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Improved TransitionsIT Solution to Establish, Communicate and Assess School-Prescribed Development Activities Presented at the 14 th National Conference on Students in Transition by Scott Wymer Data180 Co-Founder, Assoc. Professor,


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Improved Transitions—IT Solution to Establish, Communicate and Assess School-Prescribed Development Activities

Presented at the

14th National Conference on Students in Transition

by Scott Wymer Data180 Co-Founder,

  • Assoc. Professor, Morehead St. Univ.
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Overview

 Student activities that lead to success  A model for schools to lead students to

success

 Motivating students to archive activities  Using the process to improve students’

success

 eResume180/Student180 - A tool to guide

and facilitate this process

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Activities that Matter to Employers

 Communications Skills  Teamwork  Analytical Skills  Innovativeness  Computer Skills  Leadership Skills

*Taken from NACE, “Job Choices 2007” Survey

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Student Activities in the College Experience that Lead to Successful Transitions

 Curricular Activities

 Guided and managed for students by academic departments and

academic resources on campus

 Clear guidelines of expectations and success criteria  Tools available for tracking success

 Curricula check sheets  Transcripts

 Co-Curricular Activities

 Often there is no single, clear guiding University resource guiding

non-curricular areas

 Very few tools available for tracking success  No clear guidelines for success

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A Model for Schools to Effectively Lead Students to Success Through Tracking of Student Activities

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Determine activities important to students’ successful transitions

2.

Communicate these activities to students

3.

Provide a process for capturing student activities

4.

Motivate students to accurately and consistently archive and track these activities

5.

Assess student progress & the effectiveness of the process

6.

Provide interim direction and guidance to students

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Student180 / eResume180 : Documenting Student Activities and Assessing Progress

 Web based application that provides a tool and a

systematic process for capturing student co-curricular activities

 The school sees Student180, an application to help

them configure a process for capturing and reporting on student activities

 Students see eResume180, a full resume and portfolio

building software

 Collection and reporting processes, and the data, are

shared between the two applications.

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A Model for Schools to Effectively Lead Students to Success Through Tracking of Student Activities

1.

Determine activities important to students’ successful transitions

2.

Communicate these activities to students

3.

Provide a process for capturing student activities

4.

Motivate students to accurately and consistently archive and track these activities

5.

Assess student progress & the effectiveness of the process

6.

Provide interim direction and guidance to students

( Bolded Items are those that the Student180 / eResume180 facilitates )

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Student180 – The School’s Activity Tracking Tool

 Communicates desired development areas for

student success

 Assesses student progress and allows academic

and career advisors to provide guidance

 Generates co-curricular transcripts  Provides a tool for student guidance and

retention

 Fosters academic and career success  Conveys to students and parents the school’s

interest in student success and career

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eResume180 – The Students’ Side of the Tool

 A full featured online resume software that students can see the

immediate value of for their transition from academia to a career.

 Students input activities as they would in a resume and portfolio  Students tag activities according to school-prescribed areas of

development

 Beyond a resume it also:

 Creates an ePortfolio,  Creates a Co-Curricular Transcript,  Allows for validation of activities and portfolio items,  Generates self-assessment reports to measure personal growth based

upon university defined criteria

 Provides a job application tracking component

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Motivation - Focusing on the goal of a career derived their college experience

 Start students their first year with activity collection

that builds a resume

 Students are aware from the start of their college

experience of:

 The need to build professional skills, attitudes and

activities

 The value of participating in, and documenting their

activities both in and out of the classroom

 The value of a well structured and complete resume

 Students are more prepared for applications for

co-ops, internships and other work experiences

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eResume180 - An Alumni Tracking Tool

 Students can continue to use eResume180 as

a professional resume tool after graduation

 Alumni can elect to report their career data

collected in the software to their Alma Mater

 Schools would have access to their former

students’ career data and contact information from their resume.

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Demonstration of Student180 Features

 Tagging of activities based upon school-prescribed

criteria

 Separation of data and resumes  Input of activities  Resume building  Reports

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