Lunch & Learn: Asset-Based Approaches to Understanding Students’ Social Networks
WCDA aims to provide at least one (1) professional development opportunity per month for its members. Please join WCDA for our September Lunch & Learn professional development opportunity.
This workshop will present key findings from The Networks and Cultural Assets Project (NCA) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Center for College-Workforce Transitions. NCA is a longitudinal research initiative exploring the relationship between students’ social networks and their Community Cultural Wealth (CCW). We will introduce the CCW framework as a lens for understanding the assets students bring to college from their families, communities, cultures, and experiences. We will then review our methods for measuring students’ social networks and cultural assets, and present preliminary findings from three years of data collection. For example, we will consider how students’ CCW relates to the structure of their social networks, with a special focus on the concepts of “multiplexity” and “closure”. Participants will learn how to apply these concepts in their work with students, including using Network Canvas as a tool to guide conversations with students about the intentional development of a professional network. The goal of this workshop is to provide career services professionals with another tool for supporting students’ existing strengths, and offer evidence-based insights on how students develop personal and professional networks in college.
Join us for this virtual one hour professional development opportunity. The link to access the session will be sent out one day prior to the session.
Facilitator(s):
Nidia Bañuelos, Assistant Professor of Adult, Continuing, and Higher Education
Kyoungjin Jang-Tucci, PhD student in Educational Policy Studies, Project Assistant in Center for Research on College-Workforce Transitions
Claudia Triana, PhD student in Educational Policy Studies, Project Assistant in Center for Research on College-Workforce Transitions
Date/Time/Location: Tuesday, September 30 from 12:30 pm - 1:20 pm (Central) via MS Teams
Audience: This event is designed to provide professional development for academic advisors, career development professionals, workforce development professionals, coaches, counselors, and educators.
Certificate of Attendance: A certificate of attendance, noting 1 clock hour, will be available for individuals who attend this professional development event.
Pre-Registration: Pre-registration is required. A Teams link will be emailed to registrants the day before the event.
Cost: $0 for current members of WCDA and is open to non-members. If you are not a current member of WCDA, consider joining WCDA for a $25 annual fee.
Sponsored By: Wisconsin Career Development Association (WCDA)
