Empower Future-Readiness with
SOCIAL SCIENCE LEARNING
At B Optimal, we recognize that the social sciences are essential tools for understanding and navigating the complexities of our world and future.
While STEM fields often receive the spotlight, it's the social sciences that equip learners with critical thinking, ethical reasoning, and a deep understanding of societal dynamics.
Why focus on the SOCIAL SCIENCES?
Social science disciplines—such as sociology, psychology, political science, and anthropology—offer critical insights into human behavior, social systems, group dynamics, and cultural nuances, and social change.
These insights are invaluable for developing leaders who are empathetic, adaptable, and equipped to drive meaningful change.​
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​Join Us
With decades of experience as sociologists and academic leaders, we are proud to champion the social sciences as powerful engines for leadership, career readiness, and societal impact.
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Through our specialized workshops and resources, we support educators in elevating the social sciences, ensuring that students are not only academically proficient but also prepared to lead, adapt, and innovate in an ever-evolving global landscape.
Our Commitment
We are dedicated to:
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Bridging Theory and Practice: Helping educators connect academic concepts to real-world applications, ensuring students see the relevance of their studies.
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Enhancing Career Readiness: Integrating career-connected learning into social science courses, empowering students to articulate their skills and experiences confidently.
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Fostering Leadership & Lifelong Learning: Cultivating lifelong learners who are not only knowledgeable but also possess the skills, emotional intelligence, and ethical grounding to lead themselves and others.
Translating Social Science Learning into Career Readiness
A workshop especially designed for social science educators aiming to empower students to connect learning to their future careers.
Walk away with practical tools, shared language, and renewed confidence that you’re preparing students for what’s next and empowering them to connect your course to their future.
WORKSHOP OVERVIEW
The Goal
Design a personalized Career Readiness Playbook and apply practical strategies to integrate career-connected learning into your social science courses—by making skills explicit, assessable, and visible to students—so they can better recognize, reflect on, and communicate what they’re learning and why it matters.
Key Benefits
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No curriculum overhaul required
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Aligns with NACE career readiness competencies
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Hands-on activities with actionable results
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Ready-to-use faculty materials and playbook
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Helps students tell compelling stories about their learning
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Designed for - and by- social science educators
Key Results
By the end of the workshop, each participant will develop and be prepared to implement a customized Playbook for strategically integrating career readiness into their teaching, learning, assessment, and communication strategies - without changing the heart of what you teach.
WHAT WE'LL DO
WHAT YOU'LL LEAVE WITH
The Deliverables
You'll leave with a customized Playbook, including:
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Career Competency Curriculum Map
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Adapted Student Learning Outcomes
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Adapted Activity/Assignment
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Syllabus/Day One Messaging
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Student Self-Reflection & Assessment Tools
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Other Tools for Integrating Career Readiness
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Personal Implementation Goals & Action Plan
Meet Your
Lead Facilitator
Dr. Janine Bower
Co-Founder, Organizational Sociologist, Organizational Learning & Development Architect
As a former tenured college professor and academic program coordinator, Janine brings decades of experience teaching in the social sciences and a proven track record of enhancing academic programs and student outcomes through innovative experiential learning and assessment strategies and trailblazing work-integrated learning designs.
