Context: As part of an assignment for the BUS 222 Summer Internship course I took during summer 2019, I was tasked with articulating four specific goals or learning objectives for myself that I wished to achieve during my internship at World of Speed Motorsports Museum. Defining clear learning objectives to pursue helped me to self-monitor and self-report my progress over the course of my internship. Creating these learning objectives also provided me with a metric by which I was able to then judge my own performance at the end of the summer. Going forward, the goal-setting skills I developed in completing this assignment will allow me to better communicate my success in the workplace in terms of specific, observable achievements. Here are the four goals I chose.
- I want to learn how to make a curriculum plan for teaching elementary school children by designing and scheduling a week’s worth of lessons and activities related to STEM, automotive technology, and vehicular physics.
- I want to develop professional communication skills by communicating on behalf of my organization over email to organize and schedule guest speakers, volunteers, and off-site field trips for summer camps.
- I want to become familiar and comfortable with the 3-D digital design program Tinkercad by observing my coworkers using it, with the goal of being able to confidently lead my summer camp students through a Tinkercad 3-D printing design exercise all by myself.
- I want to improve my understanding and awareness of the ways which students with ADHD, autism, and sensory processing disorders learn differently by working with these students in our summer camp one-on-one to accommodate their unique needs and help advocate for them in the classroom. As part of this learning objective, I want to help the museum with a related project- developing and putting together a backpack of sensory supplies (earmuffs, fidget toys, weighted vests, etc) for students with different sensory needs to check out from the front desk.
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