Learning Plan Final Draft
1. Identify two job/career goals or skills this internship will help you develop.
A. Recognition for my great work ethic and for being a good, respectful co-worker
B. Gain the experience necessary for me to excel at other future employments
Means: what would you use to reach your objectives?
A
• Plan accordingly.
• Utilize all the skills that I have acquired in school as well as the skills that I have acquired from previous job experiences.
• Apply my newly acquired skills and knowledge in order to design quality projects for our customers.
• Prepare for anything that my job throws at me, from having to do a big project to not having enough information to do a project to just having a bad day.
• Observe the way I handle tough situations
B
• Prepare me for the “real world” and I have also learned that the way I act affects those around me.
• Assure myself that when revising a project by another intern I'll try not to critique too hard and make sure that they don’t get the sense that I am being rude when I really am not.
• Plan on compiling a lot of information from this internship whether it is from another intern, one of my co-workers or my supervisor.
• Absorb any helpful information and make sure I use it wisely.
Assessment: the tools you would use to determine if goals where met
A
• Compare my work to the work of the other interns.
• Discuss with my supervisor to see what she thinks of the work I have done for GRT and I can also ask my co-workers to see what they think of me as a co-worker or even ask them what they think about the job I have done.
• Explaining what I do on a day to day basis to a few of the people that are reading in this in hope that they actually see face to face the hard work that I have put into this internship as well as how much I have learned.
• Provide sample work
B
• Create a quick survey which would allow my co-workers and supervisor to rate me on a scale of 1-5 with 5 being either “strongly agree” option or “above average” option.
• I will also prepare a portfolio for the CEL so that they can see what I have done throughout my internship as well as give them hard copy of my thoughts and what I do on a day to day basis.
• Have a few of my co-workers write up a quick paragraph on what they think are my strengths, weaknesses and things the liked about me.
2. Identify two of the following capacities that this internship will challenge you in.
• Communication skills (written, verbal, interacting one-on-one or in speaking to a larger group)
• Analytic and problem solving-skills
• Values and decision-making capacities
• Understanding diversity
• Community and global perspective
A. Communication skills (written, verbal, interacting one-on-one or in speaking to a larger group)
B. Analytic and problem solving-skills
Means: what would you use to reach your objectives?
A
• Interact one-on-one with my co-workers, other interns and the supervisor.
• Participate in conference meetings so that my supervisor and the other supervisors can see that I like to demonstrate interest in the company
• Observe professional staff’s communication skills in the conference meetings, especially, noting where I need to improve my verbal skills
• Analyze and compare how each person at that meeting behaves, talks and carries themselves
B
• I could continue to create the quality of the work I am currently doing
• I could also continue to use the help provided to me and by that I mean asking questions to other interns and my supervisor when I don’t understand something.
• I will continue to prepare and design the projects with the confidence that has helped me create the previous projects.
• I am also very quick to critique myself, so if I see that I did something wrong I am quick to write it down on a post it note.
• Problem-solving skills have been taught to me throughout my life and I always utilize those problem-solving skills whenever a problem shows itself.
• When a problem presents itself and I know of the pros and cons of the problem I am quick to select the appropriate action to fix/complete that problem.
Assessment: the tools you would use to determine if goals where met
A
• Request observations on my communications skills from my supervisor and co-workers
• Create scenarios/role play where I can demonstrate the communication skills I have acquired and also improved while working for GRT, asking for feedback from supervisor
• Review and discuss the different skills I have acquired one on one with anyone
B
• I have been keeping track of problems that I have faced and have conquered so that I can demonstrate my problem-solving skills
• I plan to compile a couple of the projects that have given me trouble so that you can see how I have dealt with them as well as it’ll give you a hard copy of a project I finished even after being presented a problem
• I can also compute how many projects give me problems and compare them to those that don’t
• With that information we would be able to analyze and compare the quality of the projects and any other aspect that you think is worth comparing
3. Identify two experiences associated with the internship that you want to take advantage of and reflect upon what you hope to learn.
A. Networking
B. What it feels like to work for a publishing company
Means:
A.
• I plan on interacting with my supervisor after I am done with my internship as well as keep in touch with the VP and other big people of the company
• After I am done with this internship I hope to create relationships with them and utilize the relationships to get a future employment out of it
• I hope that by me working hard and going ahead and beyond on assignments that I am able to demonstrate to them the type of worker I am; which will hopefully land me some good references for a future employment
B.
