Prepare
Prior to beginning work on this assignment, review
- Chapter 1 of Life After College: Presenting Yourself to the Workforce textbook
- Work When and Where you WantLinks to an external site.
- Crafting and Communicating Your Value Through Your Story interactive. This interactive has a transcript Download transcript.
Reflect
The objective of this assignment is to integrate your personal story into a professional response to an interview question, highlighting your unique qualifications and experiences for an entry-level position in education.
For this assignment, you have the option of responding with an 8–10 slide PowerPoint, or you may create an audiovisual presentation (4 minutes or less) using ScreenPalLinks to an external site., or another universally accessible multimedia application to screencast and voice-narrate your PowerPoint presentation.
Write
Your task for this assignment is to respond to this question as if you were in an interview:
"Can you tell us about a time when you overcame a challenge in a team setting? How did this experience prepare you for a career in education?"
In your assignment,
- Identify the challenge you faced in the team setting.
- Describe the situation in detail, focusing on your actions, the skills you used, and the outcome.
- Explain how this experience has prepared you for a career in education.
- Highlight specific skills and lessons that are relevant to the position you are applying for.
- Summarize your response, reiterating the key points and your readiness for an entry-level position in education.
For your PowerPoint presentation, you may use the Week 1 Integrating My Story Download Integrating My Storytemplate to develop and format your presentation.
