Co-Curricular Transcript
What is a Co-Curricular Transcript?
A Co-Curricular Transcript (CCT) is an unofficial record generated through Campus Groups® that documents your activities and accomplishments that occur outside of the classroom during your time at Tompkins Cortland. Your involvement in these non-credit bearing experiences are currently included on a CCT:
- Clubs and organizations
- Athletics and Recreation
- Leadership and other professional development workshops
- Honor societies
- Certain paid campus positions such as Resident Assistants and Peer Career Coaches
- Student Activities events
- You may be able to include other co-curricular activities associated with TC3; for more information, email Cheyenne Gorton, at CMG033@tompkinscortland.edu
Why should I use it?
Employers, colleges, and scholarship committees want candidates who have hands-on experience, which can include things like campus leadership and involvement, professional development trainings, internships, and volunteer work. Through these sorts of activities, you learn transferable skills, which are areas of competency that you develop through experience that you can apply to other (related and unrelated) situations. For example, developing your teamwork skills through club involvement helps prepare you for working with others on the job.
Getting involved at Tompkins Cortland can help you build skills necessary for your future, and your Co-Curricular Transcript can help you keep track of them all in one place.
How can I use it?
Personal & Professional Uses of the CCT
Application Supplement
When applying for jobs, internships, or transferring to a four-year college, if given the option to upload additional documents or email your materials, you can include your CCT as a supplement to your application.
Recommendation Support
When requesting letters of recommendation, it’s helpful to provide your references with a comprehensive view of your experiences and achievements. Sharing your resume and CCT can help them give a more detailed account of your qualifications.
Skill Identification
For each entry on your CCT, identify the skills you acquired through the activity (using the sample skills listed below). You can use this information to support your job or graduate school applications and interviews.
Career Planning & Marketability
To stay competitive in the job market or when transferring to other colleges, it's important to have a range of transferable skills. After identifying the skills gained from each activity on your CCT, compare them to the top skills employers seek across all industries. This will help guide your co-curricular involvement and skill-building decisions. More info at: naceweb.org/career-readiness/competencies/career-readiness-defined/
Resume Building
Use your CCT to track your activities and include those on your resume that provide the most relevant transferable skills and experiences for the position you're applying to.
Cover Letter Development
To write a strong cover letter, connect what the employer is looking for (job description) with what you offer (your knowledge, skills, and experience). Use your CCT to identify activities that helped you develop transferable skills and elaborate on the most relevant ones in your cover letter.
Interview Preparation
Employers often mention that interviewees struggle to identify and fully convey their skillsets. When preparing for interviews, use your CCT to identify skills that align with the job you're applying for. Then, recall specific examples of how these skills were developed through extracurricular activities to answer behavioral interview questions, such as, “Tell me about a time when you demonstrated ________ skills.”
Professional ePortfolio Development
A professional ePortfolio showcases your experiences and skills. If portfolios are common in your field (e.g., graphic design, culinary arts, or teaching), use your CCT to track your relevant involvement. Select activities that contributed transferable skills to include on your portfolio. Be sure to add artifacts (work samples) and reflections of your experiences.
Sample Transferable Skills Gained Through Co-Curricular Involvement & Achievement:
- Active Listening
- Adaptability
- Analyzing Information
- Attention to Detail
- Brainstorming
- Communication
- Consensus Building
- Conflict Resolution
- Coordinating
- Creativity
- Critical Thinking
- Customer Service
- Decision Making
- Delegation
- Diplomacy
- Empathizing
- Evaluating
- Event Planning
- Facilitating
- Goal Setting
- Identifying Needs
- Improvising
- Initiative
- Interpersonal Skills
- Investigating
- Leadership
- Managing People
- Managing Projects
- Mediation
- Meeting Deadlines
- Money Management
- Motivating Others
- Multitasking
- Negotiating
- Organization
- Persuading Others
- Planning
- Prioritizing Work
- Problem Solving
- Promoting
- Public Speaking
- Record Keeping
- Recruiting
- Responsibility
- Teamwork
- Technical Skills
- Time Management
- Training Others
- Troubleshooting
- Work Ethic
- Writing
Earning Badges
Students have the opportunity to earn badges which will be displayed on their co-curricular transcript to denote the completion of a series of events, programs, coaching appointments, and self-reflection in a specialized area. These badges offer a rigorous but engaging set of programs, workshops, and reflective activities that help students earn a meaningful, marketable skill set.
As we continue to grow the badge program, we invite our campus community to work with us to offer suggestions, host programs, and engage with our students as they endeavor to better themselves holistically during their time at Tompkins Cortland Community College.
Our current badge options include:
- In the Know Connect Badge
- Getting Involved Connect Badge
- Campus Involvement Connect Badge
- Highly Involved Lead Badge
- Leadership Learner Lead Badge
- Club Officer Lead Badge
- NSLS Member Succeed Badge
- Work Experience Prepare Badge
- Community Servant Serve Badge
- Commitment to Inclusivity Diversify Badge
Example of badges on the Co-Curricular Transcript
How do I get one?
- Login to Campus Groups
- Select ‘My Involvement’ on the left-hand side, followed by ‘My CCT’
- From there you can edit your Co-Curricular Transcript and print it by selecting the ‘Print Transcript’ button at the top