{"id":9550,"date":"2021-06-23T12:36:06","date_gmt":"2021-06-23T16:36:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.virginiawestern.edu\/grants\/?p=9550"},"modified":"2025-07-16T12:02:05","modified_gmt":"2025-07-16T16:02:05","slug":"would-building-career-communities-change-how-we-see-ourselves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.virginiawestern.edu\/grants\/2021\/06\/would-building-career-communities-change-how-we-see-ourselves\/","title":{"rendered":"Would cultivating &#8216;career communities&#8217; change how we see ourselves?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I&#8217;ve long joked that we could connect current, past, and prospective students through bowling nights organized by college focus area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The idea was sparked as I was analogizing <strong>Guided Pathways<\/strong> with <strong>bumper bowling<\/strong>, which blocks the gutters and provides an almost effortless path to higher scores.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I was reminded of my bowling night idea as I was reading a June 2021 report from the Community College Research Center (CCRC), entitled, <strong>&#8220;How Ohio Community Colleges Are Using Guided Pathways to Personalize Student Support.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"350\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/www.virginiawestern.edu\/grants\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/06\/careercommunities.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9552\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.virginiawestern.edu\/grants\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/06\/careercommunities.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.virginiawestern.edu\/grants\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/06\/careercommunities-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.virginiawestern.edu\/grants\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/06\/careercommunities-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Image from West Chester University&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wcupa.edu\/_services\/careerDevelopment\/default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Career Development Center<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>For me, the top takeaway was the concept of creating <strong>&#8220;career communities.&#8221; <\/strong>This is the term Washington State Community College uses instead of &#8220;meta-majors.&#8221; Virginia Western calls them <a href=\"https:\/\/www.virginiawestern.edu\/academics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&#8220;focus areas.&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What I love about this wording is that I can see relationship-driven support for students at almost every stage: From middle schoolers attending camps themed by &#8220;career community,&#8221; to my wacky bowling nights designed to connect alumni, employers, and prospective students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The report focuses on how these Ohio community colleges organize their orientations, onboarding, advising, and first-year experience courses (like our SDV) around meta-majors and &#8220;career communities.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The report also seems to focus more on traditional-age students coming in through the high schools, but this just leads me to ask more questions:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>If we treated our focus areas more as communities, how would that change our approach?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Could it help bust silos and better integrate academic and workforce programs, much like G3 is trying to do with stackable credentials?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Would it help involve employers and alumni in a more focused way?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Would it better align our outreach and events  &#8212; 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before, during, and after their time at Virginia Western.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.virginiawestern.edu\/grants\/2021\/06\/5-big-takeaways-from-the-new-vccs-strategic-plan-and-why-its-important\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">new Opportunity 2027 strategic plan from the VCCS<\/a> (as well as our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.virginiawestern.edu\/getreal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Get REAL initiative<\/a>) have divided up our goals into three distinctive areas, which feel very linear:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>College Access<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Academic Success<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Economic Success<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Would organizing efforts around &#8220;career communities&#8221; help better integrate those three areas and help us understand our role as more holistic and cyclical &#8230; <strong>to see ourselves as a powerful community connector around meaningful work?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Free professional learning opportunities<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">This week<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-a502371d-40a8-4067-a039-b45bf14e4cdd\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/forum.futureofeducation.us\/upcoming-forum-sessions\/\">The Future Trends Forum:<\/a>&nbsp;<\/strong>Discussions about the future of education and technology with writer\/futurist Bryan Alexander.&nbsp;<strong>Thursday, June 24:&nbsp;<\/strong><em>How can we revolutionize higher education? How can we improve students&#8217; learning experiences?&nbsp;<\/em>with Christina Katopodis, Executive Director at Transformative Learning in the Humanities at the City University of New York, and Cathy N. Davidson, professor at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York (CUNY).&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/forum.futureofeducation.us\/upcoming-forum-sessions\/\">More upcoming programs<\/a>. Video recordings available&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLlcx8yl6hlPC3QjlbIHzxGqCP3qRa0zcg\">on YouTube<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Next week<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-280abbd2-8709-49e1-8a5f-15fcca2c4553\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/go2knowledge.org\/vccs\">Go2Knowledge:<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;I recently learned all VCCS faculty and staff have free, unlimited access to live webinars and on-demand training provided by Go2Knowledge. There&#8217;s a wide variety of topics for all roles at the college. 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