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BRAVEN ACCELERATOR – FALL 2019 HLLC SPECIAL TOPICS II: BRAVEN ACCELERATOR COURSE AND CONTACT INFORMATION INSTRUCTORS: Marta Esquilin, Alina Yang EMAIL: Direct all inquiries to Lissete Estrada at... lissete@bebraven.org OFFICE HOURS: Tuesday: 5:00-6:00pm, Wednesday: 5:00-6:00pm SECTION DAYS/TIME: Tuesday: 6:00-8:00pm, Wednesday: 6:00-8:00pm CLASSROOM: Conklin Hall (review weekly email for location changes) COURSE DESCRIPTION This is a foundational course, designed to begin preparing students for the increasingly competitive, globalized job marketplace. It is aimed at students in their sophomore year, junior year, or first year of transfer to Rutgers-Newark who have a hunger to attain a strong post-grad opportunity, though students of all levels and majors can participate. Through online and peer learning, interactive experiences, and reflection, students will build meaningful networks, discover their innate leadership, and cultivate the “hard” and “soft” skills and habits of mind needed to thrive in twenty-first century workplaces and make a positive impact through their careers upon graduation. This course will require your commitment. Nothing good comes easy but this course will be equally rewarding as it is challenging. What you get from this course will depend on what you give, and you need to want to give to this course to get the most out of it.PAGE 2 OF 13 COURSE FORMAT This 3-unit course includes a lecture and activity section. The weekly 2-hour activity sections will include discussions and professional development simulations to practice and develop skills. LECTURE SECTION INCLUDES: • Weekly 90-120 minute online modules – To build your knowledge and skill • One in-person event at Rutgers-Newark or an employer site: o Storytelling as Leadership Workshop on Saturday, September 21 (9:30am-4pm) • Four projects (2-3 hours of work per week) – To practice skills, assess proficiency, and develop work products that you can incorporate into your career portfolio ACTIVITY SECTION INCLUDES: • Weekly in-person sections (also called Learning Labs) – To meet with your cohort and build skill through a combination of discussion, coaching, and feedback, and application toward real-life challenges or simulations. Sections will meet weekly on Tuesday or Wednesday evenings between 6:00-8:00pm on campus. Students and coaches will sign-up for the best section considering their availability. • Two 1:1 conversations with your Leadership Coach – The primary focus will be feedback and editing support on your resume, but additionally, you will discuss and reflect on progress toward your long-term goals. The first 1:1 will occur during the first half of the semester and the second will occur during the second half of the semester. • One group Capstone Challenge (3-4 hours of work per week) – To work as a team and build skill in complex problem-solving. Your cohort will work together to solve a problem for a local company and propose an innovative solution. This project culminates in a group presentation judged by the company’s employees. LEARNING OUTCOMES AND GOALS COURSE GOALS Braven has developed the following equation below for a career-ready college graduate, and thus the course goals are aligned to this equation. By the end of the course, students should be able to: 1. Know and practice the skills and mindsets that ‘potential’ employers hire for 2. Possess the confidence and professional skills to navigate the workplace 3. Build a record of achievement and apply skills to land a career-accelerating opportunity, thus gaining the experience needed to be workforce-ready 4. Expand personal and professional networksPAGE 3 OF 13 COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES AND PRIORITY SKILLS The following five course learning outcomes make up Braven’s Priority Skills and reflect the competency areas that define the “potential” employers hire for. These are the discrete skills that Braven prioritizes throughout the course:PAGE 4 OF 13 ABOUT BRAVEN Our belief is that our next generation of leaders will emerge from everywhere. Braven seeks to empower promising young people on the path to college graduation, meaningful careers, and lives of impact. From Braven will come a generation of leaders as diverse as our future demands. We are passionate about: • Discovering young people who have the focus, drive, and talent to succeed, • Developing their authentic leadership, personal narrative, and professional skills, such as project management, advocacy, and teamwork, and • Connecting these promising future leaders to networks of advocates and professional experiences that will help them excel personally and professionally. Alongside educational institutions and extraordinary young professional volunteers, we aim to equip and empower our participants with the skills, resources, and networks they need to expand their opportunities to lead to their fullest potential as they prepare to enter the workforce of the 21st century. Braven is a two-part experience: the career and leadership Accelerator course followed by the Post-Accelerator experience that lasts through college graduation. Once Fellows have completed the Accelerator, they will have access to resources in the Portal, peer and professional networking events, skill-building opportunities, and professional mentorship. THE BRAVEN PORTAL Course materials such as the syllabus, handouts, notes, projects, instructions, and readings, etc., can be found on the Braven Portal, an online course website. The Accelerator will simulate a workplace feel and you will use communication tools that will prepare you for the workplace. Access to a computer or tablet is critical for this course. You are responsible for regularly checking messages received through the Braven Portal, as well as your personal e-mail that you use – you will receive an e-mail from the Braven team each week with pertinent information for success in the course. Be sure that you have all messages from the Braven Portal forwarded to whichever e-mail account you commonly use. REQUIRED TEXTS/READING [Show More]

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