This Assignment is your summative Capstone piece. Please write a personal reflection paper in which you examine your professional growth during your master’s program and your future plans.
Content of your Paper: Include your thoughts on the following questions, plus other reflections you deem important:
-How has your master’s program contributed to your career/life goals? Have your goals changed now since your started your program?
-What were your strengths at the beginning of the program, and how did you leverage them to succeed? (List at least 3)
-How will you continue leveraging these strengths going forward with your career development plan?
-What were your weaknesses when you started the program, and how did you find these changed over time? (List at least 3)
For example, how did you address them?
-Are they still weaknesses? Are they a concern in your career development plan?
-If they are a continuing concern, what additional professional development can you do to continue growing in these areas?
-Include in your paper a description of courses you took that are relevant to your reflection points (e.g. growth, strengths, career plan, artifacts, etc.); (describe at least 3).
-Describe the artifacts for an ePortfolio that you created this term, the associated skills they demonstrate, and how those skills will be beneficial to an employer.
-What do you see as the role of civic and social responsibility in your career plan?
-How will networking, a mentor, or other personal associations play a role in the pursuit of your goals?
-How will you use an ePortfolio in your career advancement?
Instructions for Structure of Your Paper:
Components of paper:
Your paper should be organized with appropriate subheadings according to your approach to the questions in the above Prompt.
Title Page
Introduction
Self-Assessment
Summary of Career Development Plan
Further Reflection [*covering the remaining questions listed above in the Assignment prompt]
Conclusion
References
