Across a four-year timeframe, the Carthage College Callings Program (supported by a NetVUE grant) has successfully engaged students in over 1,500 purposeful conversations related to vocation. This session will introduce the model that enabled this achievement. Participants will learn about the Callings program’s methodology, which begins by emphasizing professional development for staff and faculty members, followed by conversation-based, vocational discernment pedagogy with students. Session participants will be introduced to the program’s curriculum, which consists of five “Big Ideas”; they will then workshop one of these, focusing on reflection skills that can be shared with students.
Debra Minsky-Kelly, Assistant Professor of Social Work and Social Work Field Director, Carthage College (WI)
Stephanie Mitchell, Valor Distinguished Professor of Humanities and Professor of History, Carthage College (WI)
Jojin Van Winkle, Art & Design Program Chair, Photography and Film and New Media Program Director, and Associate Professor of Art, Carthage College (WI)