Xplore for Faculty & Professionals

Issued by TechPoint

A summer program for higher ed faculty & staff members to participate in a variety of online and in-person skills based learning experiences from industry. Participants will apply learning to incorporating new or revised classroom experiences that ensure higher education students are prepared to be leaders in the tech-focused workforce.

Type Experience
Level Intermediate
Time Weeks
Cost Free

Additional Details

Skills

Earning Criteria

Attended orientation with cohort group to outline components of program and kick off independent learning via Forage simulations. Through Forage simulations, learned what industry expectations are for employees through project based learning. Simulation include Developer and Project Management by Accenture and Intro to Tech by KPMG.
Participated in facilitated Skills-First Teaching & Learning Experience to think about and structure courses from a skills-based lens and better align with industry needs. Over three 90-minute sessions, participants learned a replicable process to update syllabi and equip students to tell skills stories from class participation.
Attended industry led panel discussions with the Xplore Student cohort. Panels were focused on those with careers in tech and business and participants were given the opportunity to ask questions and learn about specific roles and employer needs in attracting talent.
Attended a presentation and site demo of TechPoint's new Careers in Tech resource. Applied learning and resource to possible student experience or classroom assignment in designing a role specific, skills based, resume.