Dawn DeLeury Jones Instructor Spotlight
Career Development/Adult Learning | SUNY Schenectady
About Dawn
Dawn DeLeury Jones is a career development professional at SUNY Schenectady with expertise in career readiness and adult learning. She is passionate about helping individuals intentionally build career readiness competencies and connect their experiences—whether curricular or co-curricular—to meaningful career outcomes.
Courses Taught
Career Readiness Champion Certificate Program: Introduction to the Career Development Process
Why Take This Course?
This course helps participants understand how career readiness develops and how to be more intentional in fostering these competencies among the individuals they serve. It is valuable for those working in career services, advising, or within curricular and co-curricular programming, as well as anyone seeking a clearer understanding of institutional resources and referral pathways.
Participants gain practical insight into supporting career readiness across diverse contexts, making the course especially timely as institutions continue to prioritize workforce preparation and student success.
What to Expect
Participants can expect to strengthen connections within their institutions related to career readiness. Through the course, they will identify actionable steps to help the students they serve build essential career readiness competencies.
The experience is collaborative and applied, allowing participants to translate new knowledge into practical strategies they can immediately use in their roles.
Instructor Reflection
Dawn finds that she learns something new each time she teaches this course. Participants often bring significant experience in career development and experiential learning, contributing valuable insights and perspectives.
One of the most rewarding aspects of the course is the shared learning that takes place—whether through brainstorming programming ideas or exchanging new resources. Dawn describes her role as a learning guide, helping to facilitate meaningful conversations and collaborative growth among participants.
Why She Teaches for SUNY CPD
Dawn chose to teach for SUNY CPD after helping to develop the concept and framework for the Career Readiness Champions Certificate Program and creating the curriculum for the introductory course. Teaching allows her to blend her extensive career development expertise with her background in adult learning while continuing to grow professionally.
She values the opportunity to expand her own skills while supporting others in their development, fostering a community of learning across the SUNY system.