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Make sure to read the detailed instructions and the scoring guide (rubric) for Week 9 Assignment: Development Plan for Three Skills.
To submit your assignment, please go to Week 9 Assignment in Blackboard by clicking the Week 9 Assignment link above.
Course:
WRK100: Preparing for the Future of Work
Week 9 Assignment:
Development Plan for Three Skills
Due:
Week 9
Points:
125
What to submit/deliverables:
Word document that contains the
Week 9 Assignment Template.
What is the value of doing this assignment?
For the last nine weeks, you’ve been learning how the 10 Skills are an essential part of being successful in the future world of work. In Week 4 Assignment, you began to reflect on your skills and goals and how the 10 Skills have helped you reach accomplishments. Your understanding of the skills has been refined, and now it’s time to reflect on your strengths and areas for growth again in order to develop a plan moving forward.
For this assignment, you’ll identify
three
skills that you’d like to focus on and develop a plan for. This could be the
three
skills you wrote about for Week 2 Assignment or three new skills. As you think of which skills you’d like to improve upon, consider choosing skills at varying levels. You might, for example, choose a skill that you are already strong in, but would be excited to continue exploring and building upon, as well as a skill in which you might have more room for growth. At the end of the assignment, you’ll leave with the beginning of a tangible plan for personal and professional development that you can review with the Career Center team.
Your goal for this assignment is to:
Practice your communication skill by using the
Week 9 Assignment Template
to outline a plan for developing skills to support a successful learning experience and career. To truly develop your communication skill it is important that you write using your own words and do not cut and paste from the Skills Definition table or any other source. (See the
Skill Development Plan Sample
.)
Steps to complete:
In Week 9, complete and submit your Development Plan for Three Skills using the following steps:
STEP 1:
Identify the targeted skill. Summarize your strengths and areas of improvement in this skill area. Then, identify your desired outcomes around this skill area and write a positive goal statement. Review the
Skills Definition table
if you need a quick reminder of the 10 skills. Complete the following sections of the template:
• Strengths
• Areas of Improvement
• Desired Outcome
• Goal Statement
STEP 2:
Specify the actions you can take to work towards your goals, with specific strategies and practices that you can apply. Identify any potential obstacles and challenges to achieving your goal. Complete the following sections of the template:
• Action Steps
• Potential Obstacles and Challenges
STEP 3:
Keeping your action plan in mind, identify trusted supporters and university resources that can help you in your skill development plan. Complete the following sections of the template:
• Supporting University Resources
STEP 4:
Reflect on the connections between skill development and your overall personal, academic, and professional goals. Complete the following sections of the template:
Benefits From Change and Connections to Personal, Academic, and Career Goals
.
STEP 5:
Complete Steps 1–4 for the two other skills you have identified. When you are done you should have
three
plans filled out in the template for
three
different skills.
STEP 6:
Save the template with your completed responses as a Word file titled
Your Name, WRK100_Week 9 Assignment Skill Development Plan
and submit in Blackboard in Week 9.
To help make sure you are properly citing your sources, please review
Strayer Writing Standards.
WRK100
Skill Development Plan Sample
The Skill Development Plan Sample includes an example of a skill development plan for one skill.
You can use the format of the example to help you complete the skill development plan for each
of your three chosen skills.
Target Skill #1: Technology
Strengths:
● I can use all apps in Microsoft Office.
● I can easily download and install software when needed on my computer and phone.
● I not only like, but am confident in, using new applications. I like experimenting and
trying new technology.
Areas of Improvement:
● I’d like to increase my confidence in website design and maintenance, and even basic
coding.
● Sometimes I get easily frustrated when technology doesn’t work the way I expect it to.
Desired Outcome:
● Increase confidence in website design and maintenance, and even basic coding.
● Reduce frustration at technology in order to better troubleshoot issues.
Goal Statement:
● By the time I graduate from Strayer, I want to be able to create and maintain my own
website as another way of promoting myself (in addition to my résumé or LinkedIn).
● I also want to be able to do side work in website design to make extra money when
needed.
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Practices for Growth:
● I can try a free website builder like Squarespace to help me practice designing
websites.
● I already have a lot of obligations with being in school and working a part-time job, so I
think taking 30 minutes a week to learn the basics through LinkedIn Learning and
other free tools is a good way to work on this.
● I also think that teaching a skill will help me learn it even better, so I’m going to offer to
help my friends learn different tools. They already ask me for help sometimes, so I
might even start an informal group each month.
Action Steps:
● September 2020: Sign up for the Odin
Project and LinkedIn Learning.
