at Delaware Park: Communication in a married couple.
Trauma Healing Certificate: I can help someone who is suffering from trauma.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1H3PeI5f6UrOGhsujnJFJpkCJ-uFNUilI/view?usp=sharing
Assessment, Evaluation, and Research
The different classes and assignments allow the student to be equipped with the use of different scientific methods. As a future researcher and intellectual, he must be able to recognize, use and interpret results on documents submitted to one’s attention.
Our level is intermediate by the very fact that we have not yet reached the summit, we are halfway. Thanks to the different classes, we add more to our intellectual baggage every day.
We have in the past used research methods that have led to convincing results. We had, for example, studied a language on the morphological level (undergraduate), and on the syntactic level (graduate). Later, we published (with a co-author) in a scientific journal, (Le Manuel de Bibliotheconomie, Presses Universitaires de Kisangani, Democratic Republic of Congo).To do this, we collected data, interviewed informants, interpreted the results, and drew necessary and logical conclusions.
My late professor of French Expression used to say that evidence cannot be discussed. Once proven methods have been used, the results will be reliable and convincing. Each environment has its protocols and procedures which must be considered, if one wants to evolve normally, that one must adhere to the protocols put in place. It is our learned habit. You cannot saw off the branch you’ve climbed on, says an African saying. We can prioritize program and learning outcomes with organizational goals and values.
We will be soon able to work toward learning outcomes and goals at the student, department, division, and institutional levels. In conclusion, progress is slow, but does not the maxim say, “fair and softly goes far”? We are sure that at the end of our training, we will no longer be like when we started. If it were the raw material, we could say that it leaves the factory with added value. This would be possible thanks to the various courses and readings.
Artifacts:
1/Focus Group assignment
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1EGicTdVa9pkMtOBSm-9kcCXvzUiThJDp/edit?usp=sharing_eil_m&rtpof=true&sd=true&ts=639d194f
2/ Research Assignment:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1uXkEyRZCqW9lSMfuJ5tay9BZJqb5HMOR/edit?usp=share_link&ouid=108939793761899785740&rtpof=true&sd=true
Law, Policy, and Governance
Each society is organized by laws enacted and accepted by its members. The same is true of Higher Education. In the absence of laws, anarchy will set in because everyone will do what seems good to them. Higher education is governed by laws that organize life on campus, how to behave, and how to govern.
As part of this skill, my level will go up and down. As far as laws and legal systems are concerned, my competence is advanced. These are notions learned in Law and Higher Education classes. The professor submitted to our attention many case studies which drew our attention to the laws and acts which govern our Higher Education: Title IX and Sexual Violence, Risk Management, 1st Amendment, 14th amendment, Due process, Equal protection, Civil Rights and Employment Law, Disability Law and Ethics…
As for governance, I am at the intermediate level. Although I have some Higher Education experience, I am not yet working here in the USA. The only experience I can claim that acquired during my professional practice at Trocaire College and Buffalo State College. But I can explain the reason for certain parameters established by the organizing power for our professional practice.
At the intermediate level (Ethical and inclusive Application of Policy), our professional practice constitutes our microcosm where we learn to put into practice the policies developed by our Student life or Roar to Success departments. For example, each student who came for consultation had to sign in first. But as an intern, we do not have access to all the data that can allow us to create programs, and policies that are related to the mandatory policies for these institutions.
Finally, for civic engagement, we put into practice, at the intermediate level, best practices that move the institution forward while considering respect for accessibility, affordability, and quality. The student feels followed, supported, and encouraged in his studies when the opportunity is offered to us to offer him our services.
The professional practices and the law class have helped us a lot in this competence. As I pointed out earlier, classes are connected to reality. Our professional practices are laboratories or nurseries gardens where something big is being prepared, to be used soon in professional life.
Artifacts
1/Students Association Government: Swearing in as a member of the student government, as a commander,
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1aC4uVX6QspWckoofY4T6IOksJwlcbZ4Z/view?usp=share_link
2/Firm Management certificate:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Co8npJLHxcPWfue9Wj-cxsTTTrn2HzZa/view?usp=share_link
Leadership
“An eagle has a hooked beak already in the bud”, says an African proverb. This means that there are certain qualities with which one is born.
