Portfolio Assessment One details and marking criteria

What’s this assessment all about?

Part One of your professional portfolio submission for NCL3007 is an opportunity for you to present, explain and justify the personal development goals and related action plans you have developed during semester 1 of your study. This is a written submission with a word limit of 1500 words (+/- 10%). More information about the structure of this piece of written work, including a suggested contents list for your submission, will be discussed in module teaching and provided on Canvas.

Why are you assessing me in this way?

Taking responsibility for your continuing personal development and keeping a record of this are things you will need to do when you begin your professional life. Being able to reflect upon your strengths, weaknesses, development needs, and progress towards goals you have set yourself or which have been set for you as part of your role is a key factor in progressing within or beyond the role you take up after graduation. It is also key to success in or further training or study you may undertake to progress towards your longer-term aspirations.

Throughout NCL3007 you will build a portfolio of evidence based on the engagement tasks you will complete and your reflection upