Redeﬁning Career Readiness · 2020-06-01 · Introduction. Education is the most powerful weapon...

Redefining Career Readiness

Table of Content

1. Introduction

2. Upkey’s Offering

3. Expected Learning Outcome

4. Instructions

5. Check List

6. Contact Upkey

To learn more visitUpkey.com

Introduction

Education is the most powerfulweapon in the worldNELSON MANDELA

Hello Teachers:

We are grateful and mindful of your hard work and happy to offer you our services and be a part of your life-changing mission to educate and prepare our youth; each member of the Upkey recognizes the life altering changes that teachers have made for us.

At Upkey we believe that knowledge and access to opportunity should be democratized and available to all. Our goal is to bring crucial professional skills and learning to your students in an engaging and fun way.

Our online modules empower students to become more focused on connecting their learning and what inspires them to their career and to gain a much better starting point as they go through high school and beyond.

Let’s help all our students Move Up!

What we do best?We have developed a unique way to convert boring and stressful content into enjoyable and fun experiences that can engage and better prepare your students for the real world.

Build their first resume and learn powerful tips on its real world application.

1.Learn about short and long term goals and put together a plan.

2.Learn how to share their story / elevator pitch and consequently become more confident.

3.

Upkey’s Offering

What will your students learnfrom the Upkey tracks?

Upkey’s content, platform and accompanying lessons are designed and organized for students to work autonomously to complete activities which foc on agency, self-advocacy, goals-setting and planning as well as understanding one’s narrative and confidence and to share these confidently.

The Upkey platform supports the “ive development stages included in Savitz-Romer and Bouffard’s book, “Ready, Willing and Able: A Development Approach to College Access and Success” (RWA) including Envisioning, Believing, Aiming, Organizing and Connecting.

Pre-Collegiate Sam Introducing Gina

● Developing personal statements and understanding skills

● Considering and evaluating strengths● Setting (and scheduling) goals and resolutions● Gathering feedback from others for

improvement● Creating professional documents such as

Vision Board and Resumes

● Developing your story and narrative● Gathering feedback from others for

improvement● Conducting "conversations of inquiry"● Gathering feedback from others for

improvement● Exploring entrepreneurial ideas● Practicing your "elevator pitch"

Middle Grades StudentDevelopment Objectives

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Upkey's content, platform and mission seeks to support each of the identified areas within the defined Middle Grades Student Development Objects; areas of support are designated by a ( ) sign.

During 7th Grade

● Explore their identity (+)

● Articulate identify conflicts

● Envision a positive future (+)

● Explore their habits (+)

● Create or change a habit (+)

● Record their progress (+)

● Explore their strengths (+)

● Effectively ask for help (+)

● Understand a growth mindset (+)

● Explore identity conflicts

● Articulate personal strengths (+)

● Identify sources of motivation (+)

● Explore career interests (+)

● Develop an educational plan for at

least one career interest (+)

● Compare possible financial futures (+)

● Demonstrate a growth mindset (+)

● Explore learning styles

● Map a support network (+)

During 8th Grade

Upkey’s Modules

Pre-Collegiate SamBuilding your first resume

● Developing your story and narrative● Considering and evaluating strengths● Gathering feedback from others for

improvement● Setting (and scheduling) goals and resolutions

GinaPracticing your "elevator pitch"

● Conducting "conversations of inquiry"● Creating a reputation● Sketching out your career development team

Upkey Tracks:Introducing Sam

Sam is the world’s best digital resume builder, and promotes a growth mindset, social and emotional learning.Sam’s track takes pre-collegiate students ~30-40 minutes to complete.

In addition to teaching students important lessons on professional development, the track will also provide each student with a customized resume as well as a vision board of student’s short- term and long-term goals.