● Fall-Winter: Work on free tutorials
through those sites on the weekend (4
hrs).
● January 2020: Sign up for
Squarespace.
● Throughout 2020: Start an informal
tech group to work on website
building and get help from others
(meet once a month).
● May 2020: Have a basic website set up
on Squarespace.
Key Supporters:
● Arthur, a friend who is skilled in
website design and can provide
support.
● Mr. Murray, previous IT professor who
helped a lot with tech projects and
hosts mini-maker faires at his lab each
month.
Potential Obstacles and Challenges:
● Prioritizing and setting aside time to
develop skills.
● Finding committed and interested
classmates who would motivate me
to keep at it.
● Balancing my desire to work on
website design and coding with my
class load and part-time job.
Supporting University Resources:
● Career Services offers access to
LinkedIn Learning. There I can put in
the skills I want to gain (web design
and coding), and it automatically
populates a list of free and short
courses to help me develop my skills.
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● Rita, a career counselor who helped
advise me on coursework to support
my career goals.
Benefits From Change and Connections to Personal, Academic, and Career Goals:
I mentioned in the Week 4 Assignment that as a personal goal I’d like to increase my Spanish
skills. Being more knowledgeable about where to find free classes via technology—like
LinkedIn Learning—will give me more resources to help with this goal. Professionally, I wanted
to find a job that is flexible with studying. If I could get a side job helping with website
maintenance, that’d be a great way to make money and work when I want to. It can also help
me reach my academic goal of studying for two hours a day and leaving the rest for personal
time. I won’t need to get in the car and commute to my work but, instead, can choose when
and how long I work on side website projects.
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Week 9 Assignment Template:
Development Plan for Three Skills Template
Create a development plan for three target skills by answering the questions in the boxes below.
Target Skill #1
Target Skill #1: Identify which of the 10 skills you are focusing on here.
(Pick from the 10 Skills we learned about in WRK100. You may want to use a skill that you
wrote about in the Week 2 Assignment.)
Strengths:
What aspects of the skill are you strong in? What aspects of the skill do you feel confident in?
Why do you feel that these are your strengths?
Areas of Improvement:
What aspects of the skill would you like to get better at? What aspects of the skill do you feel
less confident about? Why are these the areas you would like to develop? Why do feel less
confident in these aspects of the skill?
Desired Outcome (short-term goal):
By the end of your time at Strayer, how would you like to be using your skill? What
accomplishment would you like to achieve, using your skill?
Goal Statement (long-term goal):
Review what you wrote in the desired outcomes section, above. Then, write one sentence
that states how you plan to use your skill to achieve your desired accomplishment.
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Practices for Growth:
Describe 2–3 specific strategies that can be used to develop this skill.
Action Steps:
Potential Obstacles and Challenges:
Develop an action plan that includes things
you can do now to begin working towards
your goal.
What barriers do you need to overcome to
reach your goal?
What challenges do you anticipate?
What specific actions are needed to acquire
knowledge and build upon your skill?
•
•
•
Step 1:
Step 2:
Step 3:
(Add more steps if necessary.)
Key Supporters:
Supporting University Resources:
In the bullet list below, identify 1-2 individuals Pick one of the Career Center or Strayer
who can support you as you develop your
resources in the lists below. Explain how that
skill.
resource can help you develop your skill or
carry out your action plan.
•
•
Supporter 1:
Supporter 2:
Explain how your supporters will help you
meet your goal. Will they provide feedback?
Can they teach you certain aspects of the
skill?
Career Center Resources:
•
•
•
•
•
•
Find Your Path
Networking Tips
Resumes
Interview Tips
Professional Associations
LinkedIn Learning (formerly Lynda.com)
Other Strayer Resources:
•
•
Strayer Mobile
Strayer Technical Support
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•
•
Get Inspired
SOAR Student Assistance
Benefits From Change and Connections to Personal, Academic, and Career Goals:
STEP ONE:
•
•
•
Identify one larger personal goal.
Identify one academic goal.
Identify one professional goal.
Note: These can be the ones you identified in the Week 4 Assignment or new ones.
STEP TWO:
Explain how developing your skill will help you achieve your personal, academic, and
professional goal.
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Target Skill #2
Target Skill #2: Identify which of the 10 skills you are focusing on here.
(Pick from the 10 Skills we learned about in WRK100. You may want to use a skill that you
wrote about in the Week 2 Assignment.)
Strengths:
What aspects of the skill are you strong in? What aspects of the skill do you feel confident in?
Why do you feel that these are your strengths?