Personally, my grandfather was a customary chief, he was the king of a small territory grouping together several villages. He was the leader.
Who is a leader? A leader leads a group, or an organization. This translates concretely in terms of skill, the knowledge that all recognize as part of the definition of a leader.
On a scale of value, not everyone will manifest this knowledge and skills in the same way. We can distinguish three categories: foundational, intermediate, and advanced.
Leadership covers a wide spectrum of areas. In Higher Education, we will focus on education, training, development, and engagement.
Foundational level
It is a question here of knowing how to articulate the vision and the mission in the unit where one works. Leadership includes how one faces challenges, details personal values and how it impacts the relationship with others. Additionally, how one applies basic principles and understands campus culture.
As I am a newcomer to the campus, all are new to me. I am at the foundational level.
Intermediate level
We go up a few notches. One’s ability to identify and take a critical look at the appropriate leadership models, anticipate potential obstacles, and seek out training and feedback opportunities. As a leader, create an environment that encourages others and gives feedback to colleagues. The leader can use reflection and recognize the interdependence of members. They are the defender of change who can remove barriers against staff and students’ success.
The leader must not exclude anyone from personal action through the involvement of everyone in the organization.
Advanced outcomes
At this level, a leader creates new realities. One seeks new and emerging constructs of leader and leadership. And then establishes systems to arouse leadership behavior. One’s create a culture that advocates the use of feedback to their colleagues. Professional actions show those leadership abilities.
The leadership qualities are visible. They develop and promote a shared vision that drives the unit in the near and far future. One promotes, facilitates, and assesses the capabilities of the group initiatives, by using appropriate technologies to support such work. The organization’s leader is the person responsible for the unit or division.
As a potential leader, I will use leadership that promotes the participation of all people around me because we are strong together. Authoritarian leadership can bully others and prevent them from giving their best.
Artifacts
1/WhatsApp group: years ago, I created a WhatsApp group bringing together more than 300 people scattered in 17 countries, for the daily devotional.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1tW18H1xQQqdLYfCMcETxPRsIgxV7noJO/view?usp=share_link
2/As marriage counselors, my wife and i had organized a meeting of married couples.
3/ Advance Leadership Academy Certificate:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1P0GRUiI3Io2QwLGpF9comggtJ3h3ZcH3/view?usp=share_link
Organizational and Human Resources
The Organizational and Human Resources area embraces the knowledge, expertise, and dispositions used in the human capital management of an institution’s financial and physical resources(ACPA & NASPA, 2015). Three degrees are distinguished: foundational, intermediate, and advanced. Seven directions(Assessment, Advocacy, and Networking – Skill Development – Hiring and Staffing – Supervision, Communication and Conflict Resolution -Crisis and Risk Management – Ressource Management, Stewardship, and Sustainability – Technology) emphasize the importance of this competency and specify for each level the baggage that the practitioner must exhibit.
I am at the intermediate level.
For Assessment, Advocacy, and Networking, I am able to work in a team for the completion of assigned tasks. One must recognize that alliances are two edge-knives: they can enhance or detract from one’s professional credibility. Lately, I had been interviewed for my internship. I have seen how it works. With a little practice, I will be able to put in place a protocol that would allow me to recruit good candidates. The main way to motivate others for me is through public encouragement. Nevertheless, the administration puts at our disposal other means such as small bonuses which from time to time will not fail to stimulate a healthy emulation.
Concerning Skill Development, I have the heart to help people and even advise them( I am a pastor). It will be child’s play to help the employees under my supervision to create personal development plans. But at this level, I am still a student and I myself looking for a job.
About Hiring and Staffing, I am able to identify the advantages and disadvantages of each recruitment method supporting the job description. I can implement strategies that will encourage minorities to apply for jobs, and advocate for fair recruitment practices. On Resources Management, Stewardship, and Sustainability, I draw inspiration from my two internships to see how my supervisors dispensed. I have the advantage of being on internships at both small and large colleges. The example of my two supervisors inspires me for the time when I will be hired.
