LaGuardia Community College
Internship Learning Objectives
of
Ricardo Barriga
During my internship, I would like to:
Goal 1:
Increase my skills in managing my time realistically to met internship, school and
personal commitments.
Action Steps:
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I will show up on my scheduled time.
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I will create a “to do” list so that I may list my responsibilities and be aware of
them.
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Create a goals list In order to have successful time management.
Goal 2:
Increase my knowledge of a specific occupational setting (e.g., hospital, theater, school,
business office, art gallery, music company, photography studio).
Action Steps:
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Job shadowing is the best way to obtain hands on knowledge of the position you
are looking to obtain. I will shadow a cardio vascular surgeon, if possible, to see
what a day in the life of a cardiovascular surgeon is like.
Look at the career databases in order to show a list of qualifications and skills
needed for that particular position.
Goal 3:
Increase my knowledge of a specific profession or occupation (e.g., teacher, doctor,
social worker, engineer, administrative assistant, fashion designer, scientist) through
observation, interaction with co-workers, and/or performing my internship
responsibilities.
Action Steps:
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I will use my internship as an opportunity to gain the medical experience that is
needed in order to even qualify for medical school.
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I will also talk to my co-workers to obtain information on the daily requirements
and duties.
I will talk to doctors and managers in recruiting special tasks and duties outside
the required scheme of my position.
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EXAMPLES OF ACTION STEPS
Examine the samples below. To get help with creating action steps, consult the paper
entitled Internship Learning Objectives, Goal Setting and Your ePortfolio found on the
Coop web page under “Forms.” Your Fundamentals of Professional Advancement
professor and your Coop Advisor can also help you develop suitable action steps. Once
you create the actions steps, you can post your Internship Learning Objectives to your
ePortfolio.
Examples of Internship Learning Objectives
Goal 1 Increase my communication skills on the telephone.
Action Steps:
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I will be an active observer of two colleagues to learn how they handle difficult
customers on the telephone.
I will engage in a discussion with two co-workers about effective telephone skills
I will ask my boss for feedback and suggestions to improve my telephone
techniques at least three times during the internship.
I will conduct an Internet search on business telephone techniques and try out two
suggestions.
Goal 2 Accept positive and negative feedback and learn from experience.
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I will keep a list of all positive feedback to get an idea of my strengths.
I will keep a list of negative feedback and identify ways I could improve my
performance the next time I am in the same situation.
I will spend fifteen minutes at the end of the day to reflect on my internship
experience.
I will keep a weekly journal to chart my progress over the course of the
internship.
Every week I will talk with a fellow student about what I am learning on
internship.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR SAVING YOUR ASSESSMENT FORM
1. Save this document to desktop or your memory stick.
2. Open with Microsoft Word.
3. Fill in the Action Steps.
4. Don't forget to erase "Instructions for saving your assessment form."
5. Save it again.
6. Now your are ready to upload your Internship Learning Objectives to your ePortfolio.