Devry Coll148 Week 8 My Personal Goals and Mission Statement Latest 2015 November
My Personal Goals and Mission Statement
This culminating assignment, introduced in Week 6, will help you reflect on what you have learned throughout this course and how you will apply what you have learned to your academic and professional life. Through this assignment, you will
- develop your academic and professional goals in order to develop a sound mission statement;
- evaluate the knowledge and insights you currently have and will need to obtain in order to achieve your goals; and
- analyze the immediate and long-term actions you need take to achieve your goals and your personal mission.
Continue working on the documents you downloaded in Week 6, or if you need to download the files now.
- Download the Week 8: Personal Goals and Mission Statement worksheet
- Read the document How to Create a Personal Mission Statement
- Complete the worksheet according to the instructions.
- As a reminder, the assignment will be graded based on the following rubric
| Category | Points | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Part I Goals | 60 | For full credit, Educational, Career, and Financial Goals were fully developed based on knowledge and insights student currently has and will need to obtain in order to achieve the stated goals. |
| Part II Mission Statement | 70 | For full credit, a comprehensive mission statement is drafted and the three related questions are thoroughly responded to. |
| Writing Skills | 10 | Student followed all the conventions of professional English. This includes, but is not limited to, grammar, syntax, spelling, and mechanics. |
| Total | 140 |
Submit your assignment to the Week 8: My Personal Goals and Mission Statement
DevelopingPersonal Goals and Mission Statement
NAME:__________________________________
This culminating assignment will help you reflect on what you have learned throughout this course and how it will apply to your academic and professional life.In this assignment, you will evaluate: (1) review the assessments that you took in the course, (2) create educational and career goals, (3) identify obstacles to reaching these goals and ways to overcome the obstacles and (4) develop a sound mission statement.
For this assignment you will need to review the results of the following discussions and assignments:
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Name of Completed Exercise |
Location |
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1 |
Discover Your Power Checklist |
Week 1—Discussion |
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2 |
Career Ready Plan |
Week 1—Discussion |
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3 |
The Work Skills Self-Assessment |
Week 1—Assignment |
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4 |
Time Management Assessment |
Week 2—Assignment |
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5 |
Life Styles Inventory (LSI) |
Week 3—Assignment |
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6 |
What Employers are Looking for |
Week 3—Discussion |
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7 |
Test Taking Skills |
Week 4—Assignment |
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8 |
Exploring Career Options |
Week 5—Assignment |
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9 |
Tips for Academic Success |
Week 6—Assignment |
Part I - Goals
Educational Goals:
1. Long term educational goal:
I am working toward a_________________ (type of certificate or degree) in ________________________ (program of study) which I will complete in_________________(specify years) and will earn a ________CGPA (Cumulative Grade Point Average) on a 4.00 scale.
2. Short term educational goals:
To reach my long term EDUCATIONAL goal, I will need to complete several short term goals. I have reviewed the results of the nine exercises listed above and have created EDUCATIONAL goals from at least 5 of the nine exercises.
(Below please list the name of the exercise and the specific goal.For example:Goal 1: Based on the “Time ManagementAssessment” in week 1, I need to create a schedule and list all homework every week.)
a. Goal 1:
b. Goal 2:
c. Goal 3:
d. Goal 4:
e. Goal 5:
What obstacles will I face to reach these EDUCATIONAL goals? How will I conquer those obstacles? (Minimum word count: 150 words)
Career Goals:
After completing the industry and company research in this course, I have determined that I want to pursuea career in:(Enter all industry and job titles you are most interested in and will qualify for)
In addition to graduating with my certificate or degree, to have this careerI need to gain the following knowledge and learn the following skills (List as many as you can based on the Exploring Career Options or other research):
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________
To reach my long term CAREER goal, I will need to complete several short term goals. I have reviewed the results of the nine exercises listed above and have created CAREER goals from at least 5 of the nine exercises:
(Below please list the name of the exercise and the specific goal. For example:Goal 1: Based on the “What Employers Are Looking For” List in week 6, I need to improve my writing skills so that I will write professional documents with clarity and without grammar or punctuation errors. )
a. Goal 1:
b. Goal 2:
c. Goal 3:
d. Goal 4:
e. Goal 5:
What obstacles will I face to reach these CAREER goals? How will I conquer those obstacles? (Minimum word count: 150 words)
Financial Goals:
I desire a $_____________monthly income once I complete my educational goals. (Is that figure realistic based on the industry research you conducted?)
I plan to limit my educational debt to $ _______________ (estimate dollar amount).
I plan to spend $ ____________ _ per month while achieving my educational goals.
I plan to save $ ____________ _ per month while achieving my educational goals.
Reflect on the material presented in this course to describe your plan and how you will save.
Part 2 –Mission Statement
Read the document "How to Create a Personal Mission Statement."
Based on the tips provided in the document and what you know about yourself, draft your own personal mission statement that is at least 4 sentences long: ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Answer ALL of the following questions with three to four sentences for each question:
a. In what ways will your mission statement impact the way you interact with others?
b. In what ways will your mission statement impact your actions while in school?
c. In what ways will this mission statement impact your career?
Submit the completed worksheet to the Dropbox titled "Week 8: Goals and Personal Mission Statement."
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