{"id":1811,"date":"2020-12-03T09:12:09","date_gmt":"2020-12-03T15:12:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.msudenver.edu\/sips\/?p=1811"},"modified":"2021-05-11T10:01:48","modified_gmt":"2021-05-11T16:01:48","slug":"sip_12-14_12-14_connect_career_readiness_competencies_to_course_objectives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.msudenver.edu\/sips\/sip_12-14_12-14_connect_career_readiness_competencies_to_course_objectives\/","title":{"rendered":"SIP 12.14 Connect Career-readiness Competencies to Course Objectives"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Thirsty for a Strong Instructional Practice?<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/www.msudenver.edu\/media\/marketingandcommunications\/earlybird\/20-dec\/Archuleta,Crystalann_500.jpg\" alt=\"Crystalann Archuleta working at a desk.\" \/>Helping students identify and develop meaningful professional directions can be one of the most rewarding and sometimes-daunting aspects of\u00a0teaching. While students can receive support by working with Metropolitan State University of Denver\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msudenver.edu\/c2hub\/\">Classroom to Career Hub<\/a>, faculty members can\u00a0also\u00a0create academic experiences to promote career development.\u00a0One way\u00a0faculty members can contribute\u00a0to their students\u2019 career-readiness is to make salient the connection between student learning objectives (SLOs) and career competencies on course syllabi. Including this connection in your classes will help students articulate the career-ready skills they\u2019ve learned in your course.<\/p>\n<h4>Take a SIP of this:\u00a0Connect\u00a0career-readiness competencies to course SLOs<\/h4>\n<p>The National Association of Colleges and Employers has outlined\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.naceweb.org\/career-readiness\/competencies\/career-readiness-defined\/\">eight career competencies\u00a0<\/a>valued by employers:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Critical\/thinking problem-solving<\/li>\n<li>Oral\/written communications<\/li>\n<li>Teamwork\/collaboration<\/li>\n<li>Digital technology<\/li>\n<li>Leadership<\/li>\n<li>Professionalism\/work ethic<\/li>\n<li>Career management<\/li>\n<li>Global\/intercultural\u00a0fluency<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Many\u00a0of these competencies are naturally addressed through course activities and assignments. However, by encouraging students to make direct connections between coursework and the skills they are building, students will be better-positioned to successfully discuss these skills in a graduate-school application or in a job interview.<\/p>\n<p>Suggestions on how to highlight the connection between course objectives and the NACE\u00a0competencies:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Examine the SLOs and identify embedded transferable skills that reflect the NACE competencies.\u00a0Include text or imagery in your syllabus that explicitly makes that\u00a0connection.\u00a0For ideas on how to do this, check out\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sites.msudenver.edu\/sips\/sip-8-14-graphic-syllabus\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SIP 8.14<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sites.msudenver.edu\/sips\/sip-3-1-graphic-syllabus\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SIP 3.1 <\/a>and <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.msudenver.edu\/sips\/sip-8-11-diversity-and-inclusion-its-in-the-syllabus\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SIP 8.11<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Host a class discussion about the SLOs listed in the syllabus. Provide students with a description of the NACE competencies and ask the students to generate the connections.<\/li>\n<li>Invite a guest speaker from the C2 Hub to lead a discussion about the connections among course SLOs, the NACE competencies and presenting that information to future employers on a r\u00e9sum\u00e9 or in an interview.<\/li>\n<li>Label each course assignment on the syllabus with at least one NACE career competency.<\/li>\n<li>Set aside time at the end of each course section to explore the connections between the content covered and NACE competencies.<\/li>\n<li>Invite local professionals to class to speak about how the course content connects to their work environment.<\/li>\n<li>Show students position descriptions and ask them to discuss how the course content relates to the qualifications listed.<\/li>\n<li>Pair students and ask them to present an elevator pitch to each other that articulates the content of the class in the context of NACE skills.<\/li>\n<li>Include an end-of-semester discussion or assignment that requires students to articulate how what they learned in the class relates to the NACE competencies and to their career goals.<\/li>\n<li>Still stuck? Reach out to Pam\u00a0Ansburg,\u00a0Ph.D.\u00a0(<a href=\"mailto:ansburg@msudenver.edu\">ansburg@msudenver.edu<\/a>), director of Faculty Engagement and Curriculum Integration, to schedule a consultation for your course.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Still thirsty?\u00a0 Take a SIP of this:\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>For an example of how to embed career skills in a course syllabus, read this article: Appleby, D.C., Appleby, K.M., Wickline, V.B., Apple, K.J., Bouchard, L.M., Cook, R., &#8230; Kelly, S.M. (2019). A syllabus-based strategy to help psychology students prepare for and enter the workforce. Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in Psychology, 5(4), 289-297.\u00a0doi:<a class=\"vglnk\" href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org.aurarialibrary.idm.oclc.org\/10.1037\/stl0000161\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/dx.doi.org.aurarialibrary.idm.oclc.org\/10.1037\/stl0000161<\/a><\/li>\n<li>National Research Council 2012. Education for Life and Work: Developing Transferable Knowledge and Skills in the 21st Century. Washington, D.C.: The National Academies Press. (<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.17226\/13398\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.17226\/13398<\/a>.)<\/li>\n<li>Explore industry guides and information available through Vault to support occupational and industry research assignments: (<a href=\"https:\/\/access.vault.com\/industry-rankings\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/access.vault.com\/industry-rankings<\/a>).<\/li>\n<li>Beyond Classroom Borders, American Council on Education: (<a href=\"https:\/\/acue.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Beyond-Classroom-Borders.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/acue.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Beyond-Classroom-Borders.pdf<\/a>).<\/li>\n<li>For more examples of student career-readiness activities, see:\u00a0Seo, G, &amp; Fortenberry, H. (2019). What does Career Competencies mean to you: redefining them via your own voice,\u00a0<em>Career Convergence: National Career Development Association Web Magazine<\/em>, 12\/01\/2019.\u00a0(<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncda.org\/aws\/NCDA\/pt\/sd\/news_article\/266382\/_self\/CC_layout_details\/false\">https:\/\/www.ncda.org\/aws\/NCDA\/pt\/sd\/news_article\/266382\/_self\/CC_layout_details\/false<\/a>).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thirsty for a Strong Instructional Practice? Helping students identify and develop meaningful professional directions can be one of the most rewarding and sometimes-daunting aspects of\u00a0teaching. While students can receive support by working with Metropolitan State University of Denver\u2019s Classroom to Career Hub, faculty members can\u00a0also\u00a0create academic experiences to promote career development.\u00a0One way\u00a0faculty members can contribute\u00a0to &hellip; <\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link btn\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.msudenver.edu\/sips\/sip_12-14_12-14_connect_career_readiness_competencies_to_course_objectives\/\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":165,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[258,543,239,541,542,14],"class_list":["post-1811","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sip-post","tag-career-development","tag-nace-career-competency","tag-slo","tag-student-career-goals","tag-student-career-readiness","tag-student-engagement","item-wrap"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.msudenver.edu\/sips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1811","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.msudenver.edu\/sips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.msudenver.edu\/sips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.msudenver.edu\/sips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/165"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.msudenver.edu\/sips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1811"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.msudenver.edu\/sips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1811\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.msudenver.edu\/sips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1811"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.msudenver.edu\/sips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1811"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.msudenver.edu\/sips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1811"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}