The Skills Library is a collection of student-developed skills, academic assignments, and their potential professional context that could be addressed in Learning in Practice courses. Since there is no limit to which exact skills a course could help students develop, and because each instructor and their students will bring different professional knowledge, experiences and interests to course sections, we hope this library can provide exemplars of how instructors might approach the teaching of a course with skill development and their workplace applications in mind.

SEI 101 : Social Entrepreneurship: Past, Present, and Future
Disciplines: Social Enterprise, Social Work
Skill: Imagine, create and justify a social enterprise that would address an unmet need in the community.
Assignment: The assignment requires students to deliver (via video) a 3-minute investor or grant-giving pitch for a social enterprise. The student has to keep the pitch focused, compelling, and impact-driven.
Professional Context: In non-profit management, public administration or business, workers must be able to present ideas to a group efficiently, cogently, and convincingly.

AMST203: Civic Engagement in a Global Society
Disciplines: History, Sociology, Anthropology, Geography, Gender Studies, Law, Education
Skill: Collect information on community members’ feelings and perceptions, and then reflect upon, organize and interpret that information
Assignment: Create a survey about a specific issue or problem in your school, your neighborhood or your workplace. Distribute the survey to community members (i.e., fellow students, neighbors or coworkers) and then read, analyze and reflect upon the results of the survey. Report findings and conclusions in class.
Professional Context: (Teacher) Be able to assess the needs, goals and critical perspectives of students, teachers and parents, and potentially change practices or policies to better serve the community.

CJM101: Intro to Criminal Justice Management
Disciplines: Criminal Justice, Public Administration, Public Management
Skill: Find evidence in media of an institutional problem or dilemma in the criminal legal system, and use the evidence to contemplate the challenges of administering this institution.
Assignment: Students will post a written response to course texts and the discussion activity they informed, drawing upon examples that they have heard/read about in the media that go against the basic rights that all prisoners should receive. After reading articles, students are asked to describe one associated administrative challenge (things that can be addressed at the organizational level), one administrative constraint (things beyond organizational control), and one administrative failure (poor outcome).
Professional Context:
>> Policymaker- Examine what prisoner right(s) you would advocate for if you were a policymaker. Are there any privileges that prisoners receive that you believe they should not get?
>> Police Captain- Would you allow your officers to participate in the formation or revision of policies? What could be the possible negatives to this recommendation? What would be the positive outcomes?