Training and Professional Development

  • 9/20 Connecting Group Work to Career Readiness

    Connecting group work to career readiness: Developing & articulating teamwork skills in your class  
    Friday, September 20, 10:00 – 11:00  
    Online, link will be sent to registered participants    
    Presenters:  Kaitlyn Anderson, Center for Career Readiness and Life Skills and Tina Huey, CETL  

    By integrating effective teamwork strategies into curriculum design and assessment practices, we can better equip students with essential skills for their future careers. This presentation aims to empower collaborative learning environments that enhance student engagement, learning outcomes, and career readiness. In this session, you will:  

    • Explore Teamwork as a NACE career competency  

    • Articulate course and career objectives for using group work  

    • Become aware of options for structuring group activities during class or longer-term assignments and weigh the pros and cons based on context  

    • Structures for groups  

    • Bias, free riders, lone wolves  

    •  Consider assessment strategies for evaluating teamwork  

    • Articulation through reflection, self/peer/instructor evaluation  

    • Share what’s on your mind  

    Register - https://fins.uconn.edu/secure_inst/workshops/workshop_view.php?ser=3182 

     

    For more information, contact: Stacey Valliere at Stacey.valliere@uconn.edu