Events
2024 Paul Shang Institute for Aspiring SSAOs™
November 13 @ 2:00 pm - November 16 @ 6:00 pm EST
2024 Paul shang Institute for aspiring ssaos
exploring underrepresented identities and career paths
13-16 November 2024 // Atlanta, Georgia
ACPA is proud to offer this exciting professional development event for those who are considering a Senior Student Affairs Officer (SSAO) role as a future career goal. The ACPA Institute for Aspiring SSAOs: Exploring Underrepresented Identities and Career Paths will explore ways in which our diverse backgrounds (such as gender identity and presentation, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, and physical/cognitive qualities) impact our move to and experience within an SSAO role. A faculty team of seasoned and diverse SSAOs from various types of institutions will lead participants in an introspective and intimate journey through six key questions:
- What is your path?
- What is this role?
- Who are you?
- What can you do?
- Where should you serve?
- What do you need?
This unique professional development experience will provide participants with the opportunity to reflect on their personal identities, vocational purpose, and professional competencies through guided reflection and meaningful conversations in small and large group formats. Those who have already committed to the goal of serving as an SSAO, as well as those who are simply contemplating it, will benefit from the chance to think deeply and critically about that possibility with the assistance of experienced SSAO mentors. This institute will make you a stronger candidate for an SSAO position and more professionally grounded when serving in this leadership role.
A strong candidate for the ACPA Aspiring SSAO will possess:
- At least five years of increasingly responsible management and/or leadership experience, which includes at least three years of supervisory experience.
- At least two years serving at the Associate Vice President/Chancellor or Director level.
- Experience in building and leading co-curricular programs and services.
APPLICATION INFORMATION
A strong candidate for the ACPA Institute for Aspiring SSAO’s will possess:
- At least five years of increasingly responsible management and/or leadership experience, which includes at least three years of supervisory experience.
- At least two years serving at the Associate Vice President/Chancellor or Director level.
- Experience in building and leading co-curricular programs and services.
Application Timeline:
- Applications will open 1 May 2024
- Applications will be due 1 September