This goal is a culmination of my professional life of developing and leading non-profit organizations to address community needs. Armed with a DBA degree, I will be able to parlay my experience designing educational problems as solutions to address community issues with sound knowledge of business practices and a network of like-minded thinkers and practitioners. In addition my goal to obtain a DBA is aligned with my chief personal values. First of all, I subscribe to the tenets of life-long learning which means one seeks knowledge from all sources, whether the source is the President of a fortune 500 company, or someone working on an assembly line, because as a life- long learner, I realize one can learn from a homeless person living under …show more content…
a bridge, a deaf-mute disabled person, just as well as a seasoned gifted professor from Harvard. Secondly, I value using one’s resources , talents and time to help others. So much so, that upon graduating with a Bachelor’s degree in communications from Temple University in Philadelphia, Pa. with the intention of enrolling in law school, I went to work in worn, torn African developing educational programs during the civil war, then after being evacuated from the country and unable to return I went to the Caribbean and again developed educational programs to address community problems, such as the Marine Kids Korps program to teach swimming to disabled and low income children, the Seastar program for kids who lost their parents to violence, and Guns for Books for gang members to drop their guns and obtain a high school program. Finally, I hold the dear the value of self-improvement in that one seeks to become better at whatever they do in life.
For example, if one is parent, one should strive to be a better parent and a better parent or if one is a teacher one should strive to learn the craft better. In my case, from my preschool years I loved reading and writing and then as a graduate student in Instructional Design which is an interdisciplinary program that includes the study of Program Evaluation, Project Management, Research Foundations and Distance Education, I fell in love with research, was fascinated by the process of writing a literary review, and thereby purposed to seek …show more content…
Ph.d. Technology and Usage I will use the social media tool Google+ and online professional forums to connect with fellow doctorate students, find mentors and keep abreast of the lastest business trends. Description of Steps To accomplish my goal, I plan to use multiple resources found both on and off the internet, my university resources such as the academic skills center and the writing center.
I plan to garner the support of family and friends to assist me in eliminating distractions that may encroach my study time.
Steps, Personal Strengths, Personal Weaknesses
The steps that I plan to incorporate are based on my SWOT analysis in which my weak areas are performing routine tasks and accounting skills, but my strengths are the ability to learn new information, coupled with the desire to be a researcher / scholar-practicioner who needs help with statistics and improving my listening skills. The
following steps are aligned to my strengths and weaknesses.
1. Attend Walden University residencies equipped with a research question for my doctoral capstone. This step is aligned to my strength of being able to learn new things, and in the case of my goal to obtain a DBA I need this information from the residency to be successful.
2. Spend weekly time at the Writing Center &Academic Center. This step is aligned with my weak area in the fields of accounting and statistics and to improve my writing skills and computation
skills. 3. Designate a daily time and place to study. This step is very important because I do not like following a routine, but it is necessary to overcome this habit to be a good student and advoid distractions. 4. Communicate and update my family and acquaintances of my new priority in life: securing a DBA. This step is important as well as to prevent me from giving into my weakness of not liking mundane things, so that family will know neither encroach on my study time nor entice me with distractions. 5. Develop and actively participate in a Personal Learning Network. Creating a PLN is aligned to my desire to learn new things, enabling me to apply and explore the new knowledge I learn in my doctoral classes.
“The educated graduate is an independent learner.able to direct his or her own learning in accordance with the challenges that life presents in the circumstances of his or her own life. Strauss 1)” For example, I want to become a Registered Nurse; therefore, I write that down as one of my goals. However, I would then have to write everything else in order to become a Registered Nurse. Having a goal set that I want to become a RN, I now have something to strive for and to motivate myself to reach that goal.
I was fortunate to attend two amazing institutions with incredible programs, Centralia College and Washington State University Vancouver. Centralia College provided me with an opportunity to demonstrate the strength of my skills through a six month research based project with the goal of improving training at the Writing Center. The Independent Project enabled me to strengthen my professional skills through interviewing, writing center directors
“This process captures information about your internal strengths and weaknesses as well as external opportunities and threats. The key to completing your (personal) SWOT analysis is to treat your career as a business and yourself as a competitive product.” (Quast, 2013).
Learning Target #1: I can adjust my writing practices for different time frames, task, and
Research skills is something which I need to improve on as I am able to find effective research on the internet, however I do not find a wide variety of sources. In a health and social care setting I would need to be able to research different illness or symptoms so that it would help benefit the patients as they would receive the best
I am currently a mid-level manager and to move forward in my organization I need to obtain a four-year degree. I was able to directly use what I was learning in this course in my work relat...
My educational goals are important to me. My goals are to come out of English 100 and be able to write any kind of memo, document, or resume; because I know someday every one of these writing projects will become useful.
Establishing career goals can be essential as they may serve as milestones that lead to a successful career. Thus, I have created several career goals to concentrate my focus and enable me to maintain a structured plan. Ultimately, I aspire to have a career as a Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA) to enrich the lives of children with developmental disabilities. Before I can obtain this goal, many objectives will need to be completed. For instance, one career goal that I have is to become a Registered Behavior Technician (RBT). I have chosen this initial goal as it provides hands-on experience with the clients. Additionally, possessing this certificate will demonstrate competency and expand internship opportunities. Another goal of mine
English is an important and required course to take in any level of education. In the past, we all have taken various English courses that have helped us enhance our reading and writing skills. Over the couple of years I have been here at the University of Cincinnati, I have taken English composition classes, which have helped me evolve as a writer. However, after taking this course, my reading and writer skills have enhanced tremendously. With the goals and outcomes set for the class, that allowed students to gain an indication of the level of reading and writing skills will be accomplished. The outcomes entailed knowledge in critical thinking, rhetoric analysis, conventions, electronic environments, and cognitive analysis. In order to determine
The Career Planning Self-Assessment helped me to identify the areas that I need to seek assist with, such as connecting with others that share similar career goals. Connecting with others will be a dynamic I need to improve upon, because I am typically a loner. To be successful in my degree program I will need to establish and identifying networking contacts.
I am very dedicated to my school schedule and I have arranged my work, family and activities so they will not interfere with my time to study and prepare
As a young lady, I have been able to develop and procure the benefits of an outstanding education through various situations in my day to day life, both as an intern and as an undergraduate student at Fordham University. Throughout my experiences, I have taken advantage of many learning opportunities. Regardless of any environment, I have the ability to learn and develop as a person. I believe it is my strength to keep going and never give up that has led me to be very well-defined and the changes I undergo every day that passes will lead me to ultimate success. Ever since I was a kid, I have always wanted to accomplish something for myself, my future and change my life forever. I always believed that setting goals and pushing myself towards
The personal plan has enabled me to track myself on my developmental changes that are important for my achievement of set goals. Planning has also allowed me to keep track of all the steps that I will need to acquire skills and knowledge. I have also been able to see that if I continue in my current method I will not achieve all of my goals and through techniques such as SWOT analysis I have identified these areas and begun to create methods to fix this problem. The basic purpose of this essay is to point out my personal and professional skill development because these two areas are interwoven.
Improving writing skills is critical to the college student’s success across all academic disciplines. Writing has become the key to survival in many fields of study. (Pirš1, Pirš1, & Kesié, 2011) There are several strategies to become an effective college-level writer. An important strategy for a writer is project management. Next, writing with a purpose is an essential step. Another crucial guideline is following the mechanics of writing. Finally, utilizing online resources provides the writer invaluable knowledge and references.
Academic study is necessary to help an individual to adjust themselves to the society .It combines certain values in individuals which could serve them in life, in events that goes beyond institutional boundaries. For example, a person who has received formal education will be able to distinguish between what is right for them and what is not. Others, they learn only through their own experience. It provides an academic body of values which can be used to carry out practical work. It is used to encourage stability in individuals. While in grade school, I had many dreams of what my intended profession was going to be. Examples of a few include; meteorologist, storm chaser, respiratory therapist, fashion designer, and dental hygienist. While I had many great influential people in my life time, I was greatly influenced while I was in high school by my family and consumer science teacher Mrs. Pompy Womplebottom. While I was never a student who made the highest of grades, I was a student who was willing to learn and accept the things that I could not change. After graduation from high school I knew which college I was go...