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Evidence of Competency: ICD Project
During my last semester, I was fortunate enough to be able to take Curriculum in Higher
Education. I can honestly say that it was one of my most memorable classes throughout my graduate
experience simply for the way that I was able to be taught creative way in which teaching can be taught.
It was an opportunity to see creative ideas cater to various learning styles. Even though Jennifer was
unable to teach the class it was still fruitful.
For the duration of the course, each student was charged with determining a course or program
that to design or redesign a curriculum by using Fink’s Model of Integrated Course Design (ICD) as our
foundation. For my topic, I chose to design a vocation and discernment seminar. My decision in
selecting that topic was in response to the spirituality class I was able to take the semester prior. I was
able to witness first-hand how importance of following one’s own passion and dreams. There was
multiple ways to tackle this seminar but I was decided to create a semester long seminar for students to
engage in. After reviewing my completed assignment, I realized that it illustrates competencies in three
of the anticipated learning outcomes of the M.Ed. program: reflective leadership, analytical inquiry and
communication skills.
As a result of reflecting on the areas of growth that I saw that students were in need of space to
truly combine their role with their soul. I was able to look at that set up of Jennifer’s spirituality class
and the work she has done with EVOKE to provide some perimeters of how the structure of the seminar
could possibly be. Implementing some of the key components into the ICD project was essential and was
able to serve as a foundation for the facilitators. In thinking of analytical inquiry, once again I was
brought to think of my initial reasoning for choosing to design a vocation and discernment seminar: to
reflect on various other models that was deemed effective at other school. I was able to dedicate time
to designing a seminar in order to clearly articulate how this seminar would serve students. By providing
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learning outcomes and reasoning, I was able to analyze issues that may present itself as a barrier for this
program if implemented.
When I was compiling my ICD project, I was able to clearly articulate the purpose for the topic
that I chose, the anticipated learning outcomes of the seminar program, and my hopes for the seminar
program grounded by Fink’s Model of ICD. Throughout the semester as I completed the assignment, I
consulted with various other staff members of the Division of Student Development, mainly those who
would potentially work and collaborate in order to hear their feedback for the possible implementation
of this seminar I was proposing. I demonstrated my professional interpersonal skills and ability to work
collegially with others. Aside from producing a final product in written form, I also exercised my oral
communication skills by presenting my ICD to other students in the Curriculum course. The work that I
completed for the ICD project for the Curriculum course serves as evidence that I effectively practiced
competencies in the areas of reflective leadership, analytical inquiry, and communication skills.