• GRT is a publishing company and I did not expect to work for a publishing company but this internship has provided me with great points of view
• I hope to learn more about working for a publishing company so that I can be able to relate to the stuff I learned at GRT to the stuff I will be dealing with when I have my own business
• Hopefully this internship can demonstrate to me the essentials of running a business that has a lot of clients demanding a lot from you
• Also, hopefully it can prepare me for situations in where customers need my assistance or situations in where I need to make decisions on the spot
Assessment:
A & B
• Networking will allow me to expand my horizons
• I will keep track of my network connections at GRT using the social media site called, LinkedIn
• In LinkedIn I can check how many connections I have as well as what those connections are up to and even if there are any jobs available
• If these objectives are met, I will have a new job and I would be able to utilize the skills I learned at GRT for my new job
• Also, I would be able to compare the difference between a publishing company and whatever new job I have
• I could also be able to compile a few word documents on the similarities and differences between the two jobs
• I will continue to keep in touch with my friends back at GRT either via phone, email or social media and continue to keep my employment options open
Learning Plan 2nd Draft
1. Identify
two job/career goals or skills this internship will help you develop.
a. Recognition for my great work ethic and
for being a good, respectful co-worker
b.
Gain the experience necessary for me to
excel at other future employments
Means: what would you use to reach your objectives?
a.
·
In order for me to demonstrate that I
have great work ethic, I have to plan accordingly.
·
What I mean by this is that I most
utilize all the skills that I have acquired in school as well as the skills that
I have acquired from previous job experiences.
·
Along with these skills I also have to
apply my newly acquired skills and knowledge in order to design quality
projects for our customers.
·
I must also prepare for anything that my
job throws at me, from having to do a big project to not having enough
information to do a project to just having a bad day.
·
The way I handle these situations will
determine how successful I will be at my internship and I must say, so far I
have handled everything well.
b.
·
Not only will these situations help me
out for getting ready for the “real world” but the way I act at my job affects
those around me.
·
When revising a project by another
intern I try not to critique too hard and make sure that they don’t get the
sense that I am being rude when I really am not.
·
I hope to compile a lot of information
from this internship whether it is from another intern, one of my co-workers or
my supervisor; I will take any helpful information and make sure I use it
wisely.
Assessment: the tools you would use to determine if goals
where met
a.
·
In order to see if I met my goals I
would most likely have to compare my work to the work of the other interns.
·
Another way to determine if I met my
goals would be to discuss with my supervisor to see what she thinks of the work
I have done for GRT and I can also ask my co-workers to see what they think of
me as a co-worker or even ask them what they think about the job I have done.
·
Another idea that came to mind when
thinking of how I would determine if my goals where met and the idea of me
explaining what I do on a day to day basis to a few of the people that are
reading in this in hope that they actually see face to face the hard work that
I have put into this internship as well as how much I have learned.
·
I can also provide sample work or even
set up a webpage from scratch in front of those reading this in order for them
to see and give them a chance to analyze and perhaps critique my work.
b.
·
Another idea I had was maybe creating a
quick survey which would allow my co-workers and supervisor to rate me on a
scale of 1-5 with 5 being either “strongly agree” option or “above average”
option.
·
I will also prepare a portfolio for the
CEL so that they can see what I have done throughout my internship as well as
give them hard copy of my thoughts and what I do on a day to day basis.
·
Also, I can even have a few of my
co-workers write up a quick paragraph on what they think are my strengths,
weaknesses and things the liked about me.
2. Identify
two of the following capacities that this internship will challenge you in.
·
Communication skills ( written, verbal,
interacting one-on-one or in speaking to a larger group)
·
Analytic and problem solving-skills
·
Values and decision-making capacities
·
Understanding diversity
·
Community and global perspective
a. Communication skills (written, verbal, interacting one-on-one or in
speaking to a larger group)
b. Analytic and problem solving-skills
Means: what would you
use to reach your objectives?
a.
·
I plan on interacting one-on-one with my
co-workers, other interns and supervisor.
