Assignment 3: Skill Development Plan

 

Course: WRK100: Preparing for the Future of Work

Assignment 3:

Skill Development Plan

Due: Week 9

Points: 125

What to submit/deliverables: Word document that contains the Skill Development Plan.

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 Assignment 2, you began to reflect on your skills and goals and how the 10 Skills have helped you reach accomplishments. Your understanding of the skills have 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. 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 that you might have more room for growth in. 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

Skill Development Plan Template

to outline a plan for developing skills to support a successful learning experience and career. (See the

Skill Development Plan Sample

.)

Steps to complete: In Week 9, complete and submit your Skill Development Plan 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. Complete the following sections of the template: Target Skill, Strengths, Areas of Improvement, Desired Outcome, and 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: Practices for Growth, Action Steps, and 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: Key Supporters and 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.

STEP 6: Save the template with your completed responses as a Word file titled Your Name, WRK100_Assignment 3 Skill Development Plan and submit in Blackboard in Week 9.

WRK100: SKILL DEVELOPMENT PLAN TEMPLATE

SKILL DEVELOPMENT PLAN

TARGET SKILL #1

Target Skill #1: Specify the skill you are developing this development plan for (e.g., Communication, Technology, Productivity)

Strengths: Describe your strengths in this skill.

Areas of Improvement: Describe areas of improvement in this skill.

Desired Outcome: Describe your goals around developing this skill during your time at Strayer. Think about what improvement of this skill looks like.

Goal Statement: Write a positive statement that includes your desired outcome and your imagined preferred future after development.

Practices for Growth: Describe 2–3 specific strategies that can be used to develop this skill.

Action Steps:
Describe an action plan around developing your skill that includes things you can do now to begin working towards your goal. What specific actions are needed to acquire knowledge and build upon your skill?
· Step 1:
· Step 2:
· Step 3:
(Add more steps if necessary.)

Potential Obstacles and Challenges:
What barriers do you need to overcome to reach your goal? What challenges do you anticipate?

Key Supporters:
Identify 1–2 individuals you can check in with, who will provide feedback along the way and act as trusted supporters. Explain how these supporters will help you meet your goal.
· Supporter 1
· Supporter 2

Supporting University Resources:
Identify 1–2 university resources that can help you meet your goal and explain how. Consider the resources you learned about in the weekly Learn pages, including:
Career Center Resources:
·
Explore

·
Connect

·
Prepare

·
Career Communities

·
Act

·
LinkedIn Learning
(formerly Lynda.com)
Other Strayer Resources:
·
Strayer Mobile

·
Strayer Technical Support

·
Get Inspired

·
SOAR Student Assistance

Benefits From Change and Connections to Personal, Academic, and Career Goals:
Connect your goals around skills to one larger personal goal, one academic goal, and one professional goal you have. These can be the ones you identified in Assignment 2 or new ones. How will your personal development of employability skills impact your larger goals?

TARGET SKILL #2

Target Skill #1: Specify the skill you are developing this development plan for (e.g., Communication, Technology, Productivity)

Strengths: Describe your strengths in this skill.

Areas of Improvement: Describe areas of improvement in this skill.

Desired Outcome: Describe your goals around developing this skill during your time at Strayer. Think about what improvement of this skill looks like.

Goal Statement: Write a positive statement that includes your desired outcome and your imagined preferred future after development.

Practices for Growth: Describe 2–3 specific strategies that can be used to develop this skill.

Action Steps:
Describe an action plan around developing your skill that includes things you can do now to begin working towards your goal. What specific actions are needed to acquire knowledge and build upon your skill?
· Step 1:
· Step 2:
· Step 3:
(Add more steps if necessary.)

Potential Obstacles and Challenges:
What barriers do you need to overcome to reach your goal? What challenges do you anticipate?

Key Supporters:
Identify 1–2 individuals you can check in with, who will provide feedback along the way and act as trusted supporters. Explain how these supporters will help you meet your goal.
· Supporter 1
· Supporter 2

Supporting University Resources:
Identify 1–2 university resources that can help you meet your goal and explain how. Consider the resources you learned about in the weekly Learn pages, including:
Career Center Resources:
·
Explore

·
Connect

·
Prepare

·
Career Communities

·
Act

·
LinkedIn Learning
(formerly Lynda.com)
Other Strayer Resources:
·
Strayer Mobile

·
Strayer Technical Support

·
Get Inspired

·
SOAR Student Assistance

Benefits From Change and Connections to Personal, Academic, and Career Goals:
Connect your goals around skills to one larger personal goal, one academic goal, and one professional goal you have. These can be the ones you identified in Assignment 2 or new ones. How will your personal development of employability skills impact your larger goals?

TARGET SKILL #3

Target Skill #1: Specify the skill you are developing this development plan for (e.g., Communication, Technology, Productivity)

Strengths: Describe your strengths in this skill.

Areas of Improvement: Describe areas of improvement in this skill.

Desired Outcome: Describe your goals around developing this skill during your time at Strayer. Think about what improvement of this skill looks like.

Goal Statement: Write a positive statement that includes your desired outcome and your imagined preferred future after development.