Areas of Improvement:
What aspects of the skill would you like to get better at? What aspects of the skill do you feel
less confident about? Why are these the areas you would like to develop? Why do feel less
confident in these aspects of the skill?
Desired Outcome (short-term goal):
By the end of your time at Strayer, how would you like to be using your skill? What
accomplishment would you like to achieve, using your skill?
Goal Statement (long-term goal):
Review what you wrote in the desired outcomes section, above. Then, write one sentence
that states how you plan to use your skill to achieve your desired accomplishment.
Practices for Growth:
Describe 2–3 specific strategies that can be used to develop this skill.
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Action Steps:
Potential Obstacles and Challenges:
Develop an action plan that includes things
you can do now to begin working towards
your goal.
What barriers do you need to overcome to
reach your goal?
What challenges do you anticipate?
What specific actions are needed to acquire
knowledge and build upon your skill?
•
•
•
Step 1:
Step 2:
Step 3:
(Add more steps if necessary.)
Key Supporters:
Supporting University Resources:
In the bullet list below, identify 1-2 individuals Pick one of the Career Center or Strayer
who can support you as you develop your
resources in the lists below. Explain how that
skill.
resource can help you develop your skill or
carry out your action plan.
•
•
Supporter 1:
Supporter 2:
Explain how your supporters will help you
meet your goal. Will they provide feedback?
Can they teach you certain aspects of the
skill?
Career Center Resources:
•
•
•
•
•
•
Find Your Path
Networking Tips
Resumes
Interview Tips
Professional Associations
LinkedIn Learning (formerly Lynda.com)
Other Strayer Resources:
•
•
•
•
Strayer Mobile
Strayer Technical Support
Get Inspired
SOAR Student Assistance
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Benefits From Change and Connections to Personal, Academic, and Career Goals:
STEP ONE:
•
•
•
Identify one larger personal goal.
Identify one academic goal.
Identify one professional goal.
Note: These can be the ones you identified in the Week 4 Assignment or new ones.
STEP TWO:
Explain how developing your skill will help you achieve your personal, academic, and
professional goal.
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Target Skill #3
Target Skill #3: Identify which of the 10 skills you are focusing on here.
(Pick from the 10 Skills we learned about in WRK100. You may want to use a skill that you
wrote about in the Week 2 Assignment.)
Strengths:
What aspects of the skill are you strong in? What aspects of the skill do you feel confident in?
Why do you feel that these are your strengths?
Areas of Improvement:
What aspects of the skill would you like to get better at? What aspects of the skill do you feel
less confident about? Why are these the areas you would like to develop? Why do feel less
confident in these aspects of the skill?
Desired Outcome (short-term goal):
By the end of your time at Strayer, how would you like to be using your skill? What
accomplishment would you like to achieve, using your skill?
Goal Statement (long-term goal):
Review what you wrote in the desired outcomes section, above. Then, write one sentence
that states how you plan to use your skill to achieve your desired accomplishment.
Practices for Growth:
Describe 2–3 specific strategies that can be used to develop this skill.
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Action Steps:
Potential Obstacles and Challenges:
Develop an action plan that includes things
you can do now to begin working towards
your goal.
What barriers do you need to overcome to
reach your goal?
What challenges do you anticipate?
What specific actions are needed to acquire
knowledge and build upon your skill?
•
•
•
Step 1:
Step 2:
Step 3:
(Add more steps if necessary.)
Key Supporters:
Supporting University Resources:
In the bullet list below, identify 1-2 individuals Pick one of the Career Center or Strayer
who can support you as you develop your
resources in the lists below. Explain how that
skill.
resource can help you develop your skill or
carry out your action plan.
•
•
Supporter 1:
Supporter 2:
Explain how your supporters will help you
meet your goal. Will they provide feedback?
Can they teach you certain aspects of the
skill?
Career Center Resources:
•
•
•
•
•
•
Find Your Path
Networking Tips
Resumes
Interview Tips
Professional Associations
LinkedIn Learning (formerly Lynda.com)
Other Strayer Resources:
•
•
•
•
Strayer Mobile
Strayer Technical Support
Get Inspired
SOAR Student Assistance
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Benefits From Change and Connections to Personal, Academic, and Career Goals:
STEP ONE:
•
•
•
Identify one larger personal goal.
Identify one academic goal.
Identify one professional goal.
Note: These can be the ones you identified in the Week 4 Assignment or new ones.
STEP TWO:
Explain how developing your skill will help you achieve your personal, academic, and
professional goal.
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not be copied, further distributed, or otherwise disclosed in whole or in part, without the expressed written permission of Strayer University.
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