The following table lists and describes the professional competencies by which students are evaluated.
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Professional Competency |
Demonstrated Outcomes |
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#1: Professionalism |
· Act in a professional manner with management and colleagues · Understand the organizational mission, goals and culture · Engage people with empathy and diplomacy · Recognize, interpret and act upon progress evaluations |
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#2: Communication skills |
· Demonstrate excellent oral and written language skill appropriate to the audience · Communicate effectively and professionally with ease, precision, clarity and accuracy |
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#3: Time management |
· Create a clear and detailed project plan that fits logically within host organization objectives · Manage projects with purposeful activities and milestones |
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#4: Organization skills |
· Manage day-to-day activities that promote project/organizational development · Develop a framework to track and evaluate progress · Establish and maintain routines that ensure the smooth progression of projects · Identify and correct organizational problems that hinder the smooth progression of projects · Establish and apply methods to solve problems that hinder project/organizational development |
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#5: Professional development |
· Identify their own level of achievement in professional competency development · Access and use available resources to improve professional skills · Be a critical, reflective practitioner · Undertake research projects related to specific aspects of their work and/or objectives of the host organization |
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#6: Ethical practice |
· Demonstrate ethical and responsible professional behavior in the performance of your duties · Be trusted, without reservation, as a colleague · Display diligence, responsibility, discretion, fairness, respect, acceptance and caring in all dealing with management, colleagues, and partners in the community · Support actions with well-founded reason · Be aware of, and abide by, the legal and regulatory obligations of the profession |