What is a Community of Practice?
Communities of practice are groups of colleagues who share common challenges, opportunities, or a passion for a given topic, and who collaborate to deepen their understanding of that topic and build skills through ongoing learning and knowledge sharing.
Communities of practice are not committees where the group is expected to produce work. Membership of communities of practice are not determined by position or title, but instead by interest in particular topic areas.
The Office of Academic & Career Success supports various Communities of Practice. Please see below for more information on these communities.
Career Courses & Curriculum Community of Practice
The Career Courses & Curriculum Community of Practice brings together staff who teach career courses or develop career-related curriculum to share insights, challenges, and opportunities.
Career Services Network Community of Practice
The Career Services Network Community of Practiceis a virtual space for all career services colleagues to come together and engage in meaningful discussions around current topics, shared challenges, collaboration opportunities, and promising practices in our field.
Learning Support Community of Practice
The Learning Support Community of Practice brings learning support professional staff together to share ideas and strategies for running learning centers, as well as identify and build campus partnerships that allow for better student support.
Solo Staff Community
Are you the only undergraduate student facing-employee in your department or unit? Join the Solo Staff Community, a group of undergraduate student facing-employees in a solo role who want to support, connect with, and learn from others in similar roles around campus.
Student Mental Health Community of Practice
The Student Mental Health Community of Practice is a community of advising, career services, and learning support staff who have attended Mental Health First Aid training and wish to continue practicing the skills of supporting student and colleague mental health.
Supervisor's Community of Practice
The Office of Academic & Career Success facilitates a monthly supervisor’s community of practice for supervisor's in the advising, career services, and learning support communities.