1. A Collaborative Approach to Self-Assessment and Career Exploration
Major Quest!
A Collaborative Approach to Self-Assessment and Career Exploration
Presented by:
Ashley Edwards, M.S.
Academic Advisor, TCU
Terence Kennedy, M. Ed

2. Institutional & Office Info
Texas Christian University
4-year private institution
Total Enrollment: 9,652
Undergraduate: 8,406
First-year students: 1,855
Pre-Majors: 486
Center for Academic Services
Advising & Disabilities Services
Advise Pre-Majors, first-year students in the AddRan College of Liberal Arts, and first-year Interior Design & Merchandising students

3. Course Overview One-credit hour 8-weeks Pass/no-credit
Fall & Spring sections
Two sections per semester
Twenty-two students per section
UNPR designation

4. Course Components
Self-Assessment
Major Exploration
Career Exploration

5. Self-Assessment Assessments: StrengthsQuest
Myers-Briggs Type Indicator
Strong Interest Inventory
Skills Confidence Inventory

6. SQ Collaboration TCU Leadership Center (Student Affairs)
Provide SQ codes & materials
Two-day SQ lesson taught by Leadership Center staff

7. MBTI & Strong Collaboration
TCU Career Services (Student Affairs)
Provide codes for MBTI & Strong
Staff provides separate group interpretations for each assessment

8. Major Exploration “Finding You Best Fit Major” Myths Influences
Things to Consider
“Elimimajor”
Catalog Search

9. Career Exploration Career Search O*net Career Services Tour
“Finding Your Way Through Service”
Informational Interviews

10. Finding Your Way Through Service
Community Involvement & Service-Learning (Student Affairs)
Staff leads discussion about opportunities for exploration through service

11. Ideas for the Future From Career Services:
Change Career Services Tour to self-guided
Include discussion of values in self-assessment unit
From Leadership Center:
Have instructors lead classes through SQ

12. Ideas for the Future From Community Involvement & Service-Learning:
Students complete interest survey prior to “Finding Your Way Through Service”
Allow students to substitute meeting with CISL staff for an informational interview

13. Keys to Collaborations
Open and regular communication
Shared sense of ownership
Valuing suggestions from collaborators
Consideration of others’ schedules and work demands
Recognizing the importance of all contributions in the success of UNPR 10001

14. Discussion
&
Questions