THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN School of Information CONTINUING EDUCATION PLAN EVALUATION SHEET 5=excellent; 4=very good; 3=good; 2=weak; 1=poor; 0=no credit HIGH MIDDLE LOW TOTAL 5 4 3 2 1 0 A. Course of Study 1. Does the student refer to additional reference classes, if applicable? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2. Does the student refer to his or her Capstone, if applicable? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3. Does the student refer to proposed changes in the iSchool curriculum, if applicable? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4. Does the student refer other reference opportunities? . . . . . _____ ______ _____ _____ ______ _____ _____ ______ _____ ______ _____ _____ B. Career Plans 5. Does the student identify a potential area of employment? . . _____ ______ 6. How will the student prepare his or her job search? . . . . . . . _____ ______ 7. When will the student start his or her job search? . . . . . . . . . _____ ______ 8. How will the student prepare for interviews? . . . . . . . . . . . . _____ ______ _____ _____ _____ _____ C. Professional Socialization 9. Will the student join a professional organization? . . . . . . . . . _____ ______ 10. Is the organization identified? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . _____ ______ 11. How will the student be involved with this organization? . . _____ ______ 12. Will the student attend organization events? . . . . . . . . . . . . _____ ______ _____ _____ _____ _____ D. Personal Activities 13. Will the student develop a personal reading schedule? . . . . . _____ 14. Is the reading schedule well detailed? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . _____ 15. Will the student attend any local events related to reference?_____ 16. Will the student write about reference? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . _____ 17. Will the student provide reference training? . . . . . . . . . . . . _____ ______ _____ ______ _____ ______ _____ ______ _____ ______ _____ E. Accuracy 18. Are appropriate facts correctly stated? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . _____ ______ _____ F. Quality of Presentation: 19. Originality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . _____ ______ 20. Effort . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . _____ ______ _____ _____ G. Writing Style 21 Spelling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . _____ 22. Punctuation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . _____ 23. Grammar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . _____ 24. Word choice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . _____ 25. Word usage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . _____ ______ _____ ______ _____ ______ _____ ______ _____ ______ _____ 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. Clarity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . _____ Organization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . _____ Does one idea logically follow another ? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . _____ Sentence variety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . _____ Are contractions spelled out? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . _____ Does the student avoid “etc."? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . _____ Does the student avoid weak connectives like “however”? _____ Cliches (not desirable) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . _____ Length . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . _____ Neatness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . _____ Are pages numbered?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . _____ Are section headings used?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . _____ Does the student avoid using “which” when “that” is more appropriate? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . _____ 39. Is the text left justified only? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . _____ 40. Is the print dark enough to read? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . _____ ______ _____ ______ _____ ______ _____ ______ _____ ______ _____ ______ _____ ______ _____ ______ _____ ______ _____ ______ _____ ______ _____ ______ _____ ______ ______ ______ _____ _____ _____ OTHER COMMENTS THAT MAY BE CONSIDERED IN THE CALCULATION OF YOUR GRADE: NOTE: one half point will be deducted OFF THE TOP from each sentence that is drawn too closely from a source.