Creating a Career Goal

Creating a Career Goal

Use the instructions and format below to create your own individual career goal.  Then, post your final career goal into the discussion topic.

My Goal Sheet

Use steps 1, 2 and 3 to draft your own goal sheet. This will help you complete step 4. Developing a career goal is a great way to take charge of planning your career and a useful tool to manage your career effectively. Many individuals may not know how to develop a career goal; follow the steps below to help you determine where to start. There are a few steps that can be helpful in determining your career goal, which include: conducting a self-assessment, exploring industries/careers, and determining factors that are non-negotiable (ex: location, salary, and need for health care). The final step of goal setting is writing the first draft of your goal.    

Step One: Self-Assessment. Reflect and answer the following questions:

·         What do you do well? Im a quit learner

·         What energizes you? Welling to make money for my family

·         If you knew you couldn’t fail, what would you do? Invent something very useful

·         What high school subjects did you do well in? math

·         What issues do family and friends come to you for help? relationship

·         What do you receive praise for at work or home? I don’t work, but from home No (well sometimes if some bring up how I’m doing in school)

·         What are some of your greatest accomplishments? Keeping a roof over my kid’s head, because I was homeless and finishing my AA in early childhood education

·         What is something you do where you lose track of time when you are doing it? Finding ways to pay my bills

Step Two: Career Exploration (I want to become a full time middle school teacher)

Explore job industries by conducting research on the type of careers that use your interests and skillset. Websites such as the O*Net Online (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site., the Occupational Outlook Handbook (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site., and Bureau of Labor Statistics (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. are great resources for career exploration, job analysis, and education requirements.  

Ask a professional in your career field of interest for an informational interview. Informational interviews are a great way to gather information from a direct contact about his or her role. There are various ways to pursue an informational interview. For example, company websites, social networking, newspaper ads, and professional associations are avenues a job seeker can take. 

Also, while deciding on a goal, consider your current lifestyle and where you would like to be in the future. Some helpful questions to consider are: 

·         Does the career you want pay a salary that meets your needs? For now, yes

·         Will it offer you opportunities to advance?  Yes

·         Are you comfortable sitting at a desk all day or do you prefer to travel? Both, but right now sitting at a desk only because my kids are young

·         Is the career you’re considering likely to be around when you’re ready for a job? Yes

Step Three: Determining your non-negotiable items

Although we may not speak them aloud, we each have things we are not willing to compromise on. During this step, write out your must haves for your future career. 

To help get you started, think about the minimum salary you need to have, where you want to live, and desired work hours. (if you can think of something else for below you can put as long as it deals with middle school teacher)

Must Have                          Do Not Want                  
1. family full health insurance2. $46,298-$68,6353. everything student need to learn4. support system for students5. rule for students and teachers1. old learning books (math,Reading, science, etc2. old computers3. teachers or staff mistreating the students4. low salary5. one family member health insurance

Step Four: Pulling it all together: Write the first draft of your goal 250 words

Now that you have conducted a self-assessment, explored industries and occupations, and written down your non-negotiable items, what are your future career goals? In the space below, write your career goal, and be as specific as possible. 

Example Career Goal: 

I would like to become a project manager within a large organization (5000+ employees) utilizing my organizational skills, education in organization development, my ability to strategically plan and my detailed oriented nature. Since I have a family, I must have a salary of $50,000 or more, work within 25 miles of Houston, Texas, and work a 9 am -5 pm traditional work schedule. 

WHAT IS YOUR GOAL? 

Write your specific goal: __middle school teacher

 
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Create History of Educational Technology Timeline

Create History of Educational Technology Timeline

For this assignment, you will write a two-page paper in which you describe at least eight events you think are important in the history of educational technology. You will also create a visual representation of the educational technology historic events you have chosen to describe.

Creating the Timeline

Examine the “Timelines” section of the Week Two Resources document and watch the Timleine JS tutorial video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vAWbm4gF9lU on how to create your own timeline using Timeline JShttp://timeline.knightlab.com/   Create a visual representation of the educational technology historic events you have chosen to describe using a mixture of dates, graphics, and textual information. Work with the images you stored on (Flickr or Shutterfly) in week one as a source of images for your timeline.

  • Go to Timeline JS, click on the Examples link in the navigation at the top of the page and view several examples that have been made using this free software.
  • When you are ready to make your own, click on the “Make a timeline now” link and follow the directions.
  • For each event you will need an approximate time frame (e.g., 1930-1940), a title (e.g., Invention of the Computer), an image (you collected these in Week One), and a brief explanation of why you chose this event.

As an alternative, you can create the timeline using Tiki-Toki https://www.tiki-toki.com/ . For help in getting started, access the Tiki-Toki FAQS http://www.tiki-toki.com/faqs/ page.

NOTE: EDU 352 students have found Tiki-Toki easier to use and more flexible than JS Timeline.

Writing Your Paper

Construct a two-page paper (excluding title and references pages) in which you describe at least eight events you think are important in the history of educational technology. In your paper:

  • Describe each historical event you chose.
  • Explain why you chose these events, their relevance to educational technology, and how they have impacted learning.
  • Classify whether each technology is emerging, mature, or on the wane.
  • Format your paper according to APA
  • On the References page, make sure you include the sources of all text information and images.
  • Submit your paper with the link to your timeline included in the paper by Day 7.

Carefully review the Grading Rubric for the criteria that will be used to evaluate your assignment.

 
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e "Exploring Ethical Dimensions of Online Learning

“Exploring Ethical Dimensions of Online Learning” Please respond to the following:

·        From the e-Activity, analyze two ethical issues facing institutions that deliver online courses for credit and propose at least two ways to alleviate the potential challenges they present in an online class in your current or future instructional environment. 

·        Consider some of the ethical and emotional issues that offensive language, graphics, and topics could raise in online learning environment. Recommend at least three guidelines for use of language, graphics, topics, and formatting to promote respect for one’s peers in online classes or online communication by students in on-ground classes. Provide a rationale for your recommendations.

e-Activity

·        Use the Internet to research ethical issues facing institutions that deliver online courses for credit. Be prepared to discuss. 

 
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discuss the benefits of a preschool education

Section 1

As an early childhood professional, you will often be asked questions from parents and community members regarding the benefits of sending their children to preschool.  After reading Chapter 1 discuss the benefits of a preschool education. See attached file for chapter 1

1-2 pages

This is a two part discussion. Please separate them 

Section 2

After reading Chapters 1 and 2 select a Theorist whose work most closely aligns with your thoughts regarding early development. Describe the theorist’s work and discuss how their work aligns with your own understanding and beliefs. See attached file for chapters

 
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