CAREER + SELF DEVELOPMENT - Business Program

To earn the career + self development micro-credential, students must "Meet Expectations" in the ability to demonstrate the following sub-competencies (Education Design Lab Durable Skills Sub-Competencies):

Demonstrate Self Awareness - Accurately identifies some strengths and weaknesses, articulating how these attributes align with potential career paths; articulates some motivations and values, demonstrating some ability to manage anxiety in professional settings, and connects experiences to relevant concepts with specific examples.

Learn From Experience - Identifies relevant takeaways and lessons learned from experiences, reflecting on how these experiences relate to their career goals; reflections show some analysis of the experience and its impact. Connects experiences to future actions or goals with some specificity.

Initiate Learning - Takes initiative to pursue some learning opportunities, such as seeking out workshops or informational interviews, demonstrating a willingness to engage in new learning experiences; seeks out resources to support their learning.

Reflect on Learning - Reflects on learning experiences with some analysis, identifying key learning processes and strategies; evaluates the effectiveness of their learning with some insight; connects reflections to future learning with specific examples.

Personal Case Analysis

First use at least three frameworks or ideas from the class to analyze what happened in your

personal case. Looking at your personal case with these three frameworks or ideas, what

alternative courses of action are suggested to you by each of these views. (e.g., if I were to look

at this situation with transformational leadership in mind, what might I do to act as a

transformational leader in this situation?) You should devote equal attention to each of the three

frameworks that you choose.

Second, rethink your role in the case considering your analysis. In other words, what would you

now do differently if you could re-live your personal case? Why? How useful were the

frameworks in helping you to clarify alternative courses of action for yourself in this case

situation?

Leadership Development Plan (Individual, pass/fail)

This project allows you the opportunity to think about your own leadership skills and which ones

you would like to work on throughout the semester. The project is designed to help you be the most

effective you that you can be. This is a semester long project that you develop on your own and

present the outcomes toward the end of the semester.

You will be given access to a book of various leadership skills to choose from. To complete the

project, you will first choose 4 skills from the book that you would like to pay attention to this

semester. You will write a 2-3 page brief telling me your plan for working on these skills over the

semester including which one’s you’ve chosen, a brief explanation of why these, what you intend to

do to work on them, and a timeline.

Career + Self Development Rubric: This rubric assesses students' development in key areas related to career readiness and personal growth. It aligns with the NACE Career Readiness Competencies focusing on proactive self-development through personal and professional learning, self-awareness, career navigation, and networking.

For specific Learner/Earner results click on their assessment for this skills below.