1. Presented by Brandon Wright Director UAB Career Center
Strategic Academic Partnerships Integration of Academic & Career Curriculum
Presented by Brandon Wright
Director
UAB Career Center

2. Outline ELEVATE: The Career Advancement Academy Canvas
First Year Experience
Credit Bearing Career Courses
Blazing Start
Enrollment Management (Focus 2)
Classroom Workshop Request
Experiential Learning Courses

3. ELEVATE: The Career Advancement Academy

4. ELEVATE: The Career Advancement Academy
Undergraduate Requirements
12 earned credit hours
2.5 GPA
Must complete within 10 semesters
Graduate Requirements
6 earned credit hours
3.0 GPA
Must complete within three semesters
2018 “Closing the Gap” award from the ADHE
Students receive milestone rewards.
Milestone include:
M1-self-assessment
M2-resume and cover letter
M3-two mock interviews
M4-career action plan
M5-attend two career fairs
M6-experiential learning opportunity
Each milestone has a reflection assignment.

5. Canvas

6. Canvas Create Modules in Canvas
Interactive modules on various career topics to help students progress through the career development process.
Enable Canvas-ready career modules to plug into academic courses
Items to include in Module:
Video
Quiz
Assignment
Support Documents
Examples:
University of South Florida
Indiana University

7. First Year Experience

8. First Year Experience College of Arts & Sciences
(18) sections | 1,200 students
First Year Career Engagement Plan
Included:
Career Action Plan
Career Research Activity
First Year Checklist
Goal: Scale to all other schools

9. Credit Bearing Career Courses

10. Credit Bearing Career Courses
UNIV Job Search Essentials - 1 Hour
UNIV Career Mapping: Navigating for Success - 3 Hours
UASC Career Planning and Management 3 Hours
Research Course Catalog
Academic Unit
FYE
SYE
Examples:
KU University Career Center
Wake Forest University OPCD

11. Brainstorming (10 minute)

12. Blazing Start

13. Blazing Start Only for Conditional Admits
UASC Career Planning and Management 3 Hours
Career Guide as Course Text
students

14. Enrollment Management

15. Enrollment Management – Focus 2
Incoming Freshmen complete the Focus 2
Train Academic Advisor’s to articulate results to advisees
Goal: Decrease the number of undeclared/exploratory students

16. Workshop Request

17. Workshop Request Offer select workshops:
#1 Resume
#2 Interview Coaching
#3 Career Center
#4 Networking
Career Center Workshop Request Form
170 Requested - AY19
(94) Academic Courses
(76) Student Organization

18. Experiential Learning Courses

19. Experiential Learning Courses
Search Course Catalog
Keywords to include:
Career
Job
Interview
Internship
Profession
Other suggestions?
Include these course on the Career Center website
Contact Instructors to connect
Work with Academic Unit that lack resources

20. Brainstorming (10 minute)

21. Questions? Brandon Wright - UAB Career Center, Director