38. OTP- Curriculum mapping and alignment with AECT Standards Program Alignment to AECT Standards

• In Event: Gallery Walk
  In Poster Session: Welcome+Gallery Walk

Short Description

Program alignment to professional standards ensures students gain competency-based skills that are transferable to the workplace environment. Employers continue to place greater value on these skills. Establishing a curriculum alignment to the AECT professional standards can assist with annual evaluations of a program as well as student learning outcomes and competencies. This poster session focuses on the ongoing process to align our curriculum to the AECT standards and create a learner-centered program.

Authors

• Presenter: Sheri Anderson Conklin, UNC Wilmington

• Presenter: Daisyane Barreto, University of North Carolina Wilmington