Summer 2025 Workshop Series

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Steppingblocks for Students: Key Strategies to Scale Career Confidence in Advising and the Classroom

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Join this interactive workshop designed for advisors, faculty, and student success professionals who want to integrate career exploration into their student support practices. Discover how to use Steppingblocks to personalize advising conversations, support undecided students, and embed real-world career data into classroom content. Whether you’re guiding first-year students or teaching senior seminars, you’ll leave with practical tools and strategies to boost student confidence, motivation, and outcomes—without adding to your workload.

Participants will receive a brief platform refresher and live demo before diving into two focused segments: using Steppingblocks to strengthen career conversations in advising and coaching contexts, and embedding career data into classroom teaching across disciplines.

You’ll explore real use cases from higher education institutions, learn how to spark meaningful career-aligned dialogue with students, and gain hands-on strategies for incorporating data-backed insights into your daily practice. A concluding Q&A will offer opportunities for tailored support and next steps.

We will dive into strategies that help:
- Leverage career and alumni data to personalize advising / coaching and build confidence in students through data-backed exploration.
- Seamlessly integrate career relevance into classroom content and use Steppingblocks tools to support student motivation, engagement, and long-term planning.

This session is ideal for faculty, advisors, and student success leaders across all disciplines and levels.

Steppingblocks for Administrators: Leveraging Outcomes Data to Power Reporting, Enrollment, and Strategy

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Today’s colleges and universities are tasked with telling the story of their institutions to a wide audience - from prospective students to accrediting bodies and beyond. More than ever, this story must highlight the value of their academic programs and meeting the evolving expectations of prospective students. This session is a combined, accelerated experience designed for institutional research, enrollment, admissions, and academic leadership teams across the University System of Georgia.

Participants will gain a clear understanding of how Steppingblocks empowers institutions to showcase alumni success, support accreditation efforts, and guide student decision-making with real-world career data. Whether you're navigating a program review or crafting strategies to articulate alumni success for campus tours, this session will show how to translate career insights into compelling narratives that demonstrate academic value and drive enrollment.

This workshop provides training on how Steppingblocks supports both institutional reporting and enrollment management. The session begins with a quick orientation to the platform, followed by a deep dive into two strategic use cases:
- Reporting & Accreditation: Learn to leverage alumni career outcomes to meet accreditation requirements, support program reviews, and simplify reporting processes.
- Strategic Enrollment & Messaging: Discover how real-world career data enhances recruitment materials, supports admissions staff, and improves student yield through personalized ROI narratives.

With practical examples, a hands-on demo, and plenty of time for discussion, this workshop equips participants with actionable strategies to increase institutional accountability and engage future students more effectively.