TEL 431: Learning in Workplaces

L1 Activity: Professionalism and Lifelong Learning

Literature: 21st Century Paradigms
Your Name: Hannah Jennewein
Date: 3/22/2015
Please complete this process by adding the information requested to this document.
MY TARGET PROFESSION
Please paste your initial discussion board post from L1, describing your target job:
My target job is in higher education working at the university level. I would love to continue my current work
working in the either retention or recruitment departments of universities. I have recently been applying for
multiple positions at ASU that work in early outreach and recruitment meaning they deal with K-12 students
providing awareness and knowledge about college in the hopes that they attend ASU or any other higher
education institute in the future. These jobs would be fairly similar to the job I hold right now and for some jobs
I have had in the past. I have always had jobs that center around education in some way or another, so I would
love continuing that upon graduation in May.
ENTRY LEVEL REQUIREMENTS
Some professions have state or national criteria that individuals have to meet in order to practice as a
professional. This includes things like passing assessments, getting licensed, and proving one is reputable
(e.g., some professionals must have a fingerprint clearance card). Additionally, some professions require
continuing education.
Conduct some research to find out the competencies, certifications, and/or endorsing agencies of your career
trajectory of choice. Be comprehensive in your response. Record your research in the table below.

Minimal
Education
Requiremen
ts
Competenci
es
(e.g., tests,
internships,
etc.)
Certification
s,
endorsemen
ts, (needed
or helpful)
etc.
Endorsing
Agencies
Continuing
Education
Requiremen
ts

Source
(Organizati
on,
document
title, URL)
ASU job
postings
online
ASU job
postings
online

Detailed Notes

Bachelors degree in related field

Minimum 2-3 years experience in

the field
Experience working in K-12
admissions or recruitment fields

n/a

none

n/a

none

ASU job
postings
online

Desired seeking a Masters degree

in the related field

ONGOING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT REQUIREMENTS

Some professionals, in order to maintain licensure or certification, are required to participate in ongoing
continuing education. Research the specifics of your profession and record your research in the table below.

Continuing
Education
Requiremen
ts

Source
(Organizati
on,
document
title, URL)
ASU job
postings
online

Detailed Notes

Seeking a Masters degree in a

related field for most jobs
Applicable ASU trainings and
workshops to be completed while
working

CREATE YOUR PERSONAL-PROFESSIONAL 21st CENTURY FRAMEWORK

My Future 21st Century Job
Write a 400-700 word description of your future job. Integrate entry level requirements, ongoing professional
development requirements, as well as ideas from the four 21st Century readings/videos. Use APA formatting
rules to create in-text citations for each framework. Include an APA-formatted Reference list.
This future job would be working as a Coordinator or Educational Outreach Specialist for the Outreach
Access ASU department at Arizona State University. The job entails working in early outreach and recruitment
with K-12 students providing them with the awareness, resources, and knowledge to start college and pursue
higher education. The early outreach and recruitment efforts are done in a variety of ways, such as
communicating with schools around the state, hosting events on and off campus, and efforts made by the
student organizations within the department to reach out to students and schools.

The basic entry-level requirements of this job are a Bachelors degree in a related field and two to three
years of experience in the field. There are also desired qualifications for these jobs: seeking a Masters degree
in a related field, experience working with K-12 students, experience with recruiting or outreach efforts,
experience supervising students and professional staff, experience with executing events especially
recruitment events, knowledge of college readiness and preparation skills, experience in professional and
student leadership positions, and many other skills needed in the 21st century.
Most of the skills needed for this position can be found under the learning and innovation skills. This job
requires skills in creativity, working with others, implementing new ideas, solve problems, communication, and
collaboration (The Partnership for 21st Century Skills). All of these skills are a part of the 21st century skills and
needed to be successful in this position. Another large part of this position is skills found in the life and career
skills section of 21st century skills (The Partnership for 21st Century Skills). This job requires flexibility and
adaptability being a job that is ever changing in its procedures and missions. Initiative and self-direction is
also a requirement being able to manage ones goals and time effectively. Social and cross-cultural skills are
one of the most important skills of the job being able to interact effectively with others and work with diverse
populations because most of the early outreach and recruitment efforts are committed to students who are
first generation college students dealing with poverty in their lives. Productivity and accountability are
necessary to be able to manage projects and produce results that are beneficial to the team and organization.
Lastly, leadership and responsibility is essential to this job to guide and lead others with the needed
responsibility to make the team efficient and productive. All of these qualifications and skills are needed for
this job in order for an employee to be successful in the job and career field.

References
The Partnership for 21st Century Skills. (n.d.). Retrieved March 23, 2015, from http://www.p21.org

UPDATES: Created paragraphs for easier reading and corrected the in-text citations.