CCSU’s E-portfolio Initiative and the IT Career Ladder

Jo Kinnard, Ph.D.

Clayton College and State University,

Morrow, GA

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Part 1: Rationale and Design

IT implementation

Promoting Yourself

Annual Performance review

or

Annual panic attack?

Wanted: A Technical Architect

The Technical Architect is responsible for designing and enforcing an object oriented architecture for the company’s software products and translating the documented business

requirements for a system into set of specifications, consistent with this architecture, which can be used by developers in the coding process. Candidates for this position must possess a good working knowledge of

modeling concepts, object oriented architecture, and the technologies used by the company in its development

operation. Candidates must also possess a good working knowledge of financial and accounting business concepts.

Responsibilities:

·Design and enforcement of object oriented architecture·Preparation of technical specifications

·Assisting with impact analyses and size estimates·Interface with internal I.T. Department to validate approach

and technologies·Preparation and update of UML models

·Preparation and update of technical design standards·Participation in use case & test case design reviews

·Participation in development design reviews·Ensuring that technologies used are consistent with

company strategy·Ensuring that designs meet quality and performance

objectives·Design and control the data model for our applications

Personal Qualifications·Good verbal communication skills

·Analytical skills·Good writing skills

·Ability to develop creative solutions·Good team participant·Ability to learn quickly·Ability to assess risks

·Must be quality oriented·Must have business and personal maturity

Required Skills:

·Experience in Rational Unified Process (RUP)·Experience in Unified Modeling Language (UML)

·Experience in object oriented design·Working knowledge of software development

methodologies·Working knowledge of wholesale finance industry

·Working knowledge of financial accounting concepts·Working knowledge or experience with these tools –

o J2EE technologieso Visual FoxPro version 6 or highero Oracle RDMS version 8 or higher

o XML/XLSo Oracle Forms 9i

o Microsoft Office Toolso Visio

o Rational Rose·Working knowledge of Windows NT server, Linux

·Working knowledge of internet architecture and security

Assignments completed

• Projects

• Skills

• Accomplishments

• Previous performance reviews

The Career Ladder

• Certificate

– Foundations IT courses + Core

• Associate’s

– Intermediate IT courses + Core

• Bachelor’s

– Upper-level IT Courses + Core (if any)

Showcasing Competencies

• Stages in becoming an IT professional

• Competencies identified

• Competencies gathered

• Competencies showcased

• Competencies sharpened

The BIT template

• Competencies aligned with course outcomes

• Activities

• Assignments

Course Outcomes

BIT• Integrate and apply IT

Skills• Perform independently• Integrated team

performance/leadership• Demonstrate maturing job

experience

All stages• Communication• Reasoning/Critical

Thinking• Problem-solving

Course Outcomes

E-portfolio as multi-dimensional tool

• Initial step to professional self-awareness

– Goal-setting, long-range planning

• Growing understanding of learning

– Reflections, project debriefs

• Assembling of skills and accomplishments

– Artifacts

– Rubrics

Part 2: Software Choice

Nuventive’s iWebfolio

Features

• Ease of use for owner and reviewer

• Off-site hosting

• Layering and template building

• Data Mining

• Faculty and staff usage

Competency: Perform Independently

Competency: Job Search Skills

Part 3: Post-implementation experiencesLessons learned

For successful implementation:

• Training• Template building• On campus

software support• Iwebfolio support

• Marketing• Faculty buy-in• Student and staff

ambassadors• Administration

support

CCSU’s E-portfolio Initiative and the IT Career Ladder

Questions?