To learn more visitUpkey.com/meet-sam

Upkey and SocialEmotional Learning

~ Curriculum Scope: High School● “Learning to learn skills”

● “Personal management, self-esteem, goal-setting, self-motivation”

● “Beginning to focus on the future”

● “Planning a career and preparing for an adult role”

● “Personal career development/goals - pride in work accomplished” (emotion, cognition, integration, behavior)


● “Responsibility, commitment, knowledge, growth, work/work place, intelligence, ideas, inventions, identity, self-awareness” (key concepts)

● “Effective behavior in peer groups, peer leadership/responsible membership, using request and refusal skills” (peer/social)

Promoting Social and Emotional Learning, Guidelines for Educators (1997)


~ Curriculum Support: Middle School● Becoming more “self-aware and self-critical” (emotion)

● “Setting realistic short-term goals” (cognition)

● “Initiating own activities” (behavior)

● “Developing skills for … identifying feelings, goals and carrying out request and refusal skills” (integration)

● “Industriousness, continuity and competence” (key concepts)

● “Developing peer leadership skills” (peers/social)



~ Curriculum Scope: High School● “Learning about stages in adults’ … lives” (family)

● “Can learn planning and management skills to complete school requirements” (reasonable expectations)

● “Group/academic extracurricular memberships (appropriate environment)

● “Apprenticeship/training for leadership roles” (community)

Promoting Social and Emotional Learning, Guidelines for Educators (1997)


Upkey Tracks:Introducing Gina

Gina is your pitch coach and is here to help you put together a confident and concise elevator pitch.Gina’s track takes 20-25 minutes to complete.

Gina teaches students important lessons on how to craft and share a concise elevator pitch. Gina’s module also includes an elevator pitch practice dashboard to help students record and receive feedback on their work.

To learn more visitUpkey.com/meet-gina

With Gina you can practice important skills that employers seek including: Effective communication (69%), Listening (74%), Attention to detail (70%).

Upkey and Gina help students learn, document and demonstrate the skills that employers seek:


● Developing your story and narrative

● Gathering feedback from others for improvement

● Conducting "conversations of inquiry"

● Gathering feedback from others for improvement

● Exploring entrepreneurial ideas

● Practicing your "elevator pitch"

Source: The Balance, October 11, 2019

Gina helps students demonstrate who they are, confident in their own voice and empowered to demonstrate their grit and strong work ethic.

You need to be committed to your job responsibilities and understand that doing your job is more than just a means to a paycheck -- after all, a company stands for something beyond business and so should you. And that’s why 68.4% of hiring managers want to see new hires demonstrate a strong work ethic. Show up on time, be engaged, and act with integrity.


Daniel Bortz, Monster contributor

ExpectedLearning Outcome

Upkey supports 21st century skills

Learning Skills Life SkillsLiteracy Skills● Critical Thinking● Creativity● Communication

● Information Literacy● Media Literacy● Technology Literacy

● Flexibility● Leadership● Initiative● Productivity● Social Skills

Source: Applied Educational Systems

Upkey supports PaCE Postsecondaryand Career Expectations

A student should be supported to:

*Highlighted areas of support of Illinois PaCE Postsecondary and Career Expectations[ISAC, ISBE, ICCB, IBHE]

By the end of 8th Grade

● Complete a career cluster survey *


● Know the importance of community service and extracurricular activities to PS and career plans*

● Revisit career cluster interest survey and take a career interest survey*


● Visit at least one workplace aligned with career interests*

● Identify 2-3 adults to support the student through the PS and career selection process*

Upkey supports PaCE Postsecondaryand Career Expectations

A student should be supported to:

*Highlighted areas of support of Illinois PaCE Postsecondary and Career Expectations[ISAC, ISBE, ICCB, IBHE]


● Participate in a mock interview

● Create a resume and personal statement

● Identify an internship opportunity related to CP

● Know career attributes related to career interests


● Obtain an internship opportunity related to the CP

● If applicable, receive industry-based certification(s) related to the CP

Upkey supports theBIG6 Experiences

GPI finds ‘Big Six’ experiences linked to on-time graduation

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Gallup-Purdue released findings on Wednesday (April 8) showing that six factors directly correlate with graduating on time – and, more likely, on budget.

