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Agilities in Action:

Connecting Students’

Strengths & Interests to Careers

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Amanda McCammon

Indiana Partnerships & Special Projects Consultant

amccammon@debruce.org

Meet Amanda

  • 23 Years in Education
  • Indiana Based
  • PhD Student & Mother of 4

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OUR MISSION

Expanding pathways to economic growth and opportunity

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Helping people become more agile in the face of the everchanging world of work

K-12 Resources

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MS

HS

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Your Top Agilities

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What you’re currently good at +

what you like doing

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Can change over time and be developed!

What are AGILITIES?

The Agilities are a group of 10 work activities that

are found in different amounts in every job.

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Your Top Agilities

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What you’re currently good at +

what you like doing

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Can change over time and be developed!

What are AGILITIES?

The Agilities are a group of 10 work activities that

are found in different amounts in every job.

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Value of Agilities

Knowledge of your skills and how they’re used on the job help you:

  • Develop skills to prepare you for the future you want
  • See skills in experiences & transfer those into different environments
  • Be more confident doing the job
  • Translate your skills into work language
  • Frame your skills and experience in your résumé
  • Speak better to your strengths in interviews

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  • Developed in 2018
  • Online Assessment Tool
  • Assess Strengths & Passions
  • Free to the Public
  • Best fit for 8th Grade & Beyond

We analyzed U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data on over 1,000 jobs.

It turns out ALL jobs use the same 10 groups of work activities (called Agilities©) in different amounts.

You can learn any of them, you’ll have some that you like best and are best at doing.

Find your current Agilities at Agilities.org

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93%

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Highlights your

top 3 Agilities

Short Agilities Videos

Agilities one-pager

Your AWP Results

Your Agilities are ranked in order from 1-10

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Guess My Agilities©

Predict My Agilities©

Grades K-5

Grades 3-7

Assessing Agilities© for Younger Students

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Educator Portal

90+ Lessons

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1680+ SCHOOL DISTRICTS

ACROSS ALL 50 U.S. STATES

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Aligned to YOUR Priorities!

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Find the right lessons for your class!

Standard Systems Aligned:

  • Casel Core Competencies
  • Common Core Standards
  • Indiana Employability Skills
  • Jobs for America’s Graduates (JAG)
  • National Employability Skills
  • Next Generation Science Standards

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Preparing for College & Careers CROSSWALK

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Supporting the Indiana Career Coaching Framework

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Agilities.org > Tools & Resources > Create an Account

Accessing The Educator Portal

FREE LESSONS

EMBEDDED PD

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1295 Certified Agilities Coaches

across 27 states

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54% are in Indiana

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JOIN US!

August 18-19, New Castle, IN

September 15-16, Valparaiso, IN

November 17-18, Fort Wayne, IN

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FREE Certified Agilities Coach Training

REGISTER HERE: Agilities.org > Tools & Resources > Certified Agilities Coach

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Call to Action

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Thank you!

@DeBruceFound

amccammon@debruce.org