Creating a professional identity: workshop report

Abstract

It is important for learning advisors to develop a professional identity, not only to assist us as practitioners, but also to safeguard and promote our status within our institutions. The aim of this ‘hands-on’ workshop facilitated by members of the Canterbury Tertiary Alliance Learning Advisors group was to provide an opportunity for conference delegates to reflect on and discuss the nature of the tertiary learning development profession; to identify common understandings / beliefs amongst tertiary learning advisors in Aotearoa NZ; and to use these common understandings as a first step towards developing a ‘professional practice’ document. This paper outlines the workshop and summarises the views of the participants.