Student Services Professional, Academic Related (SSPAR)

Classifications in the Student Services Profession, Academic Related (SSPAR) series include positions which perform Student Services Professional (SSP) work of sensitive and unusual difficulty and responsibility, requiring advanced professional training and experience which has demonstrated a comprehensive knowledge of an academic or academic-related field within the Student Services area. These classifications are characterized by responsibilities which require that incumbents demonstrate a high degree of professional leadership and assume the role of an authoritative specialist in the program area or areas assigned. Within these classifications, supervision is nominal and determination of methods to be used in the development of the program(s) and service(s) is largely at the discretion of the incumbent. Long-range and immediate program objectives are based on broad general guides. The nature of the personal contacts at this level is to secure acceptance, to explain, to advise on, or to defend the most important and controversial phases of the overall functions and objectives of the program(s) or service(s).

Examples

• SSPAR I
• SSPAR II
• SSPAR III

Where Data Element Appears

ASIR Public Faculty Data Dashboards and Reports:

• Faculty Data Dashboards

See Also

• Faculty
• Faculty Rank

Definition Source

"Classifications in this series include positions which perform Student Services Professional (SSP) work of sensitive and unusual difficulty and responsibility, requiring advanced professional training and experience which has demonstrated a comprehensive knowledge of an academic or academic-related field within the Student Services area. These classifications are characterized by responsibilities which require that incumbents demonstrate a high degree of professional leadership and assume the role of an authoritative specialist in the program area or areas assigned. Within these classifications, supervision is nominal and determination of methods to be used in the development of the program(s) and service(s) is largely at the discretion of the incumbent. Long-range and immediate program objectives are based on broad general guides. The nature of the personal contacts at this level is to secure acceptance, to explain, to advise on, or to defend the most important and controversial phases of the overall functions and objectives of the program(s) or service(s)."