Name ______________________________________ Career Identification Paper – Rubric
Career Identification (15pts.)
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Student identifies a healthcare career they are interested in pursuing.
Student discusses why they are interested in selected healthcare profession.
Student describes the role and responsibilities of the selected profession.
Student identifies settings in which the selected professionals practice.
Student describes salary range (lowest to highest) for this profession or career.
Education Requirements for Career (12pts.)
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Student identifies an accredited graduate or other professional program of study to meet selected career goal.
Student includes name of degree or certificate awarded after completion of accredited graduate or other professional program of study.
Student describes admission requirements for graduate or professional program including undergraduate degree/courses required, grades required, GPA, or other requirements (observation hours, recommendation letters, etc.).
Student identifies requirements for completion of graduate or professional program including coursework required, clinical requirements (if any), length of time to complete.
Accreditation/Certification/Licensure (9 pts.)
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Student identifies accrediting agency of graduate or other professional program and explains why accreditation is needed.
Student describes degree, certification, or license required to practice in chosen state & specific requirements for licensure.
Student describes requirements to maintain/renew license and/or certification and how often license renewed.
Undergraduate Degree Plan (6 pts.)
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Student includes a semester-by-semester plan for taking required undergraduate courses for your career program.
Student includes a written explanation as to what courses require pre-requisites, the order in which they will take those classes, and will they plan to take the class in order to meet degree requirements.
Reflection (3 pts.)
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Student reflects on the meaning of the assignment including initial reaction, process of exploration, change or confirmation of academic or career plans as a result, and value of assignment.
Technical Aspects (18 pts.)
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Student has an APA formatted title page.
Student cites a minimum of three credible sources in the paper in proper APA 7th edition format.
Student includes an APA 7th edition formatted reference list for all sources cited in paper.
Paper is at least 2 pages in length (not including title page and reference list).
Free of grammatical, punctuation, and spelling errors.
Overall quality of writing – clearness and writing mechanics.
Points earned
/ 63
Scores
Met or exceeded criteria.
Mostly met criteria.
Criteria were addressed briefly and in an incomplete manner.
Criteria were not met in assignment.