Mid-Term Program and Self Evaluation

College Unbound @ Roger Williams Take-Home Self- and Program-Evaluation

Name: Luke Hagopian

Academic Liaison: Tracy Money

The Big Ten!

At College Unbound @ RWU, we work to make sure that the work you’re doing is seen as helping your growth in the Big Ten Learning Goals—critical skills that affect project development, your employment, lifelong learning, and your relationship to the city, your peers, and yourself.  In the boxes below please check how you feel you’ve grown and briefly say how/why.

1= needs improvement, 5 = excellent

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Reflection and How/Why:  I feel like I have grown moderately in this skill because as I move forward in my job, we are constantly going through cycles.  From R&D, to Certification, to Pre-Production, to Production.  I have learned to look back at what we did last time and what we could have done differently and try to apply those learning’s to what we are doing now.				X
Resilience and How/Why:  I think I have learned a fair amount about resilience throughout this semester so far.  Like I said earlier, I have gone through a lot of ups and downs at work and have needed to stay resilient to get through it and keep moving forward.  There have been a lot of design changes, issues with parts and restructuring throughout my company.  I have managed to stay resilient and keep working to get the job done.			X
Collaboration and How/Why: I have done a little collaboration so far.  Probably not as much as I could.  I think I have done more collaborating with the different departments in my job than I have at school.  At work, I need to work with the different mechanical, electrical, and manufacturing engineers to come up with a plan that works for us on the new product we are working on.		X
Creativity and How/Why:  I probably haven’t been as creative as possible so far this semester.  I don’t really consider myself a creative person to begin with.  I think as we come across a problem, I feed off of other people’s ideas and come up with a collaborative solution.  I don’t see myself as being independently creative.  This is something that I can work on going forward.	X
Communication and How/Why:  I think I am a better communicator at work than I am at school.  Work is more familiar to me and I know what needs to be done and I know what is within my limits and all the players involved.  I am more comfortable at work than I am at school.  I really need to work on my communication skills in all areas, rather than just one.		X

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Critical Thinking and How/Why:  I believe I have been doing some pretty good critical thinking, especially at work.  I am able to access and analyze the information in order to make an effective decision.  I feel like I have grown a fair amount in this subject area.  Before, I would have to go to a few people and get help accessing or interpreting information.  Now I am able to access it with minimal help and able to draw my own conclusions on what needs to be done.			X
Applied Knowledge and How/Why:  I think I have grown a fair amount in this area.  I am able to apply the knowledge that I have learned to the decisions that I need to make.  When I look at my backlog report, I know what is coming up in the future and I can start to look for when the parts will be arriving so I can prepare the floor for these orders.  I used to just wait until the last minute because I didn’t know any better.			X
Accountability and How/Why:  I know I have not grown enough in this area.  I know I take accountability for all of my actions or lack thereof, but I need to get better at managing my time and work load.  I am not very good at accounting for deadlines at work or at school. This is an area that I really need to work to improve upon.	X
Advocacy for Self and Others How/Why:  I have grown a fair amount in this area, but know that I can still improve in some areas.  At work, I take charge without the need of my boss to tell me to do so.  In other ways I know I need to improve.  Like; I won’t speak up when I want my boss to back up a little and let me run my people my way.  Or, give me all of the information instead of bits and pieces so that I can make better informed decisions.			X
Problem Solving and How/Why:  I have learned a bit about problem solving so far in this semester.  Through my experience, I have learned what are the right questions to ask in order to come up with the best possible solution.  Sometimes I know what we need to do to get past a problem, but am limited with implementing the solution because of other outside factors.  I wish I could stop everything once a problem is identified and get it rectified right away.			X

Additional Comments on the Big Ten:  I think reading and learning about these beforehand has opened me up to these in my everyday life and job.  I am able to relate what we are learning in our Monday night sessions to what I do every day at work.

What content areas (course equivalents) have you explored and what content areas do you need to focus on in the second half of the semester:  I have explored other management and leadership areas through books that I have been reading.  Areas such as; Time Management, Authentic Speaking, Risk Management and Project Management.  I really need to focus on the areas that I am already signed up for, like my two online classes.  I have gotten too far behind and am afraid I am not going to be able to catch up.

How has the structure and form of College Unbound @ RWU (Monday Nights, your one-on-one work with your Academic Liaison, your relationship with your professional mentor) allowed for you to explore your learning in new ways?  In what ways has this been hard?  (And for second and third year students in the program, how has this semester differed and how has it affected the work you’ve done?)  CU has allowed me to explore my learning in new ways because it is making me think in a way that I don’t normally think.  It is forcing me to spend more time with my boss (PM) and opened up new dialogue with him, that I don’t think I would have had under normal circumstances.  I enjoy the one-on-one time with my AL and enjoy the group work on Mondays.  Something that I really like from last year was when we met together as a small group with our AL outside the Monday session.  I feel like there was a lot learned in those groups.  We were able to open up and really get to know the other people in our small group, and learned a lot from our peers.  Sometimes they put something into perspective that you AL wouldn’t necessarily see.  I really enjoyed that part of it last year. 

I think enrolling in two online classes was a mistake for me this semester.  I thought I would be able to handle the work load, but feel like I have failed in that area.  It was something new that I was willing to explore, but in hindsight, feel like it was a bad decision on my part.

What do you feel that you need to do differently in the second half of the semester?  I really need to manage my time better and be accountable for all areas of my work.  I have not done enough with my online classes.  I have fallen way too far behind.

In what ways do you want the program to evolve in the second half of the semester?  I really enjoyed having the speakers last year.  I know we talked about this already, but I think it was one of the highlights from last year.  Also, maybe if we could have more time in our small groups. 

Following are some questions related to technology at College Unbound @ RWU.  Please rate your level of knowledge/comfort and include a brief explanation—be specific about struggles so that we can plan specific workshops to address your needs. 1 = needs improvement, 5 = excellent

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I am comfortable using Google Blogger (i.e. creating posts, adding pictures to a post, adding video, following others’ blogs). Explanation:  I feel like I know the basics, but found myself having trouble trying to post a picture, which I thought I would have no problem with.  I haven’t tried adding video, yet.			X
I am comfortable using Google Drive. (I.e. uploading documents, revising personal learning plan and other documents on Drive, sharing documents with others). Explanation:  I feel like I am pretty good with Drive.  I am comfortable using it, but I always know there is more to learn.				X
I am comfortable using Microsoft Word.(i.e. creating a new document, word processing, formatting a document, creating tables, using headers and footers, saving or renaming files). Explanation:  Again, I am comfortable with this, but know there is always more to learn.				X
I am comfortable using presentation tools such as PowerPoint or Prezi (i.e. creating slides, changing backgrounds/themes, adding pictures, creating tables/pie charts/other data displays). Explanation:  I feel like I know the basics with PowerPoint.  I know there is a lot more to learn in PowerPoint.  I don’t really know anything about Prezi.  I looked at a tutorial, but haven’t tried to use it at all.			X
I am comfortable finding valid/credible sources for research using Roger Williams University resources and other online tools (i.e. RWU online journal database, Google Scholar, RefWorks for citations and research storage) Explanation:  I haven’t really used any of these sources.  I have a lot to learn in this area.		X

Please mark any of the following Social Networking tools that you use on a regular basis:

Facebook      Twitter          LinkedInX    Other? (Please List)

I would benefit from a technology workshop on:   LinkedIn, Facebook, Google+_______________.

I would attend a College Unbound technology workshop if it were offered (mark all that apply):

Monday 8:15pmX   Wednesday 6pm     Saturday a.m.                      Saturday p.m.                      Other?