Professionalism |
Self-Awareness
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Integrity & Ethics
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Brand
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Understanding one’s strengths, limitations, emotions, and biases in a variety of situations and articulating how one’s interests, skills, and values align with educational and professional goals. |
Making choices and consistently acting in a manner that displays integrity (following internal principles, morals, and values) and ethics (following external laws, rules, and norms) in personal and professional settings. |
Demonstrating the continual development of a positive impression or image in every facet of life while seeking feedback from others to ensure congruence between one’s intended and perceived reputation. |
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Level of Proficiency |
Description
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Awareness
theoretical knowledge
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• Is mindful of one’s strengths, limitations, emotions, and biases by taking classes, assessments, etc…
• Seeks out opportunities to learn about how interests, skills, and values intersect
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Basic
limited experience
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•Recognizes how others are aware of their strengths, limitations, emotions, and biases in different settings
• Articulates how one’s interests, skills, and values inform align with educational and professional goals
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Intermediate
practical application
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• Applies strengths, acknowledges limitations, manages emotions, and overcomes biases in various settings
• Sets educational and professionals goals that reflect one’s interests, skills, and values
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Advanced
extensive experience and application
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• Recognizes and adjusts how one applies strengths, acknowledges limitations, manages emotions,
and overcomes biases based on different environments and contexts
• Ongoing attainment and reevaluation of educational and professional goals that reflect one’s
interests, skills, and values
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Expert
recognized for mastery and attainment in all areas
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• Applies strengths, acknowledge limitations, manage emotions, and overcome biases
in most areas of one’s life, including novel or stressful ones
• Adjusts educational and professional goals based on one’s interests, skills, and values even
when difficult
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Level of Proficiency |
Description
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Awareness
theoretical knowledge
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• Understands the difference between integrity and ethics
• Possesses the desire to act rightly in personal and professional settings
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Basic
limited experience
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•Thinks about how a commitment to integrity and ethics has and continues to guide decisions and actions in personal and professional settings
• Asks others how their decisions and actions are guided by a commitment to integrity and ethics
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Intermediate
practical application
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• Exhibits a commitment to integrity and ethics —walks the talk— and seeks feedback from
others to guide decisions and actions in personal and professional situations
• Recognizes personal and professional situations can involve genuine dilemmas, which differ
from questions with one correct answer and require an exercise of judgment one must be prepared to defend
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Advanced
extensive experience and application
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• Exhibits a commitment to integrity and ethics —walks the talk— when making
decisions/acting in personal and professional situations and challenges others when integrity
and ethics aren’t considered
• Evaluates implications of different courses of action (e.g., likely consequences) that can have
an impact on others or one’s profession/organization, as well as one’s self (character/brand)
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Expert
recognized for mastery and attainment in all areas
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• Focuses on the greater good while consistently showing one’s commitment to integrity and
ethics in making decisions/acting in personal and professional situations.
• Sought out by others for guidance in understanding what is entailed by one’s commitment to
integrity and ethics.
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Level of Proficiency |
Description
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Awareness
theoretical knowledge
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• Reflects on one’s current reputation in personal, educational, professional, and online settings
• Appreciates how the perceptions of others are important vision
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Basic
limited experience
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•Considers what one wants to be known for in personal, educational, professional, and online
settings
• Tries to intentionally align one’s intended and perceived reputation by applying unsolicited
feedback
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Intermediate
practical application
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• Invests in reflecting on and developing the necessary knowledge, skills, and attitudes that
lead to making a positive impression in personal, educational, professional, and online settings
• Tries to align one’s intended and perceived reputation by seeking feedback from individuals
one trusts
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Advanced
extensive experience and application
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• Develops knowledge, skills, and attitudes that lead to making a positive impression in every
facet of life
• Achieves congruence through communicating one’s attributes into benefits for organizations
by openly seeking and accepting feedback from peers, faculty, staff, alumni, and
professionals
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Expert
recognized for mastery and attainment in all areas
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• Serves as a resource to others seeking help with developing the knowledge, skills, and
attitudes that lead to making a positive impression in every facet of life
• Supports others as they attempt to achieve congruence between their intended and perceived
reputations
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