Welcome! Co-op Faculty Coordinator Mechanical and Industrial Engineering College of Engineering Karen Kelley Faculty Co-op Coordinator Northeastern University

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Welcome!Co-op Faculty CoordinatorMechanical and
Industrial EngineeringCollege of
EngineeringKaren KelleyFaculty Co-op
Coordinator Northeastern University
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Continuous Reflection Practices Enhancing
Career Development from Sophomore to Senior
YearMechanical, Industrial Mechanical
Engineering Technology Programs
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Northeastern Co-op Overview

• 3000 Students per Semester
• 1800 Employers
• 55 Co-op Faculty Coordinators, Aligned by Majors
• All Majors Participate
• Program is Over 100 Years Old

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The Cooperative Education Learning Model

• Preparation
• Activity
• Reflection

Integrating Cooperative Education and Academics
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Academic and Co-op Schedule

• Length of semesters The academic calendar for
  full-time undergraduate and most graduate
  programs consists of 15-week semesters in the
  fall and spring and two 7 1/2-week half-sessions
  in the summer.Semester calendar Fall semester
  runs from early September to mid-December spring
  semester runs from early January to late April
  summer sessions run from early May to mid-June
  and early July to mid-August

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Stages of Continuous Reflectionat Northeastern

• Students Complete Three 6 Month Co-ops during the
  
• 5-Year Bachelor of Science Program
• Sophomore Preparation Intro to Co-op Course
• Sophomore/Middler After First Co-op
  Reflection Seminar
• Middler/Junior After Second Co-op Reflection
  Seminar
• Junior/Senior After Third Co-op Professional
  Isssues Course

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1. Sophomore Preparation

• Learning Objectives- Introduction to Co-op
• Communicate interests, skills, needs and future
  plans to their Co-op Coordinator
• Understand the value of their previous work
  experiences and transferable skills
• Assist students to conduct self evaluation of
  their past work behaviors and develop an
  understanding of how they may improve
• Summarize skills and verbally communicate to
  students mock employers/future employers
• Identify and describe their skills and work
  values and how they relate to their career choices

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1. Sophomore Preparation

• Implementation
• Create a resume by reflecting on previous
  experiences
• Discover and summarize skills values using
  inventories
• Listen to upper-class presentations in
  Professional Issues course
• Write career goals
• Evaluate feedback from upper-class students
  through mock interviews
• Create Professional References
• Develop Mentee/networking relationship with
  upper-class Professional Issues students

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Sophomore After First Co-op

• Learning Objectives
• Allow students to develop skills necessary to
  evaluate professional skills and accomplishments
• Help students assess and summarize their previous
  work experience
• Develop a broader understanding of their chosen
  field
• Advance communication/presentation skills
• Compare and critique their work performance and
  career interests with that of their peers
• Assist students to develop a realization of their
  own career potential

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2. Sophomore After First Co-op

• Implementation
• Students required to present at Reflection
  Seminars to peers
• Summarize their organization and where they fit
• Describe their chief accomplishments/responsibilit
  ies at work
• Utilize the self assessment form to verbally
  summarize improved skills with specific examples
• Begin developing a professional resume

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3. Middler/Junior After Second Co-op

• Learning Objectives - Professional Issues
  Course
• Reflect on work and academic experiences as a
  whole
• Lead students to make connections between their
  past work experiences, academics, interests to
  arrive at conclusions regarding their future
• Develop an understanding of their skills, talents
  and value they bring to a job
• Develop ability to summarize experiences, both
  verbal and written
• Recognize career growth and progress
• Develop mentoring skills and mentoring
  relationships
• Further develop their job search skills

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3. Middler/Junior After Second Co-op

• Implementation - Professional Issues Course
• Present previous co-op experience to sophomore
  Intro to Co-op classes
• Prepare for and deliver Elevator Speech to
  potential employer
• Create a well written professional summary of
  previous work experience
• Conduct a targeted a job search by researching
  evaluating potential dream job descriptions and
  judge qualifications
• Revise and improve professional resume to include
  a written professional summary, customized to
  their dream job
• Compose a convincing cover letter applying to
  their dream job
• Verbally present a professional summary based
  on their dream job

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3. Middler/Junior After Second Co-op

• Implementation, cont.
• Conduct a mock interviews of sophomores ( Intro
  to Co-op ) students
• Reflect on personal interviewing experience
• Reflect on personal work experience to describe
  to candidate
• Develop a list of criteria or skills most
  important for success at your firm (utilize
  self-evaluation and the skills highlighted in
  Reflection Presentation)
• Identify with current sophomores and recognize
  career growth and individual achievements through
  co-op
• Mentoring relationships developed as a result of
  mock interviews

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Junior/Senior After Third Co-op(Seeking
Full-time Employment)

• Learning Objectives
• Apply job search skills learned in class
• Continue to use reflection practices as part of
  their
• professional/career development
• Encourage independence
• Implementation
• Utilize skills developed in Professional Issues
  class
• Transition to Career Services
• Independent job search/networking

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Continuous Reflection
Moving In, Moving Through,
and Moving On