·
I also plan on giving my input during
conference meetings so that my supervisor and the other supervisors can see
that I like to demonstrate interest in the company
·
I want to utilize the time spent during
those meetings to prepare my communication skills especially, my verbal skills
for future job employments
·
Also, at the conference meetings I could
use that time to analyze and compare how each person at that meeting behaves,
talks and carries themselves
b.
·
I could continue to create the quality
of the work I am currently doing
·
I could also continue to use the help
provided to me and by that I mean asking questions to other interns and my
supervisor when I don’t understand something.
·
I will continue to prepare and design
the projects with the confidence that has helped me create the previous
projects.
·
I am also very quick to critique myself,
so if I see that I did something wrong I am quick to write it down on a post it
note.
·
Problem-solving skills have been taught
to me throughout my life and I always utilize those problem-solving skills
whenever a problem shows itself.
·
When a problem presents itself and I
know of the pros and cons of the problem I am quick to select the appropriate
action to fix/complete that problem.
Assessment: the tools you would use
to determine if goals where met
a.
·
I could go up to one of my co-workers or
one of the interns or even my supervisor and ask them what they think about my
communication skills
·
We can design or create some scenarios
in where I can demonstrate the communication skills I have acquired and also
improved while working for GRT
·
I would even be willing to discuss the
different skills I have acquired one on one with anyone that wants to get a
sense of what I have learned.
b.
·
I have been keeping track of problems
that I have faced and have conquered so that I can demonstrate my
problem-solving skills
·
I plan to compile a couple of the
projects that have given me trouble so that you can see how I have dealt with
them as well as it’ll give you a hard copy of a project I finished even after
being presented a problem
·
I can also compute how many projects
give me problems and compare them to those that don’t
·
With that information we would be able to
analyze and compare the quality of the projects and any other aspect that you
think is worth comparing
3. Identify
two experiences associated with the internship that you want to take advantage
of and reflect upon what you hope to learn.
a.
Networking
b.
What it feels like to work for a
publishing company
Means:
a.
·
I plan on interacting with my supervisor
after I am done with my internship as well as keep in touch with the VP and
other big people of the company
·
After I am done with this internship I hope
to create relationships with them and utilize the relationships to get a future
employment out of it
·
I hope that by me working hard and going
ahead and beyond on assignments that I am able to demonstrate to them the type
of worker I am; which will hopefully land me some good references for a future
employment
b.
·
GRT is a publishing company and I did not expect to work for a publishing
company but this internship has provided me with great points of view
·
I hope to learn more about working for a
publishing company so that I can be able to relate to the stuff I learned at
GRT to the stuff I will be dealing with when I have my own business
·
Hopefully this internship can
demonstrate to me the essentials of running a business that has a lot of
clients demanding a lot from you
·
Also, hopefully it can prepare me for
situations in where customers need my assistance or situations in where I need
to make decisions on the spot
Assessment:
A
& B
·
Networking will allow me to expand my
horizons
·
I will keep track of my network
connections at GRT using the social media site called, LinkedIn
·
In LinkedIn I can check how many
connections I have as well as what those connections are up to and even if
there are any jobs available
·
If these objectives are met, I will have a new
job and I would be able to utilize the skills I learned at GRT for my new job
·
Also, I would be able to compare the
difference between a publishing company and whatever new job I have
·
I could also be able to compile a few
word documents on the similarities and differences between the two jobs
·
I will continue to keep in touch with my
friends back at GRT either via phone, email or social media and continue to
keep my employment options open
Learning Plan 1st Draft
Objective #1 - Recognition for my great work ethic and for being a good, respectful co-worker
· The reason I chose this objective is because in my opinion, the hardest thing to keep up and the most important thing employers look at after hiring you is your work ethic. I feel like once you make it clear that you have an extraordinary work ethic, co-workers will gain a lot of respect for you as well it looks good when your boss sees you working hard every day. Work ethic, in my opinion, will get you a great reputation and therefore it will assist you when you are out there looking for future employment or maybe a promotion. Having said that, being a good, respectful co-worker goes along way. For example, at GRT it is mainly women working there, I would say about 95% of the employees at GRT are women and having to work with women I have to be one my best behavior as well as be respectful. Whenever any of the women around me need any help with anything I am there to assist them, if they sneeze I will be there to say “God bless you” and nothing is more important than smiling and having a nice conversation with them. They love to chit-chat and get to know you. When looking at someone to see if they are a good, respectful co-worker, it is the little things that matter and if you do them constantly.
