CALS Designing Career Success
This digital badge is designed to provide a basic understanding of career-readiness competencies and goal-setting skills during college. The “Designing Career Success” digital badge is self-paced and offered by the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Iowa State University as part of a larger Innovation and Leadership pathway program intended for college students to develop career readiness and life-long skills and competencies for success.
Skills / Knowledge
- Goal Setting
- Career Readiness
- Self-Development
- Self-Assessment
- Skill Development
- Professional Development
- Planning
Earning Criteria
Required
Participants complete the Pathway Planner by receiving 15-30 minutes of consultation from peer leaders, academic advisors, or faculty or staff mentors. Using the Pathway Planner, students map out or reflect on learning experiences for at least two academic years that align with their career and self-development goals. By doing so, students reflect on and identify specific skills and competencies that supplement their plan.
Learning Outcomes:
Develop a roadmap for career and life success
Identify learning opportunities that align with career and self-development goals
Identify skills and competencies that supplement the career and self-development plan
Assessment:
Participants earning the digital badge must successfully complete 15-30 minutes of consultation with peer leaders, academic advisors, or faculty and staff mentors, plan at least two academic years on the Pathway Planner, and demonstrate an understanding of the following:
Show awareness of the importance of skill development
Identify learning experiences and areas for professional development
All completed and submitted Pathway Planner are assessed utilizing the CALS Pathways Designing Career Success Badge Rubric developed by using the 8 NACE Career Ready Competency Standards career and self-development rubric. Participants must display an “understanding” level of proficiency and earn at least 80 percentile points. The rubric covers four levels of proficiency: emerging knowledge, understanding, early application, and advanced application.