What was your overall class experience? Please offer feedback on what worked and what did not live up to your expectations. This is, in a sense, a constant process improvement opportunity for students to positively affect the course design and delivery here at Walden. Comments should be constructive. If something is experienced as being deficient, suggestions for improvement are expected.
Compose an American Psychological Association (APA)-formatted essay of no more than 300 words. In the essay:
Submit this assignment.
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ASSIGNMENT RUBRIC
Mastery Criteria | Exceptional | Competent Criteria | Developing Criteria | Marginal Criteria | Unsatisfactory Criteria | Not Submitted | |
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Element 1: Leadership Potential |
20 (20%) Student provides a thorough and detailed reflective explanation of the most important insights that he/she gained regarding his/her own leadership potential. Relevant resources and examples support thinking. |
18.6 (18.6%) Student provides a detailed reflective explanation of the most important insights that he/she gained regarding his/her own leadership potential. Relevant resources or examples support thinking. There are one or two minor errors or details missing. |
17 (17%) Student provides a reflective explanation with some details of the most important insights that he/she gained regarding his/her own leadership potential. Some resources or examples support thinking. Some details are missing and/or not fully developed. |
15 (15%) Student provides an explanation with few details of the most important insights that he/she gained regarding his/her own leadership potential. Limited resources or examples support thinking. Many details are missing or lack clarity. |
13 (13%) Student provides a cursory or incomplete explanation with vague or missing details of the most important insights that he/she gained regarding his/her own leadership potential. Few if any resources or examples support thinking. Most details are missing. |
7 (7%) Student made an attempt but there is little to no evidence of addressing the criterion. |
0 (0%) Student did not submit this element. |
Element 2: Personal Value System and Ethical Code |
20 (20%) Student provides a thorough and detailed reflective explanation of his/her personal value system and his/her ethical code and how they relate to his/her own leadership style. Relevant resources and examples support thinking. |
18.6 (18.6%) Student provides a detailed reflective explanation of his/her personal value system and his/her ethical code and how they relate to his/her own leadership style. Relevant resources or examples support thinking. There are one or two minor errors/details missing. |
17 (17%) Student provides a reflective explanation with some details of his/her personal value system and his/her ethical code and how they relate to his/her own leadership style. Some resources or examples support thinking. Some details are missing and/or not fully developed. |
15 (15%) Student provides an explanation with few details of his/her personal value system and his/her ethical code and how they relate to his/her own leadership style. Limited resources or examples support thinking. Many details are missing or lack clarity. |
13 (13%) Student provides a cursory or incomplete explanation with vague or missing details of his/her personal value system and his/her ethical code and how they relate to his/her own leadership style. Few if any resources or examples support thinking. Most details missing. |
7 (7%) Student made an attempt but there is little to no evidence of addressing the criterion. |
0 (0%) Student did not submit this element. |
Element 3: Future Growth Development |
20 (20%) Student provides a thorough and detailed reflective explanation of his/her plans for future growth and development as a leader. Relevant resources and examples support thinking. |
18.6 (18.6%) Student provides a detailed reflective explanation of his/her plans for future growth and development as a leader. Relevant resources or examples support thinking. There are one or two minor errors/details missing. |
17 (17%) Student provides a reflective explanation with some details of his/her plans for future growth and development as a leader. Some resources or examples support thinking. Some details are missing and/or not fully developed. |
15 (15%) Student provides an explanation with few details of his/her plans for future growth and development as a leader. Limited resources or examples support thinking. Many details are missing or lack clarity. |
13 (13%) Student provides a cursory or incomplete explanation with vague or missing details of his/her plans for future growth and development as a leader. Few if any resources or examples support thinking. Most details missing. |
7 (7%) Student made an attempt but there is little to no evidence of addressing the criterion. |