Practices for Growth: Describe 2–3 specific strategies that can be used to develop this skill.

Action Steps:
Describe an action plan around developing your skill that includes things you can do now to begin working towards your goal. What specific actions are needed to acquire knowledge and build upon your skill?
· Step 1:
· Step 2:
· Step 3:
(Add more steps if necessary.)

Potential Obstacles and Challenges:
What barriers do you need to overcome to reach your goal? What challenges do you anticipate?

Key Supporters:
Identify 1–2 individuals you can check in with, who will provide feedback along the way and act as trusted supporters. Explain how these supporters will help you meet your goal.
· Supporter 1
· Supporter 2

Supporting University Resources:
Identify 1–2 university resources that can help you meet your goal and explain how. Consider the resources you learned about in the weekly Learn pages, including:
Career Center Resources:
·
Explore

·
Connect

·
Prepare

·
Career Communities

·
Act

·
LinkedIn Learning
(formerly Lynda.com)
Other Strayer Resources:
·
Strayer Mobile

·
Strayer Technical Support

·
Get Inspired

·
SOAR Student Assistance

Benefits From Change and Connections to Personal, Academic, and Career Goals:
Connect your goals around skills to one larger personal goal, one academic goal, and one professional goal you have. These can be the ones you identified in Assignment 2 or new ones. How will your personal development of employability skills impact your larger goals?

8/26/2020

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Assignment 3 Rubric

Assignment 3: Skill Development Plan.

Levels of Achievement

Criteria Exemplary100% A
Proficient
85% B Fair 75% C

Meets
Minimum
Expectations
65% D

Unacceptable
Below 60% F

WRK110-A3-1
1. Strengths
and Areas of
Improvement.

100.00 %
Thoughtfully
reflects on
areas of
strength and
areas of
improvement
for each of the
targeted skills.

85.00 %
Describes
strengths and
areas of
improvement
for each of the
targeted skills.

75.00 %
Describes
strengths and
areas of
improvement
without clear
connection to
each of the
targeted
skills.

65.00 %
Insufficiently
describes
strengths
and/or areas
of
improvement
for each of the
targeted skills.

0.00 %
Does not
describe
strengths and
areas of
improvement
for each of the
targeted skills.

WRK110-A3-2
2. Desired
Outcomes
and Goal
Statement.

100.00 %
Goal
statements are
written clearly
and are fully
aligned to
desired
outcomes.

85.00 %
Desired
outcomes and
goal
statements
clearly align.

75.00 %
Desired
outcomes
and goal
statements
do not clearly
align.

65.00 %
Insufficiently
describes
desired
outcomes
and/or does
not include
corresponding
goal
statements.

0.00 %
Does not
describe
desired
outcomes nor
includes
corresponding
goal
statements.

WRK110-A3-3
3. Action
Plan,
Strategies,
and
Challenges.

100.00 %
Outlines
concrete action
plan steps that
support
desired
outcomes, and
incorporates
strategies for
growth and
anticipated
challenges.

85.00 %
Outlines
action plan
steps that
support
desired
outcomes,
and
incorporates
strategies for
growth and
anticipated
challenges.

75.00 %
Outlines
action plan
steps that do
not clearly
align to
desired
outcomes,
strategies,
and
challenges.

65.00 %
Insufficiently
outlines action
plan steps
that do not
clearly align to
desired
outcomes,
strategies,
and
challenges.

0.00 %
Does not
outline action
plan steps;
does not
identify
strategies to
support
growth and/or
anticipated
challenges.

Name

Description

Rubric Detail

Weight
20.00%

Weight
20.00%

Weight
20.00%

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Levels of Achievement
Criteria Exemplary100% A
Proficient
85% B Fair 75% C
Meets
Minimum
Expectations
65% D
Unacceptable
Below 60% F

WRK110-A3-4
4. Support
and
Resources.

100.00 %
Identifies
supporting
individuals and
university
resources, and
clearly
describes their
role in meeting
the stated
goals.

85.00 %
Identifies
supporting
individuals
and university
resources,
and briefly
describes
their role in
meeting the
stated goals.

75.00 %
Identifies
supporting
individuals
and/or
university
resources,
but their
connections
to the stated
goals are
unclear.

65.00 %
Insufficiently
identifies
supporting
individuals
and/or
university
resources.

0.00 %
Does not
identify
supporting
individuals
and university
resources.

WRK110-A3-5
5.
Connection
of Skill
Development
to Personal,
Academic,
and
Professional
Goals.

100.00 %
Clearly
articulates how
skill
development
impacts one
personal, one
academic, and
one
professional
goal.

85.00 %
Articulates
how skill
development
impacts one
personal, one
academic,
and one
professional
goal.

75.00 %
Explains how
the
development
of
employability
skills impacts
larger goals,
but some
connections
are vague or
unclear.

65.00 %
Insufficiently
explains how
the
development
of
employability
skills impacts
larger goals.

0.00 %
Does not
explain how
the
development
of
employability
skills impacts
larger goals.

Weight
20.00%
Weight
20.00%