These resources are designed to help faculty embed career readiness into their teaching. From classroom strategies to video guides, each tool supports students in building the real-world skills and professional mindset needed for success after graduation.

Incorporating Career Readiness Skills into your Existing Syllabus

Discover how to seamlessly embed career readiness into your existing syllabi through a multidisciplinary lens. This session equips faculty with both theoretical insights and practical tools to enhance student learning and better prepare them for today’s evolving workforce. You’ll leave with actionable strategies to refresh your courses and support student success. The session also introduces key student employment platforms available through the John Jay Career Learning Lab, including VMock and Handshake.

Critical Engagement with Participatory Technology for Career Readiness

This workshop explores how to move students beyond passive tech use by encouraging critical engagement with participatory tools. Through collaborative discussion and hands-on activities, faculty will learn how to design assignments that foster digital literacy and active creation – preparing students to be thoughtful contributors in both civic life and their careers.

Teaching with AI

As AI becomes increasingly integrated into education, this session invites faculty to explore how teaching and learning can evolve in response. Join colleagues in a conversation on rethinking pedagogy and assessment, addressing academic integrity, designing AI-related learning outcomes, and navigating the ethical and equity implications of AI in the classroom.

We Are the Village of Career Success: Cultivating NACE Competencies

This interactive workshop helps faculty explore effective ways to embed career readiness into their teaching by linking coursework to real-world skills. Centered on the eight NACE Career Readiness Competencies—including communication, critical thinking, leadership, and technology—the session emphasizes inclusive, caring, and anti-racist pedagogies that support student growth and career success.

Student-Centered Pedagogy: Lessons Learned from Faculty Development Seminars

This panel features faculty members Mengia Tschalär and Simone Martin-Howard, who have led TLC-funded seminars focused on inclusive, student-centered teaching. They will share key insights and practical takeaways from their workshops—Intersectional Futures: Re-Framing Career Readiness for CUNY Students (co-facilitated by Tschalär with Iralma Pozzo) and Six Degrees of Faculty-Student Connections—and offer actionable strategies for designing more inclusive syllabi and rethinking your teaching for upcoming semesters.

Career Readiness Workshop

This seminar supports educators in adopting inclusive teaching strategies that promote career readiness while helping students define success on their own terms. Grounded in an understanding of students’ intersectional identities and systemic barriers—such as poverty, racism, and market-driven pressures—it challenges traditional notions of career readiness. The session explores the NACE competencies, highlights the specific challenges faced by CUNY students, and offers critical pedagogical approaches and practical tools to support both career development and social justice advocacy