0 (0%) Student did not submit this element. |
Element 4: Critical Thinking |
10 (10%) Student exhibited comprehensive critical analysis and thinking throughout the paper, consistently supporting their thinking with relevant resources and examples. Strong logical progression of ideas with detailed supporting rationales throughout the paper including applying conceptual or theoretical understanding gained from readings, media, and other Learning Resources from course illustrating what he/she has learned throughout the context of the course. |
9.3 (9.3%) Student exhibited comprehensive critical analysis and thinking throughout the paper. Logical progression of ideas with detailed supporting rationales supports thinking including applying conceptual or theoretical understanding gained from readings, media, and other Learning Resources from course illustrating what he/she has learned throughout the context of the course. |
8.5 (8.5%) Student exhibited critical analysis and thinking overall on the assignment, but analysis would have been stronger with more recent or additional resources or examples. Some logical progression of ideas with rationales including some application of conceptual or theoretical understanding gained from readings, media, and other Learning Resources from course illustrating what he/she has learned throughout the context of the course. |
7.5 (7.5%) Student exhibited some evidence of critical analysis and thinking on the assignment, but not consistently. Some weakness in critical analysis or in the logical progression of ideas and/or rationales are somewhat weak and/or minimal application of conceptual or theoretical understanding gained from readings, media, and other Learning Resources from course illustrating what he/she has learned throughout the context of the course. |
6.5 (6.5%) Student exhibited weak critical analysis and thinking on the assignment due to the logic and/or reasoning being difficult to understand or follow. Rationales are missing or not well supported and/or little if any application of conceptual or theoretical understanding gained from readings, media, and other Learning Resources from course illustrating what he/she has learned throughout the context of the course. |
3.5 (3.5%) Student made an attempt but there is little to no evidence of addressing the criterion. |
0 (0%) Student did not submit this element. |
Element 4: Critical Thinking Element 5: Writing Skills |
15 (15%) Student submitted a paper that was fully consistent with Academic Writing Expectations and demonstrated a thorough understanding to audience and purpose of writing. Student used a scholarly voice that skillfully communicated meaning to readers with clarity and fluency and used correct spelling and grammar. |
13.95 (13.95%) Student submitted a paper that was fully consistent with Academic Writing Expectations and demonstrated a thorough understanding to audience and purpose of writing. Student used a scholarly voice that skillfully communicated meaning to readers with clarity and fluency and used correct spelling and grammar. There are one or two minor errors. |
12.75 (12.75%) Student submitted a paper that is mostly consistent with Academic Writing Expectations style. Paper may have minor organization, scholarly tone, writing issues, and/or may contain a few writing or spelling errors. There may be a few grammar, usage, or mechanics errors in the writing but they do not distract the reader. |
11.25 (11.25%) Student submitted a paper that was somewhat inconsistent in applying the Academic Writing Expectations style. Paper may have some organization, scholarly tone, writing issues, and/or may contain some writing or spelling errors. There may be some grammar, usage, or mechanics errors in the writing but they may minimally distract the reader. |
9.75 (9.75%) Student submitted a paper that was weak in organization, scholarly tone, or contains many writing or spelling errors, or shows moderate reliance on quoting versus original writing and paraphrasing. There are many grammar, usage, or mechanics errors which make it challenging to read and/or understand the submission. |
5.25 (5.25%) Student made an attempt but there is little to no evidence of addressing the criterion. |
0 (0%) Student did not submit this assignment. |
Element 6: APA Format and Style |
15 (15%) Student’s paper demonstrated strong use of paraphrasing, summary, or quoting to develop ideas appropriate for the assignment and communication praxis. Student’s paper demonstrated consistent adherence to APA formatting and style, and the paper contained no errors in heading levels, margins, pagination, etc. All sources and references are cited per APA format. |
The Portfolio of Practice Project for this course is a 10- to 15-page academic research paper. For this assignment, you need to select a leader, preferably from a Fortune 500 company.
Your research paper should contain:
Use APA format to cite sources and style your paper.
FINAL PORTFOLIO PROJECT RUBRIC