Reflecting on Your Skills, Goals, and Accomplishments

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It is mandatory to use the attached template for the assignment.

 

Course: WRK100: Preparing for the Future of Work

Assignment 2: Reflecting on Your Skills, Goals, and Accomplishments

Note about this assignment: To ensure students are properly placed into the English courses that will best set them up for successful college writing, it is customary for students to have their writing skills assessed. For students without transfer credit for college-level English courses, the writing you provide in Assignment 2 will be assessed to determine whether you should be placed into ENG090 or into ENG116. This review of your writing will not affect your grade on the assignment or the overall course; your instructor will grade Assignment 2 based on the rubric for the course, which is separate from the writing review.

What to submit/deliverables: Word document that contains Parts 1‐3 of the Assignment 2 Template.

What is the value of doing this assignment? In this assignment, you will reflect on the qualities, values, strengths, areas of improvement, and accomplishments that capture who you are and how they connect to the 10 Skills and your personal, academic, and professional goals. You‘ll then practice your communication skill by writing about what you‘ve identified in ways appropriate for a CV or résumé (you will not need to complete a résumé). You‘ll use this information in Assignment 3 to create an action plan for developing skills that will help you reach your future goals. After completing this assignment, you will have a document you can bring to the Career Center where counselors can help you further develop your career strategy.

Your goal for this assignment is to: Reflect on and communicate your skills, goals, and accomplishments. 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.

Steps to complete: In Week 4, complete and submit your assignment using the following steps:

STEP 1: Complete the four questions in Part 1: About Me, reflecting on your values, aspirations, key qualities, goals, strengths, and areas of growth.

• For questions 2, 3, and 4 in Part 1, make sure to write five or more complete sentences for each.

STEP 2: Complete the three steps in Part 2: Accomplishment Statements by reflecting on your past accomplishments, using the template to identify the challenges, actions, results, and details, and then writing two series of concise statements using the example accomplishments formatting provided.

STEP 3: Complete the four-question reflection in Part 3: Reflect on Your Experiences, considering Parts 1 and 2 of this assignment and the connections you have made to the 10 Skills.

To help make sure you are properly citing your sources, please review

Assignment 2 Rubric

WRK100

 

Assignment 2 Template: Reflecting on Your Skills, Goals, and Accomplishments

Part 1: About Me

Answer the following questions to capture how you see yourself in terms of values, aspirations, key qualities, goals, strengths, and areas of growth:

 

1) Describe your values, motivations or aspirations in your own words.

 

2) Describe some of your main personal, academic, and professional goals. Make sure to write five or more complete sentences.

 

3) What are some of your strength areas? Think about the top 2–3 skills you would advertise about yourself, or consider what others come to you for advice about. Make sure to write five or more complete sentences.

 

4) What are some areas you would like to grow and improve in? Make sure to write five or more complete sentences.

 

 

Part 2: Accomplishment Statements

Accomplishments don’t have to be as large as climbing the top of Mount Everest or starting your own company. We accomplish many things in our lives every day that have meaning. For example, perhaps you organized volunteers for your school’s food drive or made an extremely profitable sale. Or, if you’re more advanced in your career, perhaps you’ve received a promotion or special recognition.

In this part of the assignment, you’ll identify two accomplishments from work, school, volunteering, or other activities. You’ll then practice communicating these in ways appropriate for a résumé.

To begin, brainstorm accomplishments from your work, school, volunteering, or other activities. Read the Accomplishment Categories section for a list. After you’ve identified two accomplishments, write statements for each accomplishment using the information below:

Step 1: Think about each of your accomplishments in these terms:

Challenge Situation, problem, or requirement.
Action Specific actions you took to resolve or meet the challenge.
Result The benefit created in specific and measurable terms. Be sure to tie results to the organization’s goals when possible.
Details Clarifying details, such as numbers or percentages, to provide context (consider answering how many, how much, how long, or how often).

Consider the example below of someone with experience as a retail manager:

Challenge An increase in customer complaints about the helpfulness of staff.
Action Developed a new training program for staff, got approval from district manager, and once approved implemented it with a regular review process.
Result After 3 months, customer complaints decreased.
Details Previously, customer complaints averaged 4 per week.

After 3 months, complaints averaged 1 or less per week.

Step 2: Write two accomplishment statements to practice using this format:

Challenge  
Action  
Result  
Details  

 

Challenge  
Action  
Result  
Details  

 

 

Step 3: Now, try writing your two accomplishment statements concisely for a résumé (you will not be completing a resume). Use either example format below to write your accomplishments:

Accomplishment Statement 1: Result + action + brief description including clarifying details.
Example: Decreased customer complaints from 3 per week to 1 or less per week by training staff and implementing a regular review process.

