Module 5 Scenario Essay
This Assessment is worth 10% of your overall grade.
Deadline
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Completing this Assessment will help you to meet the following:
Course Outcome
- Process feedback, employer expectations, and performance evaluation with regard to career growth.
Directions
To be able to grow in any area of life, you need to have the skills necessary to interpret and internalize feedback and change your behavior as a result of that feedback. In most professions, feedback can come from a variety of sources, including your supervisor. Based on the lecture materials, peer comments, and instructor feedback from this and previous courses you are to complete the following:
- Select the scenario that most closely resembles the career you hope to have after graduation. Scenarios are provided to you through links in Blackboard.
- In your selected scenario, review the comments made by the boss about the employee’s performance. As you are doing so, try to put yourself in the employee’s shoes. Imagine how you would feel if your boss made those comments to you.
- Create a list of the employee’s strengths and areas of weaknesses.
- Putting yourself in the shoes of the employee, write an essay at least 750 words in length about how the employee in your scenario can continue to grow and develop as a professional. Make sure to address the following prompts:
- Indicate which scenario you chose as the basis of your essay.
- List and briefly explain the employee’s major areas of strength and weakness.
- Create a plan for the employee to improve upon areas of weakness and capitalize upon their strengths. In this plan, make sure to include specific goals the employee can use to determine whether they are making progress.
- Detail whether there might be another job within their chosen field that is a better fit for this employee.
NTRN270 – Scenario Essay Grading Rubric |
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Criteria |
Excellent |
Average |
Needs Improvement |
Points |
| Content:
70 points |
63-70 points
Essay completely and accurately lists and explains employee’s areas of strength and weakness and offers detailed plan for career growth, including specific goals/metrics and possible alternate job choices. Information in the essay clearly flows from the selected scenario. Essay is well-reasoned and exemplifies higher-level thinking. |
42-62 points
Essay briefly highlights employee’s areas of strength and weakness and offers overview of a plan for career growth, including goals/metrics and possible alternate job choices. It is mostly clear how information in the essay flows from the selected scenario. Parts of the essay may have lacked higher-level thinking or clear reasoning and would have benefited from additional detail. |
0-41 points
Not all of the provided prompts were addressed. For instance, it may not have been clear what the employee’s strengths and weaknesses were. There may not be a clear plan for the employee to grow and develop. |
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| Word Count
10 points |
9-10 points
Essay is approximately 750 words in length. |
6-8 points
Essay is between 500 and 750 words in length. |
0-5 points
Essay is less than 500 words in length. |
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| Grammar/Mechanics
20 points |
18 – 20 points
Essay included three or fewer errors in grammar, spelling, or punctuation. |
12 – 17 points
Essay included four to six errors in grammar, spelling, or punctuation. |
0 – 11 points
Essay included seven or more errors in grammar, spelling, or punctuation. Errors distracted reader or clouded meaning of the essay. |
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