Let's consider your professional development:

You will draft 3-5 professional objectives, things that you would like to learn or ways that you would like to grow professionally. Then, for each objective, list 2-4 activities that will help you achieve your objective.

For non-interns, this is a way to set up a future professional growth plan. Think about ways you would like to grow professionally, over the next five years, and use those objectives for this assignment.

Your objectives on your learning agreement will be different than the ones you complete for this assignment. Those objectives and activities will be written in collaboration with your supervisor, as they will know best your daily activities and responsibilities. For those seeking an internship, creating learning objectives and activities is an important part of both completing your Cooperative Learning Agreement and your internship overall. These objectives help to drive your progress through your internship and they become a way to track your learning and your accomplishments.

 

1. Write 3-5 professional objective statements.

• An objective is something that you plan, expect, or hope to learn. So draft your objectives to fit that format. What are 3-5 things that you plan, expect, or hope to learn from either your internship or your professional experience?
• Keep each objective simple, clear and straightforward. Think in terms of "I will be able to . . ."
• Given their importance, you need to make sure you select the right objectives and that they are drafted in a way that is specific enough to be meaningful. You will also need to have enough of them to provide a full picture of what you hope to gain from either your internship or your professional development plan.

2. For each of the above objective statements, write 2-4 learning activities that support you achieving that objective.

• What specific actions will you take to make sure you achieve your objectives?
• Again, keep these clear, concise, simple and focused.