Five-Year

Professional Development and Action Plan

Year One
June 2015 May 2016
Career:
- Begin position as a
full time academic
advisor and establish
professional identity
- Work to fully
understand the culture
of the department and
college
- Develop relationships
with professionals in
enrollment,
assessment, other
academic advisors, and
other key players in
that affect advising

Professional
Development:
- Join NACADA
- Renew NASPA
membership
- Attend NACADA
conference in Seattle

Skills:
- Learn more about the
budget operation of my
department

Year Two
June 2016 May 2017
Career:
- Teach a First Year
Experience course
- Continue fostering
relationships across
campus

Professional
Development:
- Attend a national
conference
- Build relationships
with advisors at
institutions outside of
my own
- Read The Chronicle of
Higher Education and
Inside Higher Ed on a
regular basis to stay up
to date on the field and
emerging issues

Skills:
- Find opportunities to
continue developing
assessment and
evaluation skills
- Work on teaching in
the classroom skills

Year Three
June 2017 May 2018
Career:
- Take a leadership role
in developing training
and development
opportunities for
fellow staff
- Start to dive deeper
into a specific program
or group of programs
to advise for
- Continue to teach FYE

Professional
Development:
- Continue membership
in professional
organizations
- Join a committee in a
professional
organization
- Attend at least one
conference

Skills:
- Start to dive deeper
into learning about
specific student
populations and how to
better advise

Year Four
June 2018 May 2019
Career:
- Work to assess office
operations and
propose and
implement
improvements
- Continue to teach FYE

Professional
Development:
- Continue membership
in professional
organizations of
interest/join new
organization?
- Take on a leadership
role in a professional
organization
- Submit a proposal for
a presentation at a
conference
- Attend at least one
conference

Skills:
- Continue to work on
assessment and
research skills

Year Five
June 2019 May 2020
Career:
- Apply for an assistant
director/director level
position
- Learn assistant
director/director
position and
responsibilities
- Deepen relationships
with professionals
outside of the advising
center

Professional
Development:
- Continued
membership in
professional
organizations
- Volunteer at a
conference
- Attend at least one
conference

Skills:
- Develop professional
staff supervision and
mentorship skills