 

Accomplishment Statement 2: Action + brief description with clarifying details + results.
Example: Trained retail staff in customer-service techniques and implemented a regular review process, decreasing customer complaints from 3 per week to 1 or less per week.

 

 

Accomplishment Statement 1
 

 

 

Accomplishment Statement 2
 

 

 

 

 

Note: Delete this section before handing in your completed template.

Accomplishment Categories

Saving Time:

shortening a procedure

optimizing a process

establishing a new procedure

investing in new technology

retraining staff

identifying inefficiencies

changing a schedule

recommending new systems

Saving Money:

using supplies more effectively

eliminating unneeded reports

contracting with a new vendor

reducing underperforming programs

properly scheduling staff

recruiting volunteers

creating something from scratch

finding cost-effective solutions

Making Money:

increasing sales/profits/market share

enlarging a market

finding a new market

expanding class offerings

developing new services

inventing something

winning a grant

enrolling new participants

retaining clients/customers/students

developing partnerships

upselling customers

extending contracts

 Reducing Risk:

meeting government requirements

improving testing

fixing a problem

ensuring safety standards are met

decreasing negative behaviors

increasing positive behaviors

protecting against a hazard

developing policies

Improving Quality:

upgrading a system or software

updating a course

facilitating employee training

instating best practices

implementing new procedures

Recognition:

winning an award

securing a promotion

achieving a certification/degree

boosting customer satisfaction

improving employee engagement

increasing teamwork

reducing errors

receiving positive feedback

· earning a bonus

· accepting a board position

Creating Positive Outcomes:

implementing successful intervention

teaching life skills

observing behavioral change

fostering therapeutic relationships

 

Part 3: Reflect on Your Experiences

1) How has reflecting on your goals, strengths, areas of growth, and accomplishments been valuable for you?

 

2) What are ways you can build in a regular practice of reflection?

 

3) In your current understanding of the 10 Skills, identify 1–2 skills that you believe have helped you reach the accomplishments listed in Part 2. Briefly explain how.

 

4) After practicing writing your accomplishments in a résumé-appropriate style, do you feel more confident in expressing your accomplishments to an employer? Briefly explain.

 

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Discussion Board On Lupus

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Topic: Disease Process

In this week’s discussion board, we will begin to tie the body systems studied thus far together. Moreover, we will see the effects of disease on the systems studied and thoughtfully consider how science equips humans to participapte in God’s redemptive work.

For this discussion board, you will research a disease process of your choice. Choose a disease process which involves at least three organ systems – the effect of the disease on these systems must be detailed in the initial discussion board post.

Choose your disease early – no more than 2 students may cover the same disease!  You can “claim” your disease as early as the first week by starting a thread in the discussion board that only has a subject heading for your disease.  Then post your discussion that includes the following outlined items as a reply to your own subject heading. If two of your classmates have already posted the subject heading for a certain disease, such as Diabetes Mellitus, you will need to choose a different disease process.

You are required to the following outline as a guide:

Indicate the disease to be discussed

Describe disease process, including common symptoms and the effect on three organ systems

Discuss treatment and management of the disease

Describe how science equips humans to participate in God’s redemptive work

Initial post must be at least 250 words and include at least two scholarly sources. Initial post should not exceed 600 words. Acceptable sources include journal articles, manuscripts, scholarly textbooks, and/or internet sites from .edu or .gov sources. Avoid internet sites from .com, .net, .org, etc. as the information contained therein is not often peer reviewed.

Replies: Reply to 2 classmates

Discuss the main causes of the disease described by your classmate and how it is diagnosed by a medical professional.  Then outline steps to prevent (if possible) the disease.  If it is not possible to prevent it, explain why.

This course utilizes the Post-First feature in all Discussion Board Forums. This means you will only be able to read and interact with your classmates’ thread in response to the provided prompt.

Note: the disease process to which your are responding in each of your replies must differ from the disease process described in your own initial thread. In addition, each reply must respond to a different disease process. In summary, your initial post will cover one disease, your first reply will cover a different disease, and your second reply will address a third disease. Each reply post must be a minimum of 125 words and include a scholarly reference.

Plagiarism

Plagiarism is a serious academic infringement. Avoid it at all costs. To learn more about plagiarism and how to avoid it, visit this website. Note that you are fully responsible for any plagiarism detected by the instructor of this course. Cases of plagiarism will be dealt with according to current policies established by Liberty University Online.

Identify two (2) reasons for what might be causing the behavior.

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  1. You will create a basic guidance plan for a child named Jana. In each module you will be provided with new information on Jana. Using your critical thinking skills, analyze the information presented and reflect upon it.

