You must create at least five (5) learning objectives for your internship.

Questions to Ask

Learning Objectives Assignment - Due 1/29/23 Learning Objectives for internships - submit via Blackboard by 1/29/23. - Learning objectives provide the foundafion and framowork for leaming during an internship experience. For this class, you will nood to develop learning objectves for your internship. The learning objectives developed should answer the question, "What will I be able to do as a result of this intarnship experience? You must create at least five (5) learning objectives for your internship. Questions to Ask - Read and answer the following questions to help formulate base learning objoctves for the upcoming internship. Apply Classroom Theory - What have lieamed in the classroom, which relates to the world of work? How are the concepts I hove rend about in textbooks applied in practice? What theories, iseas, or concepts might be applied in my career area? Skill Development - What new shkis will I learn or hope to leam during the internship? Some skills you may have the chance to develop include: operating office or computer equipment, handling a variety of situations simultaneously; organizing or analyzing data, records, or budgets; or improving leamwork, writing, and spoaking abitties. Assignments and work environment will determine the types of skills developed. Persenal Development - How will I beneft personaty from the intemship experience? During your internship, make a special effort to observe the personal style of supervisors and coleagues. Be able to identify clear examples of loadorship styies that either promote good working relatonships or hinder a probuctwe work environment. Note how to deal with pressure, tension, and pease in work relationships. - It is important to understand how to communicate knowedge to strangers, supervisors, and peers. Be aware of when to speak and when to listen. Try to understand the employer's organizational chart (formal of informal). What a a typical caveer path? What sort of educaton and experience is normally required in each line of work? - What can you learn about laws, taxes, and fringe bonofits that are important to employees h this feld? What grievances are thoce? What are the personal satafactions and rewards? Try to obtain knowledge of job opportinses avarable in this feid. Become familiar with occupational liferature and protessional ofganizations. Use Action Verbs - Learning objectives illustrate how you will DO somothing. Action verbs heb develop strong, elear objectives. Be Specifie - Learring objactives should be specifie to provide an understanding of your needs and drection. Concrete objectives wil increase the likeihood that the interinship will bo successful, Review the examples below to diatinguish the differences between vague and specific learning objectives Work to avoid vague language as you creste your learning objectives for your upcoming internahip. - How will I benefit personaly from the intemship experience? During your internship, make a special effort to observe the personal style of supervisurs and colleagues. Be able to identify clear examples of leadership styles that either promote good working rolationships or hinder a productive work emvironment. Note how to deal with pressure, tension, and pra se in work relationships. - It is important to understand how to communicate knowledge to strangers, supervisors, and peers. Be aware of when to speak and when to listen. Try to understand the employer's organizational chart (formal or informal). What is a typical career path? What sort of education and experience is normally required in each line of work? - What can you learn about laws, taxes, and fringe benefits that are important to omployees in this field? What griovances are there? What are the personal satisfactions and rewards? Try to obtain knowledge of job opportunities available in this field. Become familiar with occupational literature and professional organizations. Use Action Verbs - Learning objectives illustrate how you will DO something. Acton verbs help develop strong. clear objectives. Be Specific - Learning objectives should be specifo to provide an understanding of your needs and direction. Concrate objectives will increase the likeihood that the internship will be sucoessful. Review the examples below to distinguish the differences between vague and specific learning objectives. Work to avoid vague langusge as you create your learning objectives for your upcoming internship. Share - Once the inteinship learning objectives have been created please submit via Blackboard by 1/29/23. - Commaricate these objectives with your site supervisor who can help you find ways to accomplish your objectives during the course of the internship. Examples of Learning Objectives - Sample Objectives (use as a guide, but please create your own) - Develop skils required to interact with other professionals at varying levels for example partners, managers, senior associatos, staff, and clice staff, - Develop time management skils and the ability to be responsible for more than one project at a time. Also, develop organizational skils in tracking time when working on a project. - Learn the process of documening work pertomed on projects and communicating effectively with supervisors and orher company personnel. - Understand how a firm trains its personnel and how training enhances work requirements. - Develop a skill set for gathering questions and asking appropriate personnel for assistance