Concerning Supervision, Communication, and Conflict Resolution, in the workplace, conflicts between people of different temperaments occur from time to time. The manager will have the wisdom to be able to resolve this conflict. In Congo, in many organizations, meetings are convened, and an invitation note clearly specifies the agenda. This gives the advantage of not wasting time in a meeting. Everyone who will take part in the meeting has well prepared each item on the agenda. This is a practice that I will keep. Additionally, I know how to ensure that both verbal and written messages are adapted to the audiences to which they are intended to communicate.
On Crisis and Risk Management, procedures have been put in place to ensure everyone’s safety. I am able to assess the security risks of action. For example, if students make a request to organize an event. What measures should be taken to minimize the risks? Finally, about Technology, currently, everyone on a university campus is connected to the internet, by means of the computer, the smartphone, the watch and the use of social media has become widespread. If I refer to my internship at Buffalo State College, it is true that in our unit, we use emails and messages, sometimes a little Zoom meeting with a student, but we need to add Teams and Facebook to vary the different means at our disposal to communicate with students. On my internship contract, I had intentionally mentioned I wanted to grow in technological skills. I have learned to use Teams and Moddle. I communicate with Trocaire College student leaders through Teams. This knowledge acquired during the internship will be very beneficial to me in the near future. In conclusion, I have some experience in the field of management (I have a Training Certificate in Business Management, issued in Congo, and recognized(validated) by The International Labor Organization). As the world is changing, I am only updating my knowledge, thanks to the different classes I am taking. I expect, in the future, that at the end of my two internships, I will make significant progress in this competency.
I remember the fact that I assessed my collaborators through Appraisal Forms.
Artifacts
Appraisal Form https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1qMMKEc6WDd3SBWG2cwhqv9R4s29_f93O/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=108939793761899785740&rtpof=true&sd=true
Training Certificate https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Co8npJLHxcPWfue9Wj-cxsTTTrn2HzZa/view?usp=sharinghttps://docs.google.com/document/d/1xnTHiCQRW1B2D2UTwNUX_pVShpSMSaGP/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=108939793761899785740&rtpof=true&sd=true
Personal and Ethical Foundations
Social Justice and Inclusion
Social Justice, Equity, and Inclusion are not buzzwords. Nobody comes to college to fail and nobody plans one’s failure. On the contrary, the student comes to be successful. There are a lot of factors that come into play. An environment where Social Justice, Equity, and Inclusion are promoted, makes the student ready to accomplish the purpose for which one’s come to study. But there is always a pit that separates theory and practice.”Navigating social justice work in their practice remains a challenge for many new HESA educators. Because theories are frequently taught as static in graduate preparation programs, new professionals often struggle to make meaning of applying them in their fluid institutional contexts with students from a variety of experiences and backgrounds”(Boss, G. & al. 2018).
The first step to conciliating theory and practice will be to know all the students who will be under my jurisdiction. When I worked at a college in the Democratic Republic of Congo, I knew all the 535 students in my department. I was able to call everyone by name and surname. Students should also be categorized, to discover those from minority groups, who need to feel that the college ecosystem is favorable to them for their development. A pedagogical saying states that to teach Latin to John, you have to know John.
This knowledge will open the door to the different theories to apply, according to the identities of each one.
One of the things to keep in mind is the environment where the students must evolve. My daughter has an aquarium. She changes the water every week, so that the fish do not die and that they feel they are in a suitable environment. The fish feel comfortable there and they have reproduced.
One of the ingredients that will enable students to succeed in their studies is Social Justice, Equity, and Inclusion.
What are the forms of oppression, exclusion, privileges, and power on campus? These will be the issues to be fought and eliminated in order to give everyone the same opportunities.
Teamwork can be a way of building relationships among group members. Interesting activities and inclusive programs should be put in place.
Creating current strategic plans for the continued development of inclusive initiatives and practices throughout the institution.
Each time, analyze, criticize and evaluate the practice, in order to improve what needs to be done. Like the fish in the aquarium, students will feel at ease, being the object of the constant attention of the higher education professional that I am. The result would be that everyone will give their best to produce positive results.
