nipissing university’s record of student development (rsd)

record of student development(Nipissing University Extra-Curricular Record)

Nipissing University’s Record of Student Development (RSD)


Where did this come from?• Officially launched in 2005-2006 as the

Student Development Transcript – was a listing of involvement

• Re-named to the Record of Student Development in 2008-2009 – added standards for individual effort (foundational, experiential, and leadership)

• New and current policy framework proposed in 2011-2012 with a university advisory group and involvement outcomes


What is it?A document that officially validates (quality) and then records (quantity) a student’s extra-curricular involvement.

It does this in order to:1. Encourage students to get involved

2. Help students develop soft employment skills

3. Verify student’s involvement for external organizations


With recognition, information, and guidance on where and how to get involved:

• Having an official record of involvement might act as an incentive for a student to further their involvement/commitment (esp. for volunteers)

• Information about where to get involved will be more accessible inside a Student Involvement Guidebook

• Guidance will be provided to individual students on how to complete/enhance their Record

How does it Encourage?


It measures and facilitates students’ development of 21 soft employment skills:

How does it help students?

ReflectionConstructive FeedbackReliabilityProfessionalismGoal Setting Mobilizing ResourcesEthicsProblem SolvingJudgmentInitiative AccountableDelegation

InclusiveConflictMentoringInterpersonal CommunicationAdaptationCreativityLoyaltyLife-Long Learning


• Records any activity that is outside an established curriculum which a student feels contributed to their development

• Records any activity completed while registered as a Nipissing Student (Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter)

• Records any non-academic awards (‘recognition’ awards) a student received

• Records any specific training the student successfully completed

What does it Verify for External Organizations?

• Records all activities based on the quality of the student’s effort (minimal, normal, and extra-ordinary) within each activity


What Activities can be included?Included Not Included On-Campus volunteer roles On-Campus paid positions Co-curricular activities

associated with Community Service Learning

Non-curricular workshops, seminars, conferences, training, guest speakers (on and off-campus)

Off-Campus paid positions Off-Campus volunteer roles On-Campus non-academic

awards Athletics Involvement

x All activities specifically identified on the Academic Transcript

x All social activities that require only a student’s presence

x All athletic events that require only a student to be a spectator


What are Certificate Awards?• Grouped activities that reflects a defined training program by

the organization

• Must expose the student to 50% or more of the involvement outcomes

• Must support training within a defined career ‘role’ (advising, mentoring, etc.) or a specific career competencies (i.e., presentation skills)

• Student must declare on their Student Leadership Form if they had pursued a certificate award

• Student must have completed all activities identified by the supervisor in their submission form upon the level of effort required by the supervisor

• Students are not required to complete any certificate


How are Activities added onto the Record?

Information about where and how each student has been involved must be provided by the student by either:

1. pre-selecting activities from the Student Information System (webadvisor – tentatively ready to be launched for May 2014) and/or

2.Submitting a Student Involvement Form (see appendix #2)


By effort (Award, Foundational, Experiential, or Leadership):

Awards – for program-based ‘recognition’ awards and/or training completion “certificates”

Foundational – represents attendance at a learning activity or minimal effort

Experiential – represents completion of a defined task with normal effort

Leadership – represents decisive initiative with extra-ordinary effort

And then by date

How are activities recorded


How are Activities verified?All student involvement must be independently verified by the organizer or supervisor of the activity, and collected and compiled, by Career Transitions.

Activities considered learning activities, are pre-determined within the foundational category and must be verified by the organizer of the event using the Organizer’s Verification Form (see Appendix # 6)

Activities considered roles have their category determined by the supervisor’s evaluation of the individual student’s effort using the Supervisor’s Verification Form (see appendix #7)

All organizer’s and supervisor have a 14 day window to complete their verification once the form has been processed by Career Transitions. Failure to submit in the 2 week period means that the student’s involvement may not be recorded.


Why include your activities?1. Awareness of your activities to more

students i. Student Involvement Guidebookii. Promotions during guidance sessions

2. An opportunity to offer further recognition to students for their effort and involvement (paid or volunteer)

3. Official recognition of your training programs

4. Easier Verification Processi. Eventually through webadvisorii. Now through MS Access (in-house)


What are your Next Steps?1. By encouraging students to complete and

add your activity using the Student Involvement Form – NO Due Date

2. If you complete an Extra-Curricular Activity Submission Form (for individual activities) – DUE December 31, 2012

3. If you complete and submit an Extra-Curricular Certificate Submission Form (for grouped activities – training programs) – DUE December 31, 2012


QUESTIONS?

PLEASE CONTACT CAREER TRANSITIONS AT:

1. 705.474.3450, ext. 4459

2. [email protected]

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