Bridge Classroom Learning to Career Readiness
Every course offers students opportunities to build skills that matter for the future.
The Tell Your Story With STAR™Toolkit helps educators make those skills visible, transferable, and interview-ready—giving students a simple, supported way to tell their story with clarity and confidence.
This research-backed toolkit integrates metacognitive reflection, skill articulation, and career-connected storytelling into any course, advising session, or workshop—without requiring faculty to overhaul assignments or curriculum.
This resource bundle includes 3 Files:
- 38-page PDF Modular Toolkit for Educators & Coaches
- 19-page PDF Student Toolkit (unlimited distribution to students for licensed users)
- Editable MS Word Student Worksheets
Toolkit Components:
➔ Facilitator Guide
- Overview of the STAR/STARR Method
- Flexible full session plan (60–75 minutes, with optional pre-work) with step-by-step process for guiding students to develop clear, meaningful STAR stories based on a course-embedded assignment or project.
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Learning objectives & assessment indicators
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Career-connected reflection and discussion prompts
- Detailed facilitation notes, tips, and add-on activities
- Facilitator's Copy of Student Toolkit
➔ Student Toolkit
- Step-by-step STAR reflection and writing worksheets
- Career Skills Mapping aligned to NACE competencies
- STAR + Reflection (STARR) extension for deeper learning
- Interview preparation and storytelling practice activities
➔ Career Competency Framework (included in Student Toolkit)
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Student-centered behavioral indicators
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Fully aligned with employer-valued competencies
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Supports both classroom learning outcomes and career development
Pay once — use again and again, with student materials to freely distribute included!
Licensing & Pricing Options:
| Tier | Users | Price | Use Case Examples |
| Individual License | 1 | $37 | Entry point, perfect for independent educators or advisors |
| Small Team Organizational License | 6–12 | $219 | Strong value for faculty pods, advising teams, or piloting across a few sections |
| Workgroup Organizational License | 13–25 | $399 | Ideal for mid-scale implementation—program-level, career centers, Gen Ed |
| Business/Institution Organizational License | 26+ | $699 | Campus-wide use, multi-department rollout, or embedded into the curriculum |
Individual License:
The Individual License is appropriate for a single user (Educator, Coach) to use with their own students. You may print materials for use in your own classes and upload them to a closed, course-specific LMS (e.g., Canvas, Blackboard, Moodle). Materials may not be shared with other instructors or publicly posted online.
Enterprise/Organizational License Options:
The Enterprise/Organizational License for Small Teams, Workgroups, and Organizations permits number of employees within the organization to print and distribute materials to students, or upload them to internal, password-protected systems such as an LMS or shared faculty hub. Materials may not be posted publicly or shared externally without written permission.
Questions about use? Need a custom license? Contact janine@boptimalconsulting.com
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