Calling them the “Big Six,” these experiences significantly increase the odds of college students graduating in four years and feeling that their alma mater prepared them well for life after college. However, only 3 percent of students report having all of these six experiences.

The inaugural Gallup-Purdue Index found that it is not where you go to college but how you experience it that matters most. This new analysis also shows that these “Big Six” experiences directly correlate to

a student’s ability to graduate in four years, which can significantly reduce the cost of college:

● Having at least one professor who made them excited about learning

● Feeling professors cared about them as a person

● Having a mentor who encouraged them to pursue goals and dreams

● Working on a project that took a semester or more to complete

● Having an internship or job that allowed them to apply what they were learning in the classroom

● Being extremely active in extracurricular activities and organizations during college

“Once again, we are reminded that it’s not where you go to college but how you go to college,” said Purdue President Mitch Daniels.

Suggestion: In our workshops with teachers, we recommend introducing these Big6 ideas within the context of middle-school and high school learning as a framework for thinking about current and future learning. How do we empower students to self-direct and design their educational plan forward?

Instructions

How to get started?

From a desktop or a laptop, and by using a prefered browser (Chrome, Mozilla, FireFox, etc.) go to www.upkey.com and click START.

1.Complete the simple sign up page.

2.Chose one of the modules offered:● SAM (Blue character) is focused on

Resume + Goals● GINA (Red character) is focused on

elevator pitch and becoming more confident

3.

P.S. Upkey is 100% FREE

Upkey is interactive and customized

Sam & Gina are not your cookie cutter templates.

In fact, they are personalized and customized based on student’s individual experiences.

Sam & Gina will play games with you, talk you through what you need to know and help you build a top notch resume, vision board, and elevator pitch that you can be proud of.

Example of Sam’s & Gina’s output after only30-40 minutes

Best practices: How others benefitfrom Upkey’s modules?

We find that one of the best ways to engage and prepare students is to assign one or two of the modules as a home-work assignment and faciliatte a follow-up discussion in class once the assignment is complete.

Require students to complete Sam / Gina modules at home and bring back their results to the next class.

(Example: resume, questions, a summary of what they learned).

Step 1During class, facilitate a discussion around student’s learnings from the modules. Questions such as: What did you learn? Why are resumes important? How can you write a strong bullet point? What’s the difference between short and long term goals?

Please note: Students can also complete the modules during a class if computers and headphones are available.

Step 2Ask students to use the feedback functionality to send a live version of their resume or video pitch before coming to class.

Suggestion: We encourage students to share this learning experience with family members, mentors, and other household members, as appropriate to gather collective wisdom and support.

Step 3 (Optional)

Check List

Quick check-list1. Students should be assigned one of the Upkey’s modules (Pre-collegiate Sam is a good start)

2. Students should be encouraged to spend 30-40 minutes completing the modules

3. As part of the assignment, students should be encouraged to print and bring in their Upkey Resume, Upkey Vision board, summary of what they learned. Using the Upkey feedback tool, students are also able to share their output with instructors prior to coming to class.

4. Instructor should facilitate a group discussion by encouraging students to share their learning about the modules. Some of the following questions can be utilized to start the class conversation:

a. What is the goal of having a resume

b. What’s the difference between short and long term goals

c. How can you write a strong bullet point on your resume?

d. Why is it important to demonstrate both technical and non-technical skills?

5. The goal of this conversation with the students is to continue their learning and engagement

6. This is a quiet and independent assignment. Students should work alone on this assignment. However, a post assignment discussion can be done in a group format.

The goal of ALL Upkey modules is to better prepare your students for the real world

Contact Upkey

The Upkey Team is always available to pitch in

Educating students is both our passion and commitment. Feel free to reach out to us any time any day. We are always here to help.

Email: [email protected]

To learn more visitUpkey.com

Contact us to have an Upkey staff member work with your school or classroom to jointly host an Upkey Career Development Workshop.

Get in touch with our Founder & CEO:

[email protected]

https://www.linkedin.com/in/amir-badr/

630-201-2647

https://www.linkedin.com/in/amir-badr/

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