Subject Title Professional Placement I
Subject Code WIL201A
Assessment Title Journal Entry 2 (Application)
Graduate Capabilities a. Professional Expertise
b. Innovative Problem Solving
c. Technology and Information Literacy
d. Global Citizenship
e. Skilled Collaboration
f. Agile Leadership
g. Independent Self-Management
Learning Outcome/s (found in the Subject Outline) a. Discuss the professional setting, expectations and progress
b. Examine employability skills for professional development
d. Apply employability skills consistently in a variety of professional settings
Assessment type Individual
Weighting % 30%
Word count 1,000 +/- 10%
Due day Week 9 (Monday 23:55)
Submission type Turnitin ?
Format / Layout of Assessment Journal Entry:
ICMS Cover Page
Introduction
Body
Conclusion
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Assessment instructions The purpose of this assessment is to provide the opportunity for students to reflect upon and examine their placement environment and the employability skills they expect to develop and how employability skills are utilised within their professional placement.
Employability means the ability to find, create and sustain meaningful work across the career lifespan. Employability skills facilitate your employability and can include communication, teamwork, adaptability, initiative and leadership. They can also extend to industry/discipline technical skills such as specific IT platforms and systems knowledge.
JOURNAL ENTRY 2 (APPLICATION)
You are settling into your professional placement and beginning to contribute more to the organisation. This represents a significant learning event worthy of reflection.
Refer to the framework, instructions and prompt questions below to help guide your Journal Entry:
Introduction - 200 words guide
With your increasing awareness of your role, explain and expand upon your placement role, the duties and requirements and how your role contributes to the vision / mission of the broader organisation.
Body - Identify and Reflect - 600 words guide
Identify two employability skills that are required in your role (these could be the same or different skills identified in Journal Entry 1).
For each employability skill, describe a placement situation in which the skill was applied. Reflect upon whether you felt prepared for the situation. Did you rely on your CliftonStrengths Signature Themes to apply this skill?
What was the outcome of this skill application? Were you successful? Is there room for improvement?
Draw upon these two experiences and identify what you might do better in future. For example, you might take more time over planning something, ask more questions, ask the right questions, ask the right person or only slightly adjust some things if it went well.
Conclusion - 200 words guide
Conclude your application of employability skills. Explain how the application of employability skills in the placement situations you described affected you. This could be positive or negative. You may have felt highly competent and in-control, unprepared or unsupported.
What have you learnt that will help you in future?
Readings for the assessment On the Student Support Centre (SSC) resource page there are a variety of academic resources and tips available to support students with their tasks and activities including reflective writing style.
This assessment is to be written in first person. First person point of view uses pronouns such as ‘I/we’, ‘me/us’, ‘my/mine’, ‘our/ours’. This is a reflective piece of writing therefore first person point of view is the most appropriate form of writing.
For additional information on Employability Skills see https://www.jobjumpstart.gov.au/article/what-are-employability-or-soft-skills and otherwise refer to credible on-line sources including those listed in the Subject Outline on Moodle.
Further tips and examples may also be available on Moodle. No specified reading material.
Grading Criteria / Rubric See below
ASSESSMENT BRIEF
WIL201A: Assessment 2 – Journal Entry (Application) – Marking Rubric
Criteria HD (85-100) D (75-84) CR (65-74) PASS (50-64) FAIL (0-49)
Introduction (20%) Outstanding introduction. Context is clear and main points outlined succinctly. Presented with significant clarity and logical flow. Well-described introduction. Context is clear and most main points covered. Presented with clarity and logical flow. Generally appropriate introduction. Context is evident and some main points covered. Presented with appropriate clarity and flow. Some introduction to the role. Context is understood, limited points covered. The meaning is apparent but lacking some clarity and/or focus. Provides little or no relevant introduction. Context is not clear and nearly all main points not covered. Lacks clarity and relevant information.
Employability Skills Identified (15%) Outstanding identification of employability skills. Strong examples of a placement situation when the skill was applied. Clearly establishment and identification of employability skills. Good examples of a placement situation when the skill was applied. Identification of employability skills. Basis of example of placement situations when the skill was applied. Vague identification of employability skills. Additional depth and clarity of placement situations when the skill was applied. No identification of employability skills. Lack of clarity of a placement situation when the skill was applied.
Reflection (15%) Outstanding reflection on preparation and where appropriate link to Clifton Strength established. Good reflection including preparation established. Appropriate link to Clifton Strength established. Clear reflection with preparation included. Minor link to Clifton Strength established Minor reflection and identification of preparation established. Appropriate link to
Clifton Strength established Minimal or no reflection and link to preparation established.
No link or comment on Clifton
Strength established
Opportunity for development (15%) Outstanding identification of area/s for improvement. Clear
strategies aligned to improvement established. Detailed identification of area/s for improvement. Some strategies aligned to improvement included. Identification of area/s for improvement. With strategies aligned to improve. Minor identification of area/s for improvement. Minimal establishment of strategies aligned to assist with improvement. Outstanding identification of area/s for improvement. With strategies aligned to improve.
Conclusion (20%) Outstanding reflection and evaluation of the experience as a whole including learnings for the future. Well written reflection and evaluation of the experience as a whole including learnings for the future. Good reflection and evaluation of the experience as a whole with some learnings for the future. Adequate reflection and evaluation of the experience, with some learnings for the future. Little or no conclusions provided. No attempt to evaluate experience, suggest future improvements.
Presentation and Writing
(15%) Exceptionally well written and clearly organised using a strong writing style and essentially free from grammar, punctuation and spelling errors. Well written and logically organised with minor errors in grammar, punctuation and spelling. Above average writing style and logically organised with some errors in grammar, punctuation and spelling. Average and/or casual writing style that is sometimes unclear and/or with some errors in grammar, punctuation and spelling. Poor writing style lacking in clarity with errors in grammar, punctuation and spelling.