Reference
Boss, G., Linder, C., Martin, J., Dean, S., & Fitzer, J. (2018). Conscientious Practice: PostMaster’s Student Affairs Professionals’ Perspectives on Engaging Social Justice. Journal of Students Affairs Research and Practice, 55(4), 373-385.
Artifacts:
1/Justice and Peace Commission certificate.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1P0GRUiI3Io2QwLGpF9comggtJ3h3ZcH3/view?usp=share_link
2/I am an associate Pastor in a multiraciale church where a special service had been organized, bringing together Whites, Black Americans, Congolese, Rwandans, Sudanese and Burmese people
https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.northgatebuffalo.com%2F%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR049uEpsbM6ou-ENTNdUY8q8KzV_MG_e6dQ2Rr-c3cWRP7mvW6QpOIqkao&h=AT2MxKKdkK-klkWy0K6KKOYvmuBNILbtHic43dKKuoFFaap4FLnDPNOQmRUhlvTKRvK1pkUiNFDKZRdmu2SZLxOqQAk2IlurwfqDOVDnfF3vQXD_9xcD9CzR2cq2PEbPfgMNiNy7asPHooqwqEYhWA
Student Learning and Development
Student Learning and Development Competency is concerned with the concepts and principles of student development and learning theory. This implies the ability of the student affairs practitioner to apply these theories in educational activities, for the benefit of the student (ACPA & NASPA, 2015).
Before teaching Latin to John, one must know John well, says a maxim. It is not a question of knowing John’s face, but rather his psychology, environment, and history… This knowledge will have the main advantage of adapting the educational influence on the personality of John. This adaptation will be very beneficial to him.
Among the courses followed at Buffalo State College, that of student Learning Development gave us a lot of knowledge about the different students that can be met on campus. The different theories allow the practitioner that we are, to understand the different students, and above all to be able to help them to succeed in their studies. This means that any educational action on campus must lead to the academic success of the student.
I am at the intermediate level in terms of understanding the theory, design and application, assessment, and integration.
The list of theories studied is not exhaustive, but we will cite critical race theory, queer theory, feminist theories, intersectionality, decolonizing/ indigenous theories, and crip theories. Remember that all of these theories focus on student development.
The student arrives on campus with a certain identity baggage. One example among many others is the case of a student from a Muslim family. She shares her room with another who has no known religion. This first one doesn’t have a boyfriend, while the other does and she doesn’t mind kissing him in public. The Muslim student has no inner peace, she is disturbed by everything she sees around her in her room, and she finds it difficult to concentrate on her studies. The solution offered to her was to change rooms, and if necessary, not to share it with anyone.
The theory, because it is human, does not fail to show its limits. This explains the proliferation of theories. We seek to correct a theory and we come up with a new theory which in turn will not miss certain weaknesses.
The teaching received in class is only a skeleton that must be filled with materials from various sources such as readings, lectures, and videos. I am a pastor who has learned the techniques of counseling. But in practice, in addition to everything that this class has been able to bring me, I do not fail to add the contribution of the Holy Spirit. Lately, I have even studied some healing techniques for wounds from trauma. This is how my interactions with students during my internships are also influenced by an “external” or informal contribution.
As I mentioned above, theories have shown their limits. The practitioner must be able to evaluate the results of his/her educational action, in order to measure its progress, with a view to accomplishing the mission of his/her department, division, or institution.
As someone trained as a teacher, creating effective programs, lesson plans and syllabi is a common exercise. Since theories have certain limitations, creating other programs that promote good learning may be justified.
Most of the theories that we use in the United States have been based on the most dominant group, in this case, the Caucasian race, male, or upper class. The student affairs practitioner will have to be able to adapt or modify these theories when it comes to students who were not validly represented in the sample of the study that led to this theory.
We do not do the assessment for the pleasure of doing it. Normally this allows you to adjust the course in the future and achieve the learning objectives.
Knowledge of the student who is at the center of the transformative action of education is very important if we want the passage of this student on a university campus to produce the expected results: his/ her success.
