The document discusses coaching students in a biotechnology program at San Diego City College. It outlines the goals of the biotechnology certificate program, including building STEM proficiency and workplace skills. It describes collaborating with students and providing support, especially for those with limited resources. A "Biotech Essentials" course is discussed that focuses on personal effectiveness, academic competency, and career readiness. The document also provides suggestions for what an ideal community college biotechnology professor could do, such as leveraging online tools and community resources to help students develop professional skills and identities.
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Creating a Professional Development Strategy
1. Coaching Students in
Creating a Professional
Development Strategy
Bio-Link Regional Development Conference
Southern California Biotechnology Center
January 14, 2011
Gloria Rodriguez Bañuelos, Ph.D.
EdREAP
2. Overview
Biotechnology Certification Program at
San Diego City College
Collaboration
Biotech Essentials Course
Lessons Learned
If I were a community college professor
who worked with students in a
Biotechnology Program…
3. Biotechnology Program at
San Diego City College
Biology 206
• Biotechnology • Certificate of
Principles Performance in
• STEM proficiency • Real-world Biotechnology
• Laboratory Technical Application • Opportunities via
Skills • Scientific Literacy networking in Biology
• Workplace 206
Readiness
Biology 109
Internship/Employment
4. Collaboration
Support for students in Biology 109
Novice level of science background
Recent high school graduates
New to the college experience
Balance home life, work, and education
Limited access to technology and
resources
5. Tier 1: Personal Effectiveness
Tier 2: Academic Competency
Tier 3: Workplace Competency
Tier 4: Industry-Wide Technical
Competency
Tier 5: Industry Sector Technical
Competencies
Tier 6: Occupation Specific
Knowledge
Tier 7: Occupation Specific Technical
Competencies
Tier 8: Occupation Specific
Requirements
Tier 9: Management Competencies
US Department of Labor, 2008
6. Biotech Essentials
Personal Effectiveness
◦ interpersonal skills; integrity, professionalism,
initiative, dependability & reliability, lifelong learning
Academic Competency
◦ reading, writing, mathematics, science, communication
(listening & speaking), critical & analytical thinking,& basic
computer skills
Career Readiness
◦ teamwork, planning & organizing, innovative thinking,
problem solving & decision making, working with
tools & technology, checking, examining, and
recording, & business fundamentals.
7. Professional Identity
Personality Testing for Teamwork
◦ Meyer’s Briggs
Branding Statement for Résumé
◦ Integrates personal and professional
Bragologue for Interview
◦ Story about professional challenges and
growth
Business Cards for Networking
8. Professionalism
Electronic Email Etiquette
Voicemail
Telephone Conversations
Attire and Presentation
Résumé, Cover Letters, and Job Hunting
Informational Interview
Thank You Cards
9. Profession Mobility
Self-Advocacy Scientific Seminars
Taking risks Science trade-journals
Engagement Professional
Resourcefulness organizations
World beyond the Student organizations
classroom walls. at 4-year universities
10. Lessons Learned
Variation in student participation and
motivation.
Providing resources is sometimes not
enough.
One-on-one sessions are a must.
Asking students to explain actions or
behavior provides information that can guide
individual learning plan.
Most successful students are those whose
goals are in line with those of the program.
12. Student Collaboration: Internet and
Web-based Tools
Facebook
◦ Student Driven
Apps
◦ DropBox
◦ Google Docs
◦ Templates for Résumé
Skype
◦ Mentorship
13. Leverage Community Resources
Specific resources available on campus
Public Library
Scientific Organizations
◦ Biocom
◦ San Diego Career Centers
Other Biotech Programs
◦ Community Colleges
◦ 4-year universities
14. Instructional Practices
Limit the amount of time I speak in the
classroom.
What do I have to offer that students
cannot get on the internet?
Set-up a system by which students can
provide feedback on a regular basis.
15. References
Klaus, Peggy. (2008). The Hard Truth About
Soft Skills—Workplace Lessons Smart People
Wish They’d Learned Sooner. Collins.
Klaus, Peggy (2003). BRAG! The Art of
Tooting Your Own Horn Without Blowing It.
Warner Business Books.
16. Funding Sources
Senate Bill 70
San Diego Workforce Collaborative
17. Acknowledgements
Roya Lahijani-SD City College
Dave Singer-SD City College
Jane Harrington-University of California San Diego,
Eckmann Laboratory
Karen Overklift-Biocom
Nancy Taylor-San Diego Science Alliance
Lavar Watkins-South Metro Career Centers
Mike Greig-Pfizer
Maryam Azad-Green Solutions
Judi Heitz-Grossmont Unified School District
Sandy Slivka-Southern California Biotechnology
Center