GU299 Grantham Week 8 Five Learning Outcomes and Skills Portfolio Paper Learning Outcomes Portfolio Overview: For your final assignment in this course, r

GU299 Grantham Week 8 Five Learning Outcomes and Skills Portfolio Paper Learning Outcomes Portfolio

Overview:

For your final assignment in this course, reflect on your experiences in this course and at Grantham so far. Think about the ways your coursework has helped to make you a stronger, better informed individual, and what rights and responsibilities come along with that growth.

When you arrived at Grantham University and as you progressed through your general education courses you were presented with the University Learning Outcomes.

WEEK 8 ASSIGNMENT:

Using your reflection journals as a springboard, write a 2-3 page reflection paper addressing the following questions.

How would you describe to an employer the five learning outcomes of Grantham University? Argue why each is important.
With specific examples, demonstrate how you have experienced and developed the skills associated with these learning outcomes in your general education courses at Grantham.
With specific examples, demonstrate how you have experienced and developed the skills associated with these learning outcomes in GU299 – The General Education Capstone.
Explain how the skills associated with the Grantham University learning outcomes directly related to your career goals and how the skills associated with the learning outcomes can support the objectives and goals of a potential employer.
Conclude with a brief, personal mission statement capturing your values and goals. Discuss your specific your plans and specific next steps you wish to take to achieve your career goals.

You must incorporate at least two to three peer reviewed research article to support your ideas and claims in this reflection paper.

I will add the peer review an last journal to assist. Week 7 Journal
Throughout my course’s, I have picked up a few things, the ones I have notice that can
assist me in enhancing my time management, increase my organizational skills, make
sure to recheck my materials, and to make sure I don’t lose myself, it’s simple to let the
rest of life such as work and family derive you from school studies. Distraction is easy. I
have learned from this course to increase on my writing skills. I have picked up that
there are a few things that we can use for everyday living or businesses, such as: Tell
me who you walk with, and I’ll tell you who you are. people base your character by the
people you hang around with often even if you aren’t anything like them, it’s all about
perception. Even more with the younger crowd. I also like the statement Make a
customer, not a sale, I think this is important for a business to thrive, businesses must
maintain their worth that made them what they are now, if they forget what their worth is
then they aren’t the personal company that you first began working with. At this point
your just another business and the worth is what makes the difference and sets you
apart from the others, making you a better competition. If people wanted the same
programs I have written about in their area, how would it be possible with the type of
politics today? Would it take the people to make it happen or just money?
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Student: Porsha Lang
G00154594
GU299
Meets or Exceeds Established Assignment Criteria
An introduction with a clear thesis statement: 8 points awarded
I think the introduction was good but with no background information on the community
organization. The thesis statement is not focused and is too general. Furthermore, we get
introduced to the organization in the thesis statement, with no mention of it or its functions
before. I think the thesis comes out of nowhere; there is no build-up to it as expected.
Project includes all required topics: 10 points awarded
The student gives a clear explanation of the community organization called Education Trust
Organization. The section on community partnerships was well done but did not give distinct
examples of some of these partnerships. The subtitle on humanitarian considerations, volunteers
and cross-cultural challenges are well explained. The student, however, failed to sufficiently
explain the roadblocks in a clear manner. The organization’s future vision and challenges are
well explained. However, the improvements needed to be made are not exceptionally done, a lot
more could be done.
Meets project presentation requirements: 15 points awarded
The essay is well organized and its length falls within the required 5-7 pages.
2
Clearly Presents Well-Reasoned Ideas and Concepts
Evidence supporting claims cited throughout the project: 9 points awarded
The student provided several claims in the essay. However, the evidence to support the claims
are not sufficient enough. This is also affected by the lack of examples within the essay.
Used a minimum of 10 reputable sources: 15 points awarded
The student used a total of 10 credible sources. Most of the sources used are academic journals
with some from the organization itself. I think this offers credibility to the essay.
Quality of Project
Academic and professional tone and appearance: 15 points awarded
The essay has an academic appearance and tone. In addition, the essay is organized into sections,
which makes it more organized and comprehensive. This organization also ensures avoidance of
repetition.
Grammar and proofreading: 6 points awarded
There are several grammatical errors in the essay. There is a lot to be worked on with regards to
sentence formation and use of grammar. This will aid in better cohesion of the essay as a whole.
Conclusion
78 marks in total
3
The student organized the essay well, with clear titles, avoiding any repetition. Information on
community organization, cross-cultural challenges, humanitarian considerations, volunteers,
challenges and improvements was well explained. However, there is need for additional
information on community partnerships and roadblocks. The essay fulfilled the length
requirements but lacks sufficient supportive evidence despite having enough credible sources as
references. The overall essay has several grammatical and sentence formation errors which still
need to be worked on.
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Essay: Meals on Wheels America and XYZ University:
Service Learning To Benefit Students And The Community
Ray Moldovan
Meets or Exceeds Established Assignment Criteria
An introduction with a clear thesis statement: 15 points awarded
I gave the full marks for this part of the assignment because the student had a well formulated
and stated thesis statement. The thesis was clearly placed at the end of paragraph one. Prior to
that, the student had a general introduction, before narrowing down the topic of discussion which
eventually paved way for the thesis statement.
Project includes all required topics: 10 points awarded
The student has given a clear explanation of the community organization in question; Meals on
Wheels America. He has further included an explanation of how this organization partners with
the community and with other community organizations. The student, however, did not clearly
explain how community organizations partner with MOWA and MOWA’s community
engagement framework. There is an explanation of the organization’s humanitarian
considerations and roadblocks. Ray was also keen to tie together the future vision as one of the
challenges MOWA was facing, and provided solutions on what volunteers could do to help.
However, missing from the essay was cross-cultural challenges experienced in the organization.
2
Meets project presentation requirements: 12 points awarded
The student provided a well-organized essay whose length unfortunately exceeded the required
maximum of 7 pages. For this reason, I took some points off.
Clearly Presents Well-Reasoned Ideas and Concepts
Evidence supporting claims cited throughout the project: 14 points awarded
The student provided sufficient evidence to support most of the claims. There are some areas that
had not supporting evidence and need some work done on. For example, the claim that the
organization’s vision did not aid in its expansion did not have facts to back it up.
Used a minimum of 10 reputable sources: 15 points awarded
The student used 20 credible sources in the essay. Most of the sources are peer-reviewed journal
articles which have a lot of credibility. The other sources used are also highly credible and
necessary.
Quality of Project
Academic and professional tone and appearance: 12 points awarded
I awarded 12 marks because the student had an academic and professional tone and appearance.
The essay was well-structured and written in an academic tone. However, there were some
repetitions that made the essay monotonous and at some point appeared to lack clarity of
thought.
3
Grammar and proofreading: 9 points awarded
The student had a good command of grammar, using the right words where they should be.
There were minimal grammatical errors and no spelling errors.
Conclusion
87 points in total
The student had a well-written and organized essay which covered most of the requirements. The
essay is professionally written with few grammatical errors. The introduction, conclusion and
thesis statement were clear and very impressive as was the use of academic and credible
references. However, the student ought to follow page requirements, avoid repetitions when
giving explanations and include cross-cultural challenges in the paper.

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