Guide for Campus Professionals
Supporting Student Success Through AFLV Awards + Assessment
As a campus professional, you play an important role in helping student leaders make the most of the AFLV Awards + Assessment process. While students should lead the application process, your guidance, encouragement, and coaching can help them reflect on their accomplishments, tell their story effectively, and use feedback to strengthen their community.
Whether your campus is participating for the first time or has submitted applications for years, this page provides best practices for supporting your students throughout the process.
Recognition That Lasts Beyond the Awards
The AFLV Awards + Assessment process is designed to do more than recognize outstanding work. It gives student leaders an opportunity to reflect on their accomplishments, receive meaningful feedback, and strengthen their council for the future.
Recognition celebrates what students have achieved. Assessment helps them identify what's next. Together, they create a leadership experience that continues long after applications are submitted.
Preparing For Success
The strongest applications are built over time, not written the week before the deadline.
Encourage your councils to:
Review the Question Bank + Submission Tips early.
Decide which recognition opportunities to pursue.
Determine the Council Compass achievement level that best reflects their work.
Create a shared folder to collect supporting materials throughout the year.
Save assessment data, reports, and program examples as initiatives occur.
Write for reviewers who may not be familiar with your campus or community.
Planning ahead allows students to focus on telling their story rather than scrambling to gather information at the last minute.
Your Role
Student leaders should lead the application process from start to finish. Your role is to coach, encourage, and support them throughout the journey.
You can support students by:
Becoming an AFLV Campus Subscriber
Encouraging participation and setting expectations early
Helping establish timelines and accountability
Providing institutional and community data
Reviewing drafts for clarity and completeness
Asking thoughtful questions that encourage reflection
Helping students interpret reviewer feedback after the process concludes
Applications should reflect the authentic work, experiences, and voice of student leaders, not work written by advisors or campus staff.
Make This Part of Your Annual Cycle
Rather than viewing Awards + Assessment as a fall project, consider incorporating it into your council's year-round planning process.
Encourage student leaders to document accomplishments, collect assessment data, save examples of successful programs, and review previous feedback during officer transitions. By making reflection an ongoing practice, students will be better prepared when applications open—and they'll gain more from the experience throughout the year.
Questions abouT the process?
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