REIMAGINING HUMANITIES COURSEWORK FOR CAREER READINESS: A VIRTUAL WORKSHOP FOR TEACHERS OF LANGUAGES AND LITERATURE [THE MODERN LANGUAGE ASSOCIATION (MLA) REQUESTS $60,000 OVER TWO YEARS TO SUPPORT THE CREATION OF A VIRTUAL PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP SERIES TO PREPARE HUMANITIES INSTRUCTORS AT SMALL AND MID-SIZED INSTITUTIONS TO ALIGN HUMANITIES COURSES IN LANGUAGES AND LITERATURE WITH CAREER-MINDED OUTCOMES THAT BENEFIT UNDERSERVED STUDENTS. THROUGH A WORKSHOP SERIES FOR TWENTY FACULTY MEMBERS FROM SMALL AND MID-SIZED INSTITUTIONS, MLA WILL DEMONSTRATE HOW TO 1) ALIGN LEARNING OUTCOMES IN HUMANITIES CLASSROOMS WITH CAREER-MINDED OUTCOMES, INCLUDING SKILLS DEVELOPMENT THROUGH HUMANITIES LEARNING; 2) USE CURRENTLY AVAILABLE DATA, RESOURCES, AND PARTNERSHIPS (BOTH INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL TO THEIR INSTITUTIONS) TO STRENGTHEN CAREER READINESS AND BUILD EFFECTIVE CONNECTIONS BETWEEN THE CLASSROOM AND APPLIED HUMANITIES CONTEXTS; AND 3) DEVELOP COURSE DESIGNS AND ACTION PLANS FOR IMPLEMENTATION.]