The Career Ready portfolio: From rhetoric to reality

1. The Career Ready portfolio: From rhetoric to reality Terry Young, Senior Educational Designer

2. Context Employability a strategic driver Institutional plan Better Employability outcomes for La Trobe students Build confidence Career Ready Advantage program implemented Photo by Ryoji Iwata on Unsplash

4. Career Ready Advantage Award Students apply for one of three levels of the Award. Learn activities are curated online courses from Lynda.com, TED talks, podcasts and other open-access sources. Do activities are learning experiences that develop skills and may include activities in the curriculum, or those completed outside formal study, such as volunteering and paid employment. Career Management activities are earned through attendance at career development events and workshops, career consultations, and through completion of careers and employability learning in the curriculum. Career Ready Portfolios demonstrate students’ development of skills and attributes through provision of reflections on learning and evidence of activities. Portfolios can be assessed within the curriculum.

5. Curriculum Learning Co-curricular experiences The Challenge This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-SA

6. The Challenge • How can any subject engage with Career Ready and the personal learning journey of students? • How can teaching staff engage in a simple way • How can students journey be directed through one system

7. Portfolio Thinking Model

8. Implementation

9. Collection of evidence • Career Ready activities • Self directed learning/ Volunteering/ Part time Employment/ Career development • Key skills for employability developed across many subjects in a course Photo by rawpixel on Unsplash Photo by Campaign Creators on Unsplash

10. Select and Reflect Workshops • Workshops on Personal/ Graduate and Professional Identity. • Midpoint Subjects reviewing discipline specific identity, reflect on learning progress

11. Present – Career Ready Portfolio • Create a digital portfolio to represent your professional identity, philosophy and evidence your experience and skills

12. Implementation Personal Evidence Library Career Ready Award Application

13. Two mechanisms Personal Evidence Library A simple method to collect and reflect A ongoing collection of evidence of learning and reflection From curriculum From co-curricular activities Career ReadyAdvantage Application Apply for Graduate Position LinkedIn profile Selection criteria Interview video Apply for Awards

14. Career Ready Evidence Library

15. Collect- Employability evidence in the Curriculum

16. Collect Reflections and evidence from Curriculum

17. Collect from Career Ready Activities

18. Career Ready Portfolio Evidence Library

19. Career Ready Advantage Application

20. Recognition of activities

21. Preparation for job applications

22. Two mechanisms Personal Evidence Library A simple method to collect and reflect from many subjects A collection of evidence of learning and reflection Address Professional Standards Use to support your professional identity development activities Career Ready Advantage Application Apply for Graduate Position LinkedIn profile Selection criteria Interview video Apply for Awards

23. Implementation Evidence Library Career Ready Award Application LinkedIn

24. What is the result for a student?#Confidence About Me Selection Criteria Resume Portfolio Interview Preparation LinkedIn

25. Does it work? • Early days • Feedback from Careers Team • Adoption • Feedback from academic staff

26. Reflections • What/So What/Now What • Sound in theory and practical design • Invest in building confidence with key stakeholders • Design discipline specific models • Encourage ownership • Be patient

27. Thank you