    Step 1: Review the Information on Jana
    Jana is a 4 – year old girl. During the summertime, Jana’s mom works from home in order to provide childcare for Jana and her older sister, Jolena, who is seven. Over the past few months, Jana has been displaying some challenging behaviors:

    • She talks a lot and ignores any and all requests to be quieter or stop talking.
    • She climbs on top of tables and counters and it seems she is always getting into something, even when told not to.
    • She often laughs because she thinks it’s funny when the adults get frustrated with her.
    • It’s a new school year and Jana is returning to the home child care that she attended during the previous school year. The child care provider has noticed that those behaviors persist in the home child care setting.

      Step 2: Write a Reflection
      In a minimum of 2-pages (not counting the title page and reference page, if applicable) address the following:

    1. Discuss what you think might be going on with Jana, based solely on the information provided.
    2. Identify two (2) reasons for what might be causing the behavior.
    3. Select two (2) developmental domains (PILES) where she needs additional support.
    4. Use professional language including complete sentences and proper grammar, spelling, and punctuation throughout your paper. Include a title page and cite any research sources in APA format,

Is Physical Education Essential In Colleges?

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College life might get a little bit monotonous after a certain point. Everyone deserves to take a break at times. However, the best type of break is one where you are literally given attendance for having fun. We are talking about physical education. It offers a delightful opportunity for students to indulge in a diverse range of physical activities including sports as well as exercise. Regularly participating in some form of physical activity can significantly impact a student’s life. It is indeed very essential in college and there are a whole range of reasons for it. You will get acclimated with the reasons as you continue reading the article.

Importance of Physical Education in College

  • It Reduces Stress!

Any form of sport is actually a type of entertainment. It is a break from your daily life. It is almost as if you are able to temporarily visit an alternate reality that operates on the basis of a completely different set of rules. For instance, in normal life, kicking a ball into a net will not entitle you to any form of accreditation. However, it is called football in the world of sports. Want to hear the raging cheers? Get on the field and show your moves!

  • It Imparts Discipline!

The foremost point of physical education is maintenance of physical health. To maintain anything in life, the most important factor is discipline. You have to be patient and persevering. Indulging in physical exercise on a regular basis puts you in a kind of routine where you can better accommodate yourself. This makes you more diligent.

  • It Improves Fitness!

As stated previously, physical education is about maintaining physical health. The life of a college student might be full of fast food and disrupted sleeping hours owing to the pressure of improving academic performance. So, regular involvement in any type of physical activity, be it exercise or sports, can make up for it. You can take help from websites that will write essays for you if it gets too hectic to manage time for assignments. One must be fit and healthy in order to have a sustainable life. If you do not take this seriously now, it will make you vulnerable to a plethora of health-related complications as you grow older. So, better be safe than sorry.

  • It Encourages Socialization!

In physical education, team-based competitions are a significantly frequent phenomenon. At many times, you will find yourself teaming up either with or against a peer you have not personally interacted with before. In the course of the game, you get the chance of communicating with your peers and this is a very effective way of socializing.

  • It Improves Productivity!

What is the biggest result of reducing stress? It is an improvement of productivity. When you are not stressed, it means that you are not distracted. Naturally, when you are not distracted, you can concentrate a lot more. You also get a range of sports education benefits if you devote yourself to physical education attentively. When you do anything in a half-hearted manner, you are never able to achieve successful results.

  • It Fosters Leadership!

Indeed, sports have a lot to do with team spirit. And wherever there is a team, there is a leader. A captain always leads their team from the front. As you keep serving a team as its captain in a match, it builds up your skills to make decisions on the go. You have to be dynamic and proactive. It is a great way to practise your leadership skills and improve your decision-making abilities. Leading a team in a sports-related environment can prepare you to lead teams in other scenarios as well.

  • It Teaches Coordination!

As mentioned earlier, physical education often lands you in teams. Whenever you participate in any form of team-based exercise, it is a test of your coordinating abilities. Many suggest that sports are the best way of teaching people the true value of team spirit. When you play together, you win together. It also teaches you how to recognize the strengths and weaknesses of people and assign them responsibilities accordingly. For instance, in football, a team has 11 people, each having their own role. There are strikers, mid-fielders, defenders and goal-keepers working unitedly.

Conclusion

Physical education is not just essential, but rather extremely crucial in college. We just told you about all the benefits that you stand to gain if you indulge in physical education being a college student. At the end of the day, physical education is indeed a kind of education. It plays an important role in ensuring your physical wellbeing as well as your mental wellbeing. So, when you enlist yourself in any college, never forget to check in the brochure whether they can allow you to avail classes for physical education. It can truly help you a lot.