Kaplan University Graduate School of Nursing SELF-DIRECTED LEARNING PLAN The Self-Directed Learning Plan (SDLP) is a process and document to chronicle your accomplishments and learning steps through the MSN program and beyond as they relate to your professional goals. The SDLP will help you to identify and target the array of competencies you need to reach your professional objectives and to help you organize your Kaplan MSN learning experience to suit your career objectives. The SDLP will be a section of your Program Portfolio, so take some quality introspective time to consider strengths and areas of development relevant to your career objectives. Knowing your strengths and areas to develop, you can begin a plan to find out what you need to do to achieve your career goals. We encourage you to continue to reflect on the identified areas throughout the MSN program. If you feel a strength or development area is no longer relevant, you may add another to take its place. At any time, you may also add additional areas. Your Name: Date: Anticipated Nursing Role: Professional Goal (3-5 years) from now: Knowledge that prepares a graduate student for an advanced nursing role: Skills that prepare a graduate student for an advanced nursing role: Accomplishments that prepare a graduate student for an advanced nursing role: Self-Directed Learning Plan 1 Strengths to Leverage Step 1: The most effective and satisfied people align their work with their natural strong points. Identify 3-5 of your key strengths (see Column 1 below); these could be a competency, skill, ability, knowledge area or personal characteristic. Think about how you can leverage those strengths to be effective in your work, achieve your professional goals, and become a leader in your profession. Step 2: At the beginning of each course in your MSN program, answer the following question either using this template or a narrative format. What do you expect to learn in this course that will help you leverage your strengths? (See Column 2 below) Be as specific as you can, e.g., assume that a strength is your analytical ability. Step 3: Answer the following questions either using this template or a narrative format. Did you learn what you expected to learn? (See Column 3 below) Was there information or insights that helped you that you didn’t expect to learn at the outset of the course? What changes or additions, if any, will you make to your SDLP based on learning in this course? Step 1: Strengths to Leverage Step 2: Course Learning Goals Step 3: Course Outcomes & Assessment Strength 1 Strength 2 Strength 3 Strength 4 Strength 5 - Areas to Develop Self-Directed Learning Plan 2 Step 1: We all have strengths, but we also have areas on which we need to improve. As related to your career goal, identify 3-5 areas to develop (see Column 1 below); these could be a competency, skill, ability, knowledge area or personal characteristic. Think about how you can improve in these areas so that you can achieve your professional goals and become a leader in your profession. Step 2: What do you expect to learn in this course that will help you to develop in the identified area? (See Column 2 below) Step 3: Answer the following questions either using this template. Did you learn what you expected to learn? (See Column 3 below) Was there information or insights that helped you that you didn’t expect to learn at the outset of the course? What changes or additions, if any, will you make to your SDLP based on learning in this course? Step 1: Areas to Develop Step 2: Course Learning Goals Step 3: Course Outcomes & Assessment Area 1 Area 2 Area 3 - Reflection What do you expect to learn in this course that will help you achieve your academic and professional goals? (Your reflection should be at least one well developed paragraph.) Self-Directed Learning Plan 3 Self Directed Learning Plan (DRAFT) Unsatisfactory Satisfactory Average 0-1 2 3 Professional Goal Did not establish a professional goal. Goal is presented but is not clearly defined and is not realistic or achievable. Goals is presented but could use clarification and/or may not be realistic or achievable KSA's Did not submit work or list 3 Knowledge, Skills and Accomplishments that will prepare a graduate for an advanced nursing role. Strengths to Leverage Described less than 3 of the Knowledge, Skills and Described 3 knowledge, sills Accomplishments that will and accomplishments that prepare a graduate for an prepares a grade student for an advanced nursing role - OR advanced nursing role. only listed 3 KSA's without Additional detail is needed. necessary description. Did not submit work or did not Completed less than 3 Completed at least 3 Strengths complete at least 3 Strengths Strengths. Attempted to align and aligned to Course Learning and did not align them to to Course Learning Goals and Goals and Course Outcomes Course Learning Goals and Course Outcomes and and Assessments. Additional Course Outcomes and Assessments. Additional detail detail is needed. Assessments. is needed. Described at least 1 area to Described at least 1 area to Did not submit work or did not develop in this course but did develop in this course and list at least 1 area to develop in not align it to the course aligned it to the course learning Areas to Develop this course and did not align it learning goals and outcomes goals and outcomes and to the course learning goals or and assessment. Additional assessment. Additional detail is outcomes and assessment. detail is needed. needed. Reflection Did not provide a reflection or reflection is insufficient. Did not submit proper template and/or contains numerous errors. Format/Style Provided a minimal reflection that could use additional development. Submitted using proper template. Overall style is consistent with professional work. Errors in grammar or spelling appear that impact meaning. Provided a reflection that could use additional development. Submitted using proper template. Overall style is consistent with professional work. Minor errors may appear that do not impact overall meaning. 4 Total available points = 0 Rubric Score Low Grade points High Low High 3,5 4,0 0 0 2,5 3,49 0 0 1,7 2,49 0 0 1,0 1,69 0 0 0,0 1,00 0 0 Plan (DRAFT) Excellent Score Weight Final Score Clearly established an achievable, realistic, and professional goal. 0 10% 0,00 Clearly described at least 3 Knowledge, Skills and Accomplishments that will prepare a graduate for an advanced nursing role. 0 40% 0,00 Completed at least 3 Strengths and aligned to Course Learning Goals and Course Outcomes and Assessments. 0 15% 0,00 Described at least 1 area to develop in this course and aligned it to the course learning goals and outcomes and assessment 0 15% 0,00 Provided a well developed reflection of appropriate length. 0 10% 0,00 0 10% 0,00 100% 0,00 4 Submitted using proper template. Overall style is consistent with professional work. Free of grammar and spelling errors. Final Score 0 Percentage #DIV/0! Percentage Low High 90% 100% 80% 89,99% 70% 79,99% 60% 69,99% 0 59,99%
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