Artifacts
1/SDL assignment:https://docs.google.com/document/d/1It3OFEs9sC9ISn7cSDXBdL8ySPa3IBGy/edit?usp=share_link&ouid=108939793761899785740&rtpof=true&sd=true
2/ Completion certificate:
I studied applied pedagogy. among the courses: psycho-pedagogy, child and adolescent psychology, and general psychology.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1b0rLsA3MHpnRfAuVLZhvNNmCnUleqf9g/view?usp=share_link
Technology
College students’ development is impacted by social media and digital technologies. As a student and future practitioner, I have to adapt to the current situation on campuses. As an adult learner, I was born before the digital age. All my studies were done without digital interaction. We used hard copies of the syllabus and the teacher used a piece of chalk to write on the blackboard. According to Prensky, I “belong to the group he called digital immigrants because they have to enter the digital world as opposed to being born into and raised in it “(Patton & et al., 2016).
A quick glance at the campus will show that the era has changed. Students have smartphones, in classrooms, faculties have desktops connected to the internet, and students and faculties can access books online. This new ecosystem where technology supports studies requires student affairs professionals’ knowledge, skills, and dispositions to be in tune with students, or even above, to be able to navigate well in this new world and promote the educational process.
“New wine, new wineskins”, says a French proverb. I took some classes at Educational Opportunity Center-University at Buffalo for improving my skills (Microsoft applications). Topics in Higher Education and Supervised Practice classes were very helpful by immersing me in the social media and technology atmosphere. The covid-19 period allowed me to learn to use Zoom because the lessons were given by this means. I continue to enhance my knowledge and skills in this competency.
NASPA/ACPA Competencies doc states for the intermediate outcomes that one’s promotes adaptability among students, colleagues, and educational stakeholders, anticipates potential problems with software, hardware, and prepares multiple strategies to troubleshoot these problems, facilitates educational interventions that are based upon research, cultivates a digital identity, presence, and reputation… That are the skills and pieces of knowledge I have. A few years ago, if you searched for my name on Google or some other search engine, you were not going to find anything. But now, I have a digital identity that asserts itself day by day, because of the different skills and knowledge that I add. This blog is a perfect illustration.
Reference
Patton, et. al. (2016). Student Development in College: Theory, Research, and Practice, Third Edition, Jossey-Bass, San Francisco.
Artifacts:
1/Teams account:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/19joqP8x0uex6XiehVgO7lTBNLxY6rcqu/view?usp=share_link
2/Access certificate:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/16W5HhrPW0qPcjuZEC8ByJKvKXbgeKNSW/view?usp=share_link
3/Excel certificate:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/16AFz-A67ocmq-D4MT9tRBTig-5CGZdLZ/view?usp=share_link
Values, Philosophy, and History
Each profession has its values, history, and philosophy id est a set of thoughts that supports its action. The professional must know these values, the evolution of the profession, and what are the different theories that support them. This knowledge is spread over three degrees: fundamental, intermediate, and advanced.
Although I have already worked in the field of Higher Education in Africa, particularly in Congo, here things are well structured, and theories exist concerning the development of the intellectual identity of the student. There, my role was limited to taking attendance at the students’ and teachers’ classes, monitoring the progress of courses, controlling the effective payment of school fees…
By enrolling in higher education and student affairs majors, I was far from imagining, what I will learn during my schooling. With the different courses and readings, I am building a solid foundation that will serve me throughout my profession. It is with an interest mixed with curiosity that I follow all the classes.
As can be seen through my experience, I am still at the beginning, that is to say at the fundamental level, where the milestones are laid for a successful career. To socialize myself, I am interested in professional associations like NACADA NASPA, ACPA, and #HigherEdSocial, where I can meet my predecessors who have accumulated many years of careers.
I follow their opinions on Twitter, TweetDeck, blogs, or websites, to learn about this profession. Little by little, my path begins to light up. I understand what our values are, where we come from and where we want to go into the future, what are the trends.
Artifacts
1/I was a Philosophy teacher (see my resume, please.)
2/American Higher Education Exam: