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Week 8 Assignment – Development Plan for Two Skills Overview For…
Week 8 Assignment – Development Plan for Two Skills
Overview
For this assignment, you’ll identify two skills that you’d like to focus on and “create a” plan for developing those skills. At the end of the assignment, you’ll have a tangible plan for personal and professional development, which you can also review with the Career Center team. The template includes five sections:
Choose Your Two Skills.
Desired Outcome.
Goal Statement.
Resources.
Action Plan.
What to submit/deliverables: A completed Week 8 Assignment Template [DOCX] .
Instructions
Complete the Template: Read the instructions for each section and place your answers in the boxes as indicated below. Use complete sentences, and answer in your “own words.:
Note: This is personal writing, so you shouldn’t need to cite anything, but if you use information from a source, cite it. To help make sure you are properly citing your sources, please review Strayer Writing Standards.
CHOOSE YOUR TWO SKILLS
Instructions:
From the 10 skills, choose two skills you want to focus on improving. You can use the two skills you wrote about for the Week 2 Assignment, Employability Skills and the Future of Work, or any two new skills from the 10 skills. The two skills you chose will be used to complete the rest of this template.
Example Chosen Skill #1: Technology Example Chosen Skill #2: Communication
SKILL #1: Enter your first chosen skill here.
SKILL #2: Enter your second chosen skill here.
YOU’RE DOING GREAT! KEEP GOING! THERE ARE 4 MORE SECTIONS.
DESIRED OUTCOME OR BENEFIT
Instructions:
Discuss the benefits of improving your chosen skills, including what your future looks like having improved these skills.
Example Desired Outcome for Skill #1 – Technology: Increase confidence in website design and maintenance, and even basic coding.
SKILL #1:” Write your” desired outcome or benefit that you expect after improving your first chosen skill.
SKILL #2: “Write your” desired outcome or benefit that you expect after improving your second chosen skill.
YOU’RE DOING GREAT! KEEP GOING! THERE ARE 3 MORE SECTIONS.
GOAL STATEMENT
Instructions:
“Write a” SMART (Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, Time-bound) goal statement for the two skills you have identified.
Example Goal Statement for Skill #2 – Communication: I will improve my active listening skills by focusing 100% on listening without trying to think of a response, measuring my progress through a peer feedback exercise and self-reflection journal, over the course of one year.
SKILL #1: “Write your'” goal statement for your first chosen skill.
SKILL #2: “Write your” goal statement for your second chosen skill.
YOU’RE DOING GREAT! KEEP GOING! THERE ARE 2 MORE SECTIONS.
RESOURCES
Instructions:
Review the resources below. Then, explain how you will use 1-2 of the resources to help you strengthen your chosen skills.
Career Center Resources
Career Coach
Exploration Guides
Find Your Path
Interview Tips
LinkedIn
Networking Tips
Professional Associations
Other Strayer Resources
WRK100 Library Guide
Get Inspired
SOAR Student Assistance
Strategies for Success
Strayer or Sophia Courses
Strayer Mobile
Strayer Technical Support
The GPS Academic Dashboard
Other Resources
Conferences, peers/coworkers, associations/community groups, instructors, or other experts in the field.
LinkedIn Learning
Tutorials, books, or articles.
Example for Skill #1 – Technology: Being more knowledgeable about where to find free classes via technology such as LinkedIn Learning will give me more resources to help strengthen this goal.
SKILL #1: Identify the resource you chose and explain how it can help you strengthen your first chosen skill.
SKILL #2: Identify the resource you chose and explain how it can help you strengthen your second chosen skill.
YOU’RE DOING GREAT! KEEP GOING! THERE IS 1 MORE SECTION.
ACTION PLAN
Instructions:
“Complete your” action plan for the two skills you have chosen.
Action Plan:
Action Steps: List three specific steps you will take to build upon your skill.
Potential Challenges: Discuss potential challenges to reaching your goal or developing your skill.
Overcoming Challenges: Describe how you will overcome challenges.
Key Supporters: Identify two individuals who can support you as you develop your skill and explain how they will help you meet your goal.
Example Action Plan for Skill #1 – Technology:
Action Steps: 1) Within the next month: Sign up for the Odin Project. 2) Within the next month: “Create a” :LinkedIn & LinkedIn Learning account. 3) Over the next two years: Take classes to develop skills in technology.
Potential Challenges: Prioritizing and setting aside time to develop skills.
Overcoming Challenges: Develop a schedule and stick to it.
Key Supporters: Arthur, a friend who is skilled in website design and can provide knowledge and support.
SKILL #1
SKILL #2
ACTION STEPS
List 3 specific steps you will take to build upon your skill.
Step 1:
Step 2:
Step 3:
(Add more steps if necessary.)
List 3 specific steps you will take to build upon your skill.
Step 1:
Step 2:
Step 3:
(Add more steps if necessary.)
POTENTIAL CHALLENGES
Discuss potential challenges to reaching your goal or developing your skill.
Discuss potential challenges to reaching your goal or developing your skill.
OVERCOMING CHALLENGES
Describe how you will overcome the challenges discussed above.
Describe how you will overcome the challenges discussed above.
KEY SUPPORTERS
Supporter 1: Identify the first name and role of an individual who can support you as you develop your skill.
Explanation: Explain how they will help you meet your goal. How will they provide feedback? Can they teach you certain aspects of the skill?
(Add more supporters if necessary.)
Supporter 2: Identify the first name and role of an individual who can support you as you develop your skill.
Explanation: Explain how they will help you meet your goal. How will they provide feedback? Can they teach you certain aspects of the skill?
(Add more supporters if necessary.)
GREAT JOB! YOU’VE REACHED THE END OF THE TEMPLATE!
REVIEW YOUR WORK FOR CLARITY, SPELLING, AND FORMATTING BEFORE SUBMITTING.
Resources
10 Skills Defined:
Visit the Strayer 10 Skills Hub for an interactive overview of all 10 Essential Employability Skills.
10 Skills Definitions (PDF).
Strayer University Career Center:
Visit the Strayer University Career Center and review the Career Exploration Guides. These guides provide tools to help you explore careers related to your major or concentration. Use the information to learn about your career path and opportunities in it. This information can also help you make a transition into positions related to your major or concentration.
You can also reach out to a Career Coach directly.
