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Rubric and Template for Pace Path Four Year Plan in UNV 101

Pace Path Four Year Plan: In this assignment you will create a Pace Path Four Year Plan for your personal, academic, and professional goals for the time you spend at Pace University. The plan should be uploaded to ePortfolio in order to have your plan available through your four years at Pace. Your plan should be flexible and will evolve over time.

Your individual plan should explain why you chose your major or explain why you are interested in the possible majors you wish to explore. Your plan should also include the courses you plan to take, the co-curricular activities/goals in which you plan to engage, and identify possible sources of coaching/mentoring both within Pace and outside (e.g., professionals in your possible chosen field). You will use the template provided to record your Four Year Plan. Please note that co-curricular activities/goals should have duration, supervision, and work product associated with them. However, one-time events, such as workshops and lectures, can often be highly valuable for students and are highly encouraged. These events can serve to help you find long term activities/goals for your Pace Path. Duration means that activities are ongoing across a semester, summer, or year. Supervision could come from faculty, staff, advisors, and coaches/mentors. Work product should provide evidence of success.

At the end of your plan you will write a 450 to 500 word reflection on how you will accomplish your personal, academic, and professional goals in your four years at Pace. Your reflection should consider your own background (e.g., experiences, family, education, culture, etc.). The following should guide your reflection: 1. What did you expect from creating the Pace Path Four Year Plan before you did it? 2. What resulted after creating your plan? Discuss how you approached your plan. Highlight how you will accomplish your personal, academic, and professional goals while at Pace University. How will making the most of your experience at Pace help to differentiate you when you graduate? 3. What did you learn from this experience? What did you like the most from this experience? How do you think this experience will benefit you? What action could be taken to make this experience more meaningful for you?

This plan will serve as a guide for your personal Pace Path in order to make the most of your Pace experience. Each semester as you will grow, learn, and reflect, you will modify your plan. Making the most of your time at Pace University will help you differentiate yourself as you pursue your interests and goals. NOTE: For many freshman it may not be possible to plan completely to senior year. Your plan should start in UNV 101, but should become fuller as you grow throughout your time at Pace.

The Pace Path is an innovative four-year program unique to Pace University that helps each student become successful in college, career, and life. Each student develops strengths in managing oneself, interpersonal relations, and organizational awareness through co-curricular activities within an academic program. This is accomplished through collaboration with Pace faculty, advisers, staff, coaches, and mentors.

The following is a rubric on what is expected for your Pace Path Four Year Plan. The rubric is intended to assist both the student and instructor in planning and evaluating the plan. However, the plan should be flexible enough to meet your unique needs and goals. Following the plan’s template there is space for the reflection and faculty feedback and/or student notes. This should be used as a guide for your Pace Path Four Year Plan. Remember to type your plan directly into the template so you can upload the plan to ePortfolio, which will allow you to edit the plan during your four years at Pace University. Rubric for Pace Path Four Year Plan: The following rubric will be used to guide your Pace Path Four Year Plan. Exemplary Satisfactory Needs Improvement Personal Goals and Action Plan fully articulates at least Plan partially articulates at Plan does not articulate at Steps one personal goal, along with least one personal goal, least one personal goal, needed action steps, for each along with needed action along with needed action semester during the four years. steps, for most of the steps, for the semesters semesters during the four during the four years. years. Academic Goals and Action Plan fully articulates at least Plan partially articulates at Plan does not articulate at Steps one academic goal, along with least one academic goal, least one academic goal, needed action steps, for each along with needed action along with needed action semester during the four years. steps, for most of the steps, for the semesters semesters during the four during the four years. years. Professional Goals and Action Plan fully articulates at least Plan partially articulates at Plan does not articulate at Steps one professional goal, along least one professional goal, least one professional goal, with needed action steps, for along with needed action along with needed action each semester during the four steps, for most of the steps, for the semesters years. semesters during the four during the four years. years. Co-Curricular Activities/Goals Plan lists at least three co- Plan lists at least three co- Plan does not list at least Note: Long term Co-Curricular curricular activities/goals to curricular activities/goals to three co-curricular Activities/Goals must have explore in the first semester explore in the first semester activities/goals to explore in duration, supervision, and (from the approved list of (from the approved list of the first semester (from the produce a work product. activities), along with at least activities), along with at least approved list of activities), However, one-time events, such one long term activity/goal for one long term activity/goal for along with at least one long as workshops, lectures, etc., can each of the three remaining most of the three remaining term activity/goal for most of often be highly valuable for years. Long term years. Long term the three other years. Long students and are highly activities/goals must have activities/goals must have term activities/goals must encouraged. duration, supervision, and work duration, supervision, and have duration, supervision, product. work product. and work product. Academic Major Plan fully articulates the Plan partially articulates the Plan does not articulate the student’s major and the reason student’s major and the student’s major and the the student choose the major. reason the student choose reason the student choose Or, the plan fully articulates the the major. Or, the plan the major. Or, the plan does possible majors to explore and partially articulates the not articulate the possible the reason for exploration. possible majors to explore majors to explore and the and the reason for reason for exploration. exploration. Courses Plan fully lists possible courses Plan partially lists courses to Plan does not list courses to to take over all eight semesters take over most of the eight take over the eight based upon major or possible semesters based upon major semesters. major. or possible major. Coaching/Mentoring Plan fully articulates a Plan partially articulates a Plan does not articulate a coaching/mentoring plan for the coaching/mentoring plan for coaching/mentoring plan for student’s major or majors in the student’s major or majors the student’s major or majors which the student is interested in which the student is in which the student is for each of the eight semesters interested for most of the interested for most of the (inside and outside of Pace). eight semesters (inside and eight semesters (inside and outside of Pace). outside of Pace). Template Plan fully uses the template Plan partially uses the Plan does not use the provided. template provided. template provided. Narrative Reflection Plan contains a 450 to 500 Plan contains a 250 to 449 Plan contains fewer than 250 word reflection on how the word reflection on how the words for the reflection on student will accomplish the student will accomplish the how the student will personal, academic, and personal, academic, and accomplish the personal, professional goals over the four professional goals over the academic, and professional years at Pace. four years at Pace. goals over the four years at Pace. Writing Quality Plan is well written with no Plan is somewhat well written Plan is not well written with grammatical/spelling mistakes. with few grammatical/spelling grammatical/spelling mistakes. mistakes. Pace Path Four Year Plan Template: Please use this template to articulate your Pace Path Four Year Plan.

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Coaching/Mentoring Sophomore Year Fall semester Spring semester Personal Goals and Action Goal: Goal: Steps Action Step: Action Step:

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Coaching/Mentoring Junior Year Fall semester Spring semester Personal Goals and Action Goal: Goal: Steps Action Step: Action Step:

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Coaching/Mentoring Senior Year Fall semester Spring semester Personal Goals and Action Goal: Goal: Steps Action Step: Action Step:

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Coaching/Mentoring Narrative Reflection Faculty Feedback (could be written by faculty member or could be a place for student notes based upon faculty/student in-person meeting) If additional space is needed for goals, you may use this sheet. Fall semester Spring semester Personal Goals and Action Goal: Goal: Steps Action Step: Action Step:

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