Create a Professional Growth Plan
NAFSA Path™ is a professional achievement system tailored to the needs of international educators in every role to build essential skills critical for success. This signature learning and professional skills development system enables you to continuously assess your needs, develop personal learning plans, and track your growth and achievement throughout your professional career.
Develop Core Competencies for Success
The NAFSA Path™ allows you to identify the core competencies required within your role or your team and define the steps necessary to build essential skills and knowledge. This system leverages the foundational expertise of skilled international educators, serving every knowledge community, who developed and maintain the NAFSA International Education Professional Competencies™.
A System for Professionals at Every Career Stage
Designed to meet the diverse needs of supervisors, practitioners, and new professionals, NAFSA Path™ enables you to continuously build and measure your career skills. Step forward with NAFSA Path™. Each Step below can be taken independently, or as part of the complete system.
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Step Forward with Path™
Step 1: Assess
NAFSA Career Print™ enables you to assess and identify areas for individual growth and professional development mapped to the NAFSA International Education Professional Competencies™.
Step 2: Learn
NAFSA eLearning programs include a portfolio of online courses, seminars, and learning modules segmented to both unique and cross-cutting needs of international education professionals.
Step 3: Achieve
MyNAFSA Transcripts provide you with updated records of your growth and professional development, essential as you advance within your career.
Benefits by Role
NAFSA Path™ for Supervisors
With NAFSA Path™, international education program supervisors can easily identify essential skills and resources necessary to develop team competencies.
- Assess individual members or the whole team for professional competency gaps using the NAFSA Career Print™.
- Develop onboarding plans that integrate NAFSA professional learning into existing training.
- Browse the index of online learning opportunities to plan individual and team training.
- Match professional needs with professional training.
- Enrich performance discussions with your team members.
- Measure growth and achievement of team members with MyNAFSA Transcripts.
NAFSA Path™ for Practitioners
With NAFSA Path™, international education practitioners can easily identify essential professional learning resources and develop a personal professional development plan to achieve success.
- Assess your professional skills mapped to the NAFSA International Education Professional Competencies™ to identify your areas for improvement using the NAFSA Career Print™.
- Browse an index of immediately accessible training organized topically.
- Take online learning within your immediate field or consider broadening horizons with cross-training resources.
- Map long-term and short-term learning opportunities that align with your demanding schedule.
- Measure your growth and personal achievement with MyNAFSA Transcripts.
NAFSA Path™ for New Professionals
With NAFSA Path™, new international education professionals can establish a professional foundation to stand out within a highly competitive field.
- Assess your foundational knowledge mapped to the NAFSA International Education Professional Competencies™ to identify essential skills necessary for effective service, using the NAFSA Career Print™.
- Browse an index of immediately accessible training organized topically.
- Solidify your foundational skills with flexible, easy to access online training.
- Prepare for interviews and new roles.
- Use MyNAFSA Transcripts to substantiate professional development.
