Jeffrey Moss
Skills-Based Hiring with Micro-Internships
Teaches:
The Gig Economy: Enabling Experiential Learning at Scale
While internships, co-ops, and other experiential learning opportunities are invaluable to student academic and career success, many students are unable to participate in these programs. In addition, the potential number of these experiential opportunities are limited by the high financial and other costs to employers. As a result, employers often only make these available to students from specific backgrounds and post-secondary institutions.
During this keynote we will highlight how the emergence of Micro-Internships is addressing these challenges, and doing so in a way that does not undermine academic freedom or require faculty behavior change. Specifically, through the use of short-term, paid, professional assignments, companies can offer significantly more experiential opportunities that will be accessible to a greater number of learners. As students participate in these assignments, not only are they developing relationships with professionals, but they are also engaging with faculty and alumni as in-class learning is reinforced. We will also share strategies to introduce or amplify these programs, and metrics on the results.
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Program
Instructional Excellence
Are you ready to (re)ignite your passion for teaching and take your instructional prowess to the next level? Educators are the driving force behind shaping young minds and transforming lives. This masterclass is designed exclusively for you, honoring your dedication and recognizing your vital role.
Get ready to be inspired, challenged, and empowered as fellow subject matter experts guide you through an immersive experience to unlock the tools, techniques, and inspiration to make a lasting impact in the classroom. As iron sharpens Iron, so does on person sharpen another. Together, we will explore innovative strategies, research-backed methodologies, and game-changing insights that will elevate your teaching to new heights.
Each concise keynote in this masterclass has been distilled to be motivational and actionable - no time for fluff - and are available on-demand because we know your schedule is impacted and variable. You are also invited to a live, VIP Q&A session with each speaker.
13 powerful keynotes. 13 actionable Playbooks. Live Q&A sessions.
This is the professional development you, and your students, deserve.
Getting to Know Jeffrey
1
What was your first job? What did you learn from it?
Was the first summer intern
I had working with me.
While not a formal teaching experience, it highlighted the value of giving individuals the opportunity to learn through experience, and providing
the structure where they can make mistakes in a “risk free” way. I was fortunate as that was the environment my first boss provided to me, so I simply did my best to replicate it.
2
Where/who do you look to in order to stay updated on changes in your field?
The students on our platform. Not only is it why we do
what we do, but seeing the challenges so many of them are going through makes me want to push even harder.
3
What sparked your interest in work-based learning?
In most areas of education there is an inherent conflict of interest between the stakeholders – learners, teachers, funders, administrators, etc. However, in college-to- career the interest of all of stakeholders are aligned. Learners want to get great jobs, colleges want their students to get hired and keep employers happy, and employers want to make great hires. However when looking at the metrics around the space (eg 47% of recent grads under/ unemployed, 55% first year attrition, increasing cost / hire) something is clearly not working.
“Don’t let the perfect be the enemy of the good“.
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