Fall ADAPT

Week 5
Today

Assignment 2

Co-curricular competencies

Group Activity (to submit at the end of class)

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Assignment 2
Instructions slides are also on LMS (Week 6)

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Co-Curricular Competencies
co- curricular competencies

Co: with, along with

Curricular: related to a curriculum (what you study at school)
Competency: skill, the ability to do something

These are skills that students can acquire, build and refine through a variety of activities aside from
the tasks they do in the classroom or for homework.

For example: critical thinking, problem-solving, intercultural communication…

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Skills: hard and soft skills

What’s the difference between hard and soft skills?

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Examples hard and soft skills

Hard skills: Soft Skills:

Marketing Professionalism
Programming Adaptability
Operating a machine… Conflict management
Cultural fluency
Time management Organization
…

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These skills…

⇒ can be learned, acquired, improved because we need more

than specific technical skills related to our degree or a
specific job!

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How can you do that?

You can develop co-curricular competencies by getting

involved in co-curricular activities!

Examples?

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Co-Curricular Activities?

Volunteering
Organizing events
Participating in activities, clubs…

=> No credits or grades, but valuable skills that you need

for your studies, life in general, work!
Please note: it’s common to see soft skills listed in a job
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 See document on LMS
“Co-Curricular Competencies Framework”
Group Activity
(Worksheet on
LMS- Week 5)
Co-Curricular Competencies: Explore a few student clubs. Which
competencies would they develop?

With your team, research and select some SOlBridge Clubs and complete the following
information for each club.

A. Club: –

B. Activity: What do club members do? What kind of activities do they organize?

C. Competencies: at least 3 competencies from the Framework (LMS) + explain how the club
activities help develop these competencies.

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Co-Curricular Competencies: Explore a few student clubs. Which
competencies would they develop?

Every member of the team has to participate and provide information about a club => share this
information with the team leader who will submit the worksheet.

(You can choose a club you have joined. If you have not joined any club, just pick a club and get
some information about it from MySolBridge).

Only ONE student will submit for the team.

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ADAPT
Week 5
Today

Warm-up and Review

Your group work: examples
Organize competencies for easy reference
Your Co-curricular planning

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Reminder

Culture interview (due Tuesday). Please include:

1. Your 3 questions
2. Your reflection
3. A picture (selfie, screenshot) from your interview

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Review
1. Complete the very short and “friendly” quiz on LMS

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2.

Why do students join clubs and other co-curricular

organizations or events?

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3. What types of skills did we discuss?

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