Term: Summer 2016

Description:


The Career Fair is designed to help students imagine the future while giving guests an opportunity to share their experience.  Students have the opportunity to dress professionally, and meet with local professionals. Students are given time to network and ask professional questions pertaining to their selective careers.

Learning Domain:
  • Professional Development
  • Personal Development
SLO's


1)    Students will be able to connect career to community.


2)    Students will be able to identify meaningful career opportunities.
a.     Students will be able to identify ways they serve their community in their respective career field. 



SLO
Advanced
Competent
Basic
Needs Improvement
Students will be able to connect career to community

Students are able to critically reflect on their career interest and how it applies to their lived experiences. Students aligned their career interest to servicing their community 

Students are able to critically reflect on their career interest and how it applies to their lived experiences and their community  

Students are able to think about career interest and how meaningful it can be for their lives 

Students are able to think about career interest. 
Students will be able to identify meaningful career opportunities. 

Students identified career opportunities that fit their interest and aligned their interest to their passions in life.
Students identified career opportunities and defined how each opportunity was meaningful for them.Students identified career opportunities for themselves
Students were not interested in any of the career informational sessions.





Reflection: Speaking at Hamilton Middle School


In reflection, speaking at Hamilton Middle School for their career day was an amazing experience.  Actually it was better than I expected. Going there, I figured the students really wouldn’t pay too much mind to my presentation because my profession didn’t have the same glamor as the other professionals present. I mean, someone who works in higher education doesn’t really receive the same publicity and “ahh” as doctors, lawyers, fight fighters, police officers etc.  I felt like a lone soldier, but I was ready to represent well and give the students a brief exploration into my passion. Uniquely, I decided to present something much differently than your typical career overview presentation. I led with a background of my life and how my various life experiences routed me into the career of choice. The students were all dressed professionally, the young man wore collared uniformed shirts, ties, slacks, while the young women wore pantsuits and dresses. The student demographics were predominately Latino and Black so I was able to relate to them really easily. Speaking about my tribulations as a “troubled youth” really caught their attention and engaged them so much that it sparked a conversation among the group. The students actually began sharing how their life was so similar how they need extra support from programs like MSA. Not only did this serve as an opportunity to expose the students to information about external resources within their communities that can support them in their academic trajectory, but also that their current location isn’t their final destination. I found this to be really warming for myself in all actuality. I nonessentially, validated my own experiences while creating a space where the students felt affirmed and validated in their lived experiences as well. Based off the conversations that were occurring, the students were expressing how they felt like school didn’t matter to them, and how they felt like it was probably too late to better themselves and become academic successful. Just to remind you, these students are in MIDDLE SCHOOL! So it was comforting to exit the school knowing the students began to look at themselves differently and gained a more positive outlook on their lives. Ultimately, it did the same for me. I was able to reflect while infusing my past experiences and linking those experiences to my fueled passions in supporting young students of color in their academic trajectories.  






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