Using a Personality Profile Assessment Tool for Student Success

1. Using a Personality Profile Assessment Tool for Student Success THURSDAY, JULY 30 Kelly Wuest and Jason Cifra College of Southern Nevada

2. Agenda • Introductions. • Career Exploration and Counseling needs at CSN. • Identifying the Right Tool and Why TypeFocus Worked for us. • Find Your Career @ CSN program. • Screenshots of TypeFocus features. • Benefits of having an Assessment tool. • Observations • Q&A.

3. Career Exploration and Counseling needs at CSN. • Lack of comprehensive and accessible tool for the majority of our students. • Need for collaboration between Career Services and Counseling Department in assisting students with Career Development. • Lack of ability to track students who have needs, but may not have followed through with services. • Need for statistics and tracking of provided services.

4. Identifying the Right Program. • Identified different types of programs. • Used students and staff to evaluate each program during demonstrations. • Evaluated the cost, access, and features of each program. • Identified the final program >>>Typefocus. • Work with vendor for training and customization.

5. TypeFocus Personality Type Assessment  Self-awareness, Setting Goals, Career Cluster, and Success at Work Success Factors Questionnaire  Academic Success Employability Skills  Improve employability skills (Resume, Interviews, and Communication). Administration Interface Features: • Customize options: Graphics, Immediate Reports • Program evaluation; add a variable; announcements. • Sort/Select/Communicate Hosted/Web Based. Unlimited Access to students and staff. Total cost was $2300 for three years. ($700 Discount + $1000 Perkin’s Grant + $600 Per Dept.)

6. Find Your Career @ CSN Student Success!

7. Quick View

8. Personality Profile

9. Success Factor Questionnaire

10. Admin Features

11. Sample Report Sections

13. Career Cluster

14. Benefits • Tool to facilitate identification of careers for CTE students and adult learners. • Students learn about themselves, their preferences, skills, and values. The result either provides new options or validate selected career paths. • Having a shared tool provides Students, Counselors, Advisors, and Career Specialists a common focus in working together. • Good introduction to assessment. Students have options on how much they complete depending on their needs. • Development of a more comprehensive service and defined roles and responsibilities. • Identifying and communicating with students who may have retention needs. • Free!!!

15. Observations

19. Questions??? Thank you very much! Contact Info: kelly.wuest@csn.edu jason.cifra@csn.edu