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Key Performance Indicator Assignment:

Career Counseling Theory Overview and Application

 PYCL 631 Required KPI Assignment: Career Counseling Theory Overview (20 points)

This assignment is an opportunity to examine and apply career theories, concepts, and assessments to your own professional career development and planning. Each student will reflect on their own career development and examine the global trends and demands of their career field. Each student will choose two career theories and apply the theories to the student’s own career development. Include (1) an overview of the chosen theories, including a discussion on how each theory can be applied to the student’s own career development; (2) a description of how to integrate and apply the chosen theories or model into counseling practice, including identifying and using assessment tools and techniques within these models to assess abilities, interests, values, personality and other factors that contribute to career development and strategies for facilitating client skill development for career, educational, and life-work planning and management; (3) a discussion of cultural considerations within the theoretical models and conceptualization of the interrelationships among and between work, mental well-being, relationships, and other life roles and factors and (4) two current research articles in addition to the course textbook. (Length: 4 -5 pages of content plus title, abstract, and reference pages - total of 8 pages).

The paper is due on or before the due date as described in this syllabus. Late papers will not be accepted. Papers should be written in APA style, including a title page, abstract, and a reference page with a minimum of five current (less than eight years old) articles from academic peer reviewed journals. The use of non-sexist and professional language is expected, and papers must be carefully proofread prior to submission. Guidelines regarding non-sexist language are available in the Publication Manual (6th Edition) of the American Psychological Association.

XIV. Appendix/Appendices

Grading Rubrics for Assignments

Required Career Counseling Theory Overview Key Performance Indicator Rubric

The “Career Counseling Theory Overview” assignment is used as a Key Performance Indicator for the common core area of “Career Development.”

Criterion

Not Met = 0 points

Met = 4 points

Exceeded = 5 points

Points

1. Career Theory Application

(4 points max)

[2. F. 4. a.]

Student did not provide a clear description of the chosen career theories nor applied the chosen theories to him/her.

Student provided a clear overview of the chosen career theories, provided a clear review of the major tenets, and their application to counseling.

Student provided a thorough description of the chosen career theories, provided a clear review of the major tenets, their application to counseling and student’s own career development.

2. Integration and Application

(4 points max)

[2. F. 1. h.]

[2. F. 4. c.]

[2. F. 4. e.]

Student did not provide a description of ways to apply the chosen theories or models into practice, including identifying and using assessment tools and techniques within these models to assess abilities, interests, values, personality and other factors that contribute to career development and strategies for facilitating client skill development for career, educational, and life-work planning and management.

Student provided a clear overview with practical ways to apply chosen theories or models into practice, including identifying and using assessment tools and techniques within these models to assess abilities, interests, values, personality and other factors that contribute to career development and strategies for facilitating client skill development for career, educational, and life-work planning and management.

Student provided a thorough description of ways to apply chosen theories or models into practice. The description included clear examples for each major tenet of the theories, including identifying and using assessment tools and techniques within these models to assess abilities, interests, values, personality and other factors that contribute to career development and strategies for facilitating client skill development for career, educational, and life-work planning and management.

3. Cultural Considerations

(4 points max)

[2. F. 4. b.]

Student did not mention cultural considerations to incorporate when working from their chosen career models. Student did not describe the conceptualization of the interrelationships among and between work, mental well-being, relationships, and other life roles and factors.

Student included at least one area of cultural consideration for applying the chosen career theories with diverse populations. Student somewhat described the conceptualization of the interrelationships among and between work, mental well-being, relationships, and other life roles and factors

Student included more than one area of cultural considerations for applying the chosen career theories with diverse populations.

Student describe the conceptualization of the interrelationships among and between work, mental well-being, relationships, and other life roles and factors

4. APA Style

(4 points max)

Student’s report did not include proper APA style of writing.

Student’s report followed some of the APA style of writing.

Student’s report included proper APA style. The textbook and two additional current and relevant articles were cited.