ElevateU - Expand your Curriculum and Co-Curriculum
Integrate Career Readiness Skills to Support Student Success
Expand your curriculum and co-curriculum by integrating career readiness into your classroom.
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Looking for a three-step process for integrating career readiness into your curriculum? Check out our curricular integration ebook on the Career Champions Canvas Shell.
The Career Readiness Sample Text for Course Syllabi offers three options for adding career readiness language to your syllabi: Limited, Extended, and Expansive. Connect students to ElevateU resources, career fairs, and Handshake (a platform for students to connect to jobs, internships and volunteering). Available on the Career Champions Canvas Shell.
Explicitly connect 1-3 UM Career Readiness Competencies to an assignment or activity. Check out Career Readiness Actions Items for the classroom and Career Readiness Sample Behaviors for the classroom on the Career Champions Canvas Shell.
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- Access to an Internship Canvas shell to support faculty advising and coordinated set of activities of your choosing.
- Connection to Career Coaches who can provide support and relevant resources for your department.
- Provide information to students about experiential learning opportunities (get a part-time job, secure an internship, participate in a service project)
- Learn more about resources for Faculty Internship Advisors
We provide many resources and tools for supporting faculty and students in the internship process. -
Attend a ELCS workshop or request a staff meeting presentation to learn more about weaving career readiness into curriculum.
Menu of topics include:
- Career Readiness Syllabi Infusion
- High Impact Practices- introductory to advance
- Overview of ELCS Faculty Resources and Supports
- Overview of ELCS Student Resources and Supports
- How support students in navigating Handshake and ElevateU Online
- Consultation and support for department degree mapping
- Other tailored training and presentations for your department
To request a presentation or learn more about available workshops, email our Associate Director of Curriculum Design & Integration at Melissa.dadmun@mso.umt.edu.
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Enhance your students' career readiness with easy-to-use platforms that can be easily integrated into academic coursework as part of the curriculum and co-curriculum. These tools are designed to seamlessly adapt to assignments or coursework without extensive preparation.
- Help students sharpen their interview skills through AI-powered feedback on Big Interview.
- Offer real-world job simulations with Forage, providing hands-on experience for students.
Learn more about key features and steps to get started with Big Interview and Forage.
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- Consider opportunities to integrate graded, extra credit, or professional development career related assignments (I.e., attendance at relevant career fairs and reflecting on experience).
- Embed ElevateU Online learning topics into class activities.
- Assign students to explore career paths of Griz Alums with your degree program on and the You can even filter by major!
- Request a ELCS Career Coach classroom presentation on a course relevant topic.
- Embed activities that have students reflect on their interests and values by taking a or interest inventory.
- Create opportunities for students to complete an informational interview (career conversation) and/or job shadow.
- Encourage students to cultivate leadership skills by taking on more responsibilities in service projects, and group projects.
- Share opportunities for students to participate in a study abroad program or volunteer/work internationally.
- Invite in the to connect with world-class research and creative faculty mentors - no matter the discipline!
Ready for more? Learn more about the next level of curriculum integration with ElevateU, Embark on Career Excellence, or head back to Explore Resources.