Common Core @USM-LAC  Tags: lewiston gen_ed common_core  

In this concluding phase course, students assume active agency in career planning through writing resumes and cover letters, networking, interviewing, and learning the skills for negotiating with prospective employers. They also begin the process for establishing their internships. Students update their portfolios with archival evidence of abilities gained through the Common Core, their major, and co-curricular activities, and gain an understanding of the goals and outcomes for their E-portfolio presentation.

Students will be able to…

A.    Develop and implement the skills needed to effectively market themselves in the workplace, such as writing resumes and cover letters, networking, methods of interviewing, and negotiation

B.    Articulate their strengths, values, abilities, and skills in both oral and written formats

C.   Engage in intentional reflection in order to plan and integrate the life roles or worker, family member, citizen, leisurite, and spiritual being

D.   Articulate how their chosen career allows them to recognize, defend, and act upon what matters to them      

E.    Identify knowledge gained from the Core, courses in their major, and co-curricular activities that has informed their concept of self and their role as citizens and future professionals