· My experience with this objective has been great! I have had a couple of people come up to me and say that they like the way I work as well as the quality of my work. That right there is the reaction I want to get from people, I want to be known as a person who worked hard at everything they did and did a pretty good job at it too. I had another scenario were one of my co-workers needed help with a project and because she had seen/heard how my work looks and how hard I work at it she asked me if I could help her out and I said “Of course I would.” In one of the most recent projects I worked on, which was for a class titled Environmental Science and Sustainable Solutions 2nd Edition at Washington State University, my supervisor was very impressed at how fast I did the work as well as how good the quality of the job was. That definitely put a smile on my face. Another instance in were this objective showed was when a couple of my co-workers sneezed right after one another and I said bless you to both of them. This kept happening throughout the day and as I was about to leave they were both talking by the coffee table and stopped me to tell me that I was a very polite young man. It is stuff like that that makes my day.
· My hard work and dedication contributed to me achieving my first objective. I am always dedicated to what I do and I am self-motivated so the job will most definitely get done. Also, the politeness my parents taught me has helped me out the first two weeks at GRT.
· I accomplished my objective by applying the same attitude and hard work I use in school to my internship and it has helped me out a lot.
· I am definitely glad I chose this objective because it is one that I always strive for whether I am working maintenance, construction, baseball camp, out on the baseball field or at an office, I always strive for great work ethic and if you keep doing what you have to do when you have to do it then other people will indeed notice your work ethic. Politeness is another thing I always do. No matter where I am at I am always polite because that is how my parents raised me, that is how I want to be treated and when you show politeness to someone that could possibly make their day better if they are having a bad day. Being polite to someone you don’t know will definitely leave a great first impression of you on them.
· I believe this objective will assist me in the future because in my opinion, the two things in this objective cannot be taught in one day. It takes practice and not everyone has them. We have all worked with someone or some people that have the worst work ethic in the world, they are not self-motivated and are just purely lazy; people like that do not succeed in life. We have also worked with some people or someone that is the rudest person you have ever met. They have no manners and are not polite at all. People like that can ruin a work environment and can possibly ruin your day if you see them not doing anything while you are working your butt off yet they are still getting paid the same as you. I myself had a couple instances in were a couple of interns told me to take it easy and take my time with the work but that is just not the way I am so I told them “thanks but I think I just finish it off now and get more work for later and tomorrow morning.” Having a great work ethic and being polite can be in your reputation and employers love that. They love to hire an employee that people like working with as well as an employee that gets the job done fast yet it is great quality work.
Objective #2- Gain the experience necessary for me to excel at other future employments
· The reason why I chose this objective is because I would like to gain experience from GRT, as this is my first office job, and really see how working in an office all day can be. I really believe that by paying attention to the small details of an everyday at an office can be essential to me as I will see how everything affects everything. I also would like to see how co-workers interact with one another as well as how managers and supervisors interact with their workers. Basically, I want to see how different being in an office is than being out doing manual work in a factory which is what I have been used to my whole life. I also would like to gain a lot of experience and inside knowledge on how to run a company from this internship because my dream job is to open up an indoor baseball facility in Chicago and one in Puerto Rico. I know these are two completely different things but I just want to see from different perspectives on what to expect and how to do things right.
· My experience with this objective has been pretty good. I have learned some stuff but not as quite as I would like and that could be due to the fact that I have only been working at GRT for 10 days. I think that with the more I spend at GRT, the more I will learn and gain more experience. So far I have learned that the managers and supervisors do indeed interact with their employees. I also learned that the way you start a morning is usually the way you will end the day. By that, I mean that if you spill coffee all over your shirt on your way to work and then things go south after that as soon as you get to work then you are probably going to end up having a bad day. I have also learned that the people in the workplace make the type of work environment you work in. At GRT, for example, there are a lot of gossip circles and chit-chat groups that go on throughout the day. The best part is that the gossip is not bad gossip from within GRT; it is actually gossip about stuff that happens at home or to one of their friends. It is actually pretty awesome when I see co-workers interacting like that, sharing their lives with people they see every day for 8 hours a day.
· Like I said before, I have not accomplished this objective completely yet because I’ve only been there for 10 days but the information/experience/knowledge I have gathered thus far have been great. It is actually more than what I expected it. I did not expect the co-workers there to be as friendly as they are and as helpful as they are. It is definitely something I am not used to seeing nowadays.
