H1: 8:30 – 9:45 am

Session Title: Incorporating Career Competencies in the Classroom

Abstract: This interactive presentation will include descriptions from Health Science faculty and Office of Career Education staff on how to guide students to success by incorporating career readiness competencies into the classroom. Attendees will brainstorm ways to include career-readiness activities and tools in their own classes, reframe existing assignments, and utilize the Office of Career Education as a direct and indirect resource in encouraging career readiness success.

Facilitators: Liz Pacioles, Georgiana Logan, Blair Thornton, Ashley Vanderpool, and Beth Waugh

Health Professions Track: Panel, Virtual Room 2

Attributes:

  • Classroom structures, projects and/or initiatives that promote student success
  • Approaches to identifying and mitigating academic barriers to success
  • Approaches to identifying and mitigating non-academic barriers to success (such as food insecurity, financial aid, or first-generation status)
  • Interdisciplinary