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CAS Standards Presentation
General Instructions
The Council for the Advancement of Standards in Higher Education (CAS) is a consortium of
professional associations that work to promote the improvement of programs and services in the
College Student Affairs profession. This organization publishes a book entitled “CAS
Professional Standards for Higher Education” that outlines the standards for practice and
preparation for each of the functional areas of Student Affairs (i.e., Housing, Counseling
Services, Career Services, Academic Advising, Greek Life, etc.). Every Student Affairs
professional should be familiar with the mission, goals, learning outcomes, ethics, and other
related standards of the specific student affairs area in which they work. The CAS Standards
provide such information.
As part of your concentration area portfolio (i.e., Housing, Academic Advising, Career Services,
etc.), develop a PowerPoint presentation outlining the major points of the CAS Standards
aligned to your assigned concentration area. Develop the PowerPoint for a group of
professionals who work in a department within the concentration area, with the goal of
educating them on the CAS Standards for that specific Student Affairs department.
Include the following components in your presentation:
• Mission
• Program Components
• Leadership Responsibilities
• Human Resources
• Ethics
• Diversity, Equity, and Access Issues
• Institutional and External Relations
• Technology
• Facilities and Equipment
• Assessment and Evaluation
Note: The UWA library has an electronic copy of the CAS Standards Manual that you can
access. You may contact a UWA librarian for assistance if needed.
SA501 Graduate Students: Include 10-12 slides in the presentation.
SAL401 Undergraduate Students: Include 7-8 slides in the presentation.
Format Guidelines:
• Create a Microsoft PowerPoint presentation consisting of a maximum of 7 lines of text
per slide (this is to prevent “information overload” on slides). Use 20-point font or larger
for readability. Remember that the purpose of a PowerPoint presentation is not to use
lots of text but to use bullet points and graphics to convey information.
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• Presentations should be creative, visually appealing, and include technology (i.e.,
YouTube videos, digital images, etc.). Please avoid using Microsoft Word “clip art”
images.
• Students should use APA, 7th ed. formatting to cite all sources.
• All presentations should use proper grammar, spelling, etc., appropriate for a graduate-
level presentation.
Scoring Guidelines
Points available: 100.
Component Target Acceptable Unacceptable
Content
Accurate content
addressed in a cohesive
presentation.
Interesting, smooth
delivery that holds the
audience attention. The
content is presented
clearly and concisely
with a logical
progression of ideas and
supporting information.
Information is complete
and accurate.
(60 points)
Smooth delivery that
holds audience attention.
The content is presented
with a logical
progression of ideas but
supporting information is
limited, Information
presented is accurate.
(40 points)
Delivery not smooth,
audience attention lost.
The content lacks a clear
point of view. Some of
the information may not
seem to fit. Sources
used appear unreliable.
Information is missing,
incomplete, out of date
and/or incorrect.
(20 points)
Attractiveness &
Creativity: Presentation
is engaging without
being overwhelmed by
text, color, or font.
Makes excellent use of
font, color, graphics,
effects, etc. to enhance
the presentation. The
amount of information
presented in each
section is appropriate.
(20 points)
Makes good use of font,
color, graphics, effects,
etc. to enhance to
presentation. May
include too much
information to be
visually appealing.
(15 points)
Use of font, color,
graphics, effects etc. but
these often distract from
the presentation
content. Amount of
content/text included in
sections is distracting or
overwhelming.
(5 points)
APA Format Reference and in-text
citations carefully follow
APA format, with no
errors. (10 points)
Reference and/or in-
text citations follows
APA format, with no
more than 2 errors.
(5 points)
Reference list and/or in-
text citations has more
than 2 APA errors.
(0 points)
Writing
Correct Grammar, Well-
Organized
Writing is free of all
writing errors.
(10 points)
Writing involves few
errors (no more than 2).
(5 points)
Writing involves more
than 2 errors.
(0 points)
- CAS Standards Presentation
- General Instructions
- Scoring Guidelines