· I look to accomplish this objective by keeping a close look at what goes around the company and how people act or are affected by different situations in the work place. In a sense, I am doing a study on the workplace so that when I do end up opening up my baseball facilities I will know how to treat my employees and how to keep the work environment positive. I will also accomplish this objective by staying alert at all times and not allowing anything distract me from getting my work done as well as seeing how people act in regards to the work that I do.
· I am definitely glad that I chose this objective because it is one that will take time to accomplish yet it will be very influential to me as well as informative. An objective like this is one that takes time and takes a good eye or a sense of what is going on around you. You have to be on the lookout and listen/see how people are acting, how people on certain days or when there are a lot of projects to do.
· I think this objective will allow me to run my business smoothly as well as keeping my employees and customers happy. I want to make sure that my employees want to come back to work or in the case of the customer, come back and use our facility. This will also help me when I look for future employment after college if GRT doesn’t offer me a job. If the place I am applying to gives me a walkthrough of the place, I will know what to look for and determine if this employment and its environment is suitable for me. It will also assist me in that I will be able to share my experience with my friends and family and maybe after listening to me talk about my experience then they will know what to look for or how to make a work environment a positive one to work at.
Objective #3- To work my hardest in trying to provide our customers with great service and great interactive learning objects
· The reason I chose this objective is because it is actually one of the missions/values of GRT. GRT thrives on providing their customers with great quality work and making sure that their customers are satisfied with the work. If the customer doesn’t like something or wants something to be added then GRT will do whatever it takes to make the customer happy. Another reason why I chose this is because I like providing great quality work to people. For example, this right here is a rough draft but I have so much to say that it looks like a final draft and I am also being specific which not a lot of people do. Things like that are what I am good at. I like adding cool features to a webpage at work so that the author sees it and says “wow, those workers at GRT really do a great job.” I also like to show people that I am a quick learner and that I can go the extra mile. I don’t just do what people tell me or ask me to do; I go one step further and make sure they are impressed with my work.
· My experience with this objective has been great thus far. I have received a few compliments from co-workers as well as a compliment from my supervisor. I am really proud of the job I have done at GRT so far. Although I have only been there for 10 days I feel as if I have made an impact in the projects that we interns have done and in the couple of projects some co-workers asked me to help them with. Also, a couple of the interns were really impressed with how fast a caught on to the tools we use and how much I have learn in such little time working there. According to them, I have learned things in 10 days that it took them, months to learn; I know they can be saying that since they are talking to me personally but if that is true then I am extremely proud of that.
· I will have to say that thus far I have accomplished this objective since my work has been really good and very organized. I don’t want to jinx myself but I have not been told I have done a bad job with a project (knock on wood). I mean I have made mistakes but I have caught them and fixed them before sending the project off to the author and I am also quick to ask questions if I don’t understand something. By doing that, I am making sure I understand everything in order for the author to get my best work and continue to do business with us.
· I will accomplish this when my supervisor starts assigning me projects for me to do individually. Right now I am working with another intern and we usually double team the work because that is what they want us to do. But recently I got assigned a project that I could work on by myself and I completed it. This is the project that the supervisor saw and was very impressed so hopefully this is the start of something very exciting at this internship. I will also accomplish this by using the same techniques I use in the classroom as well as the hard work my parents taught me. My mom would always tell me “if you are going to do something, do it right” and that is what I want to do everything I am assigned a project at work.
· I am glad that I chose this objective because it is something that looks good when you show people what you did and it brings in more customers to the company. By providing the best quality work to the authors I will be able to relate it to my own business once I open that up. I want the baseball players that come in to have the best experience they have ever had at a baseball facility and I want to provide them with nice, clean, great quality facility. In a sense, everything relates to one another which is why I know this internship is perfect for me.
· I believe this objective will allow me to show off my work to future employment if they ask why I am a good candidate for the available position. I can show them my work and talk to them about how I got it done as well as the little things that go into finishing a project such as time management which is something I have learned throughout my academic career. This will also allow me to tell my future boss of the stuff I am capable of doing as well as what I can do when there is pressure on me. There are a lot of things that I can say about my completed projects that will definitely impress employers.
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