·        Develop an action plan reflecting on what you have learned so far during orientation and detailing plans to successfully complete your first FlexPath academic course.

The ability to plan and implement strategies to schedule and successfully complete FlexPath course work is an important step in becoming a successful FlexPath learner.

Context

As a FlexPath learner at Capella, you are embarking on an educational experience that will require you to stretch in new and exciting ways. You will be developing the knowledge that is important in your chosen field as well as the ability to transform your developing knowledge into effective, real-world skills and action. And you will be doing this in an educational model that gives you more independence and requires more self-direction than you may have previously experienced.

Given these opportunities and challenges, now is a good time to reflect on what will be asked of you and take stock of the skills that you will use to be successful. Creating an action plan will help you commit to making FlexPath course work a priority in your busy life, identify skills to begin working on, and find the resources and support you’ll need to succeed.

Resources

Required Resource

The following resource is required to complete the assessment. Click the link provided to open the resource.

·        FlexPath Action Plan. 

o   Use this document as the template for your action plan. It includes questions to consider and reflect upon before addressing each element of the plan.

Suggested Resource

                                                         Assessment Instructions

What’s your plan? The beginning of a degree program is full of excitement about new beginnings as well as future possibilities. Completing this assessment will help you channel that excitement and vision of possibilities into a concrete plan of action. Creating an action plan is a great way to help clarify your goals and plans and to begin transforming your aspirations into reality.

Although the preparation and directions listed below are specific to this assessment, the process they lead you through is similar to what you will do in every FlexPath academic course.

Preparation

To prepare for this assessment:

·        Review the FlexPath Action Plan Scoring Guide (located just below the Directions) to see the criteria by which this assessment will be evaluated.

·        Review the FlexPath Action Plan template linked in the Resources (located in the above section).

Directions

Step 1: Complete the Assessment.

·        Open the FlexPath Action Plan template, linked in the Resources section.

·        Use the template to format your assessment. Type your responses within the spaces provided in the template.

Additional Requirements

·        Format: Use the FlexPath Action Plan template to format your assessment. Type your entries using double-spaced paragraphs in Times New Roman, 12-point font.

·        Written communication: Communication should be free of errors that detract from the overall message.

·        Writing style: Expectations for scholarly writing include the use of third-person narrative, unless it is awkward to do so. Because you are talking about yourself in this assessment, you may write in the first person.

FlexPath Action Plan Scoring Guide (see the attachment).

FlexPath Action Plan template (see the attachment).