Available August 25 – August 31, 2025
Note: Contact the Teaching and Learning Center to view this week’s session and receive password, send email to tlc@uthsc.edu
Link to presentation: https://mondaymorningmentors.com
In this Magna 20-Minute Mentor, Russell Carpenter, Assistant Provost and Professor of English, Eastern Kentucky University, explores how faculty can effectively teach essential employability skills—such as communication, teamwork, problem-solving, and critical thinking—within the constraints of the existing curriculum.
This 20-Minute Mentor program explores how faculty can effectively teach essential employability skills within the constraints of the existing curriculum. Designed for faculty and instructors teaching in any modality, this program identifies three common challenges to incorporating employability skills and presents evidence-supported strategies to address them. Viewers will learn how to create intentional learning experiences that foster the development of essential workplace skills, such as using real-world projects, mapping skill development across the curriculum, and promoting reflective learning.
LEARNING GOALS
After viewing this Magna 20-Minute Mentor, participants will be able to:
- Identify common challenges to teaching and integrating essential employability skills in college courses
- Describe key employability skills that are transferable across workplace contexts
- Apply evidence-supported strategies to teach employability skills within existing curriculum constraints
- Design learning activities that align with real-world scenarios and promote essential skill development
- Evaluate opportunities for reflection and engagement that support the transfer of employability skills beyond the classroom
TOPICS COVERED
- Identifying and defining essential employability skills
- Challenges to integrating employability skills in the curriculum
- Evidence-supported strategies for teaching employability skills
- Curriculum mapping and alignment with workforce needs
- Student engagement and reflective practices