Class #11 (10-29-12)

EDCO 500 F 12EDCO 500 F 12

Rich FellerRich FellerSchool of EducationSchool of EducationColorado State UniversityColorado State Universityfeller@cahs.colostate.edufeller@cahs.colostate.edu

Homework Read The Principles of Strengths-Based Read The Principles of Strengths-Based

Education on course websiteEducation on course website Write your Personal Statement of StrengthWrite your Personal Statement of Strength

Review at your tables

How many Abilities exist within the Ability How many Abilities exist within the Ability Explorer…and what Explorer…and what 2 ways do you 2 ways do you develop Abilitiesdevelop Abilities??

Sample

Develop through Activities p. 10 and Courses p. 12

Strengths in Search of Personal Excellence

Your reaction to the book?

Strengths Finder With your signature theme results from 2.0 book With your signature theme results from 2.0 book Write your Write your top 5 top 5 on your on your new name tagnew name tag

Individually Write your Personal Statement of Strength for homework

Behavioral Interviewing

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Behavioral Interviewing

Ultimate Job Search Kit

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I Feel Strong I Feel Weak

Myths Realities

1. As you grow, your personality changes.

1. As you grow, you become more of who you already are.

2. You will grow the most in your areas of greatest weakness

2. grow the most in your areas of greatest greatest strengthstrength

3. A good team member does whatever it takes to help the team

3. A good team member deliberately volunteers her strengths to the team most of the time

Marcus Buckingham…one tape

*His weakness is “confrontation”“find out what you don’t like doing and stop doing it”“are you making the most of the Strengths you have?”Are you one of the 2 of 10?

Run Trombone DVD

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Identify Strengths

At your tables

Come up with 12 things that would be Come up with 12 things that would be observable which would let youobservable which would let you

““Tap into your most productive motivations Tap into your most productive motivations at work”at work”

Can be called the new unwritten social Can be called the new unwritten social contract between employees and employercontract between employees and employer

Gold

HomeworkComplete StrengthsFinder and bring Complete StrengthsFinder and bring

your report to class and have read your your report to class and have read your

5 chapters5 chapters

Complete the Motivated Skills Card Sort with a Friend…Using Cards and Motivated Skills Card Sort Matrix.

Create a discussion around this about “what it means to them”

Bring back the Ability Explorer back Completed

Context of Career Choice Theory

Donald SuperDonald Super GEEMDGEEMD Ages and StagesAges and Stages Re-CyclesRe-Cycles Self-ConceptSelf-Concept Career EducationCareer Education

Donald Super’s Career Choice Theory

G birth to 14 development of capacity, interests,

self-conceptExploration 15-24 tentative choicesEstablishment 25-44 trial and stabilize Maintenance 45-64 Continual adjustment

conscious of change/threatDecline 65+ work output issues/ pre-retirement

thinking (later called Disengagement)

Process Shaped by 5 Concepts1.Self-Concept… the constant effort to chase your self-

concept- implement who you think you are.2. Career Maturity/Career Adaptability …tasks in age

related comparison3. Developed from studying W M in Middletown NY4. Added the concept of Repeat and Re-cycle (mini-cycles)5. Became more holistic …included life roles

(Life Career Rainbow)

LA #3 Group Job Scan

Job Scan GroupsFacing Front of Room (front table left)

Front table right Middle table left Middle table right

Chris 1 Elissa 1 Daisie (abs)1 Kaye Leah4

Rochelle2 Ingrid2 Alan2 Sylvia5

Hakeem3 Lorie3 Laura3 Mallory6

Back table left Back table right Outside in Hallway

Crystal4 Pedro4 Darcy 7

Cam5 Rafah 7 Kusnandar5

Margeaux7 Carrie6 Erika6

Each team member (15 mins) with a  copy in hand teaches material to two others  within their assigned group above. From the triad each person hears 3 reports (two new ones and their own). (Daisie absent)

Motivated Skills

Highly ProficientCompetentLittle or No Skill

Put Away

Lay out Motivation Cards

Sort Skill Cards by Motivation Level

Restore Competency Cards

Sort by Competency Level

Strengths

GallupGallup Not Normative in CapacityNot Normative in Capacity Language of Positive PsychologyLanguage of Positive Psychology

Career EducationNCDANCDA

Envelopes

How much of your day do you use your Strengths?

Are You the 2 out of 10?

Your StrengthsFinder Results

Write Yours using your 5 Strength themes

Gold handout

Strengths Model 2 You fall off of your strengths path quickly You fall off of your strengths path quickly

if you don’t navigate away from those if you don’t navigate away from those activities that weaken youactivities that weaken you

I Feel Strong I Feel Weak