Eagle Path is a guided approach to supervision to help undergraduate student workers reflect upon, recognize, develop, and articulate their career aspirations. Through intentional and on-going conversations with supervisors, students can better connect academic and co-curricular experiences with the skills they are gaining in their student employment role. Guided by the nine essential professional competencies expected of new college graduates, Eagle Pathhelps students translate skills they are learning in work study jobs to the world of work after graduation.

The Eagle Path program began as an initiative within the Division of Student Affairs and has since expanded to other areas on campus.

To learn more about Eagle Path (and if it might be a fit for your area),

contact eaglepath@bc.edu

How Does it Work?


Eagle Path involves supervisors and students having brief, intentional conversations each semester.

Each semester, supervisors are asked to have two conversations with student employees to discuss goals & reflect on progress towards the competencies most relevant to their work

At the end of the spring semester, supervisors are asked to complete an online "" report to document their students' progress and participationin the Eagle Path program.



Eagle Path Supervisor Resources

Please use this workbook as a guide with student employees as they complete the Eagle Path program.

Sample Guiding Questions:


  1. What are you learning in this job that is helping you in your academics?

  2. What are you learning in class that you can apply here are work?

  3. Looking at the list of competencies, can you share two examples of skills you are developing in this job that you think you will use in your chosen profession?

  4. Looking at the list of competencies, which do you feel are your areas of strength? Which do you want to further develop? Which do you most enjoy using?

Annual Training Events

Eagle Path Supervisor Training

New to Eagle Path or interested in a refresher? We will be presenting an overview of the Eagle Path program and reviewing the Eagle Path Workbook for any supervisor interested in learning more. We will also review the general Eagle Path timeline and answer any questions you might have. We would be grateful if department heads would give time for Supervisors to attend.Please emaileaglepath@bc.eduto get an invite to the next training.

For a recording of the last Eagle Path Supervisor Training, please emaileaglepath@bc.edu, requesting a copy.

New Student Employee Orientation

Please encourage your students to attend! This session is designed to provide an overview of Eagle Path to any student employee who is new to the program. We’ll discuss the goals of the program and introduce the workbook. If this is not during your student workers’ scheduled work hours, Human Resources allows students who attend this session to be paid for this hour. Please emaileaglepath@bc.eduto get an invite to the next training.

For a recording of the last New Student Employee Orientation, please emaileaglepath@bc.edu, requesting a copy.

Eagle Path Advisory Board Meeting

This session is designed for Eagle Path supervisors tocheck in with the Eagle Path Steering Committee to discusshowEaglePathis working in your department. This will be a time for supervisors toshareopportunitiesand discuss ideas for future Eagle Path trainings,suggest ways Eagle Path can better support supervisors and students and potentially identify additional resources that may be helpful to both supervisors and students, and gather feedback about the new student workbooks. Lunch will be provided.

Please emaileaglepath@bc.eduif you are interested injoining theEagle Path Advisory Board.

Career competencies: the skills employers seek most

Eagle Path Testimonials

Supervisor Quote

"Eagle Path provides me with the opportunity to meet and chat with my students regularly. I find the students are so eager to share experiences. They understand how important it is to be “Career Ready” and that we’re here to support them."

Meet some Eagle Path participants