Presented at the 14 th National Conference on Students in Transition by Scott Wymer

1. 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.

2. 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

3. Activities that Matter to Employers • Communications Skills • Teamwork • Analytical Skills • Innovativeness • Computer Skills • Leadership Skills *Taken from NACE, “Job Choices 2007” Survey

4. 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

5. A Model for Schools to Effectively Lead Students to Success Through Tracking of Student Activities • Determine activities important to students’ successful transitions • Communicate these activities to students • Provide a process for capturing student activities • Motivate students to accurately and consistently archive and track these activities • Assess student progress & the effectiveness of the process • Provide interim direction and guidance to students

6. 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.

7. A Model for Schools to Effectively Lead Students to Success Through Tracking of Student Activities • Determine activities important to students’ successful transitions • Communicate these activities to students • Provide a process for capturing student activities • Motivate students to accurately and consistently archive and track these activities • Assess student progress & the effectiveness of the process • Provide interim direction and guidance to students ( Bolded Items are those that the Student180 / eResume180 facilitates )

8. 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 opportunities

9. 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

10. 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

11. eResume180 - An Alumni Tracking Tool • Students can continue to use eResume180as 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.

12. 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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