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. Introduction and Summary
Does the student introduce the essay? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . _____ ______
Does the student provide a well written, non-repetitive
summary/conclusion? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . _____ ______
B. Course of Study
1. Does the student refer to additional reference classes,
if applicable? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2. Does the student refer to his/her Capstone, if
applicable? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
3. Does the student refer to proposed changes in the iSchool
curriculum, if applicable? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
4. Does the student refer to other reference opportunities? . . .
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C. Career Plans
5. Does the student identify a potential area of employment? . . _____
A. Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . _____
B. Nature of work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . _____
C. Geographic location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . _____
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? . . . . . . . . . . . _____
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D. 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? . . . . . . . . . . . . _____
A. Which events? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . _____
B. Where will they be held? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . _____
C. When will the student attend? . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . _____
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E. 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/conduct research about reference? . . _____
17. Will the student provide reference training? . . . . . . . . . . . . _____
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F. Accuracy
18. Are appropriate facts correctly stated? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . _____
[Deduct -1 point for each error.]
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G. Quality of Presentation:
19. Originality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . _____ ______
20. Effort . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . _____ ______
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H. Writing Style
21 Spelling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . _____ ______
22. Punctuation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . _____ ______
23. Grammar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . _____ ______
24. Word choice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . _____ ______
25. Word usage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . _____ ______
26. Clarity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . _____ ______
27. Organization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . _____ ______
28. Does one idea logically follow another ? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . _____ ______
29. Sentence variety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . _____ ______
30. Are contractions spelled out? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . _____ ______
31. Does the student avoid “etc."? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . _____ ______
32. Does the student avoid weak connectives like “however”? _____ ______
33. Cliches (not desirable) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . _____ ______
34. Length . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . _____ ______
35. Neatness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . _____ ______
36. Are pages numbered?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . _____ ______
37. Are section headings used?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . _____ ______
38. 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? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . _____ ______
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OTHER COMMENTS THAT MAY BE CONSIDERED IN THE CALCULATION OF YOUR
GRADE: See course policies about attributing sources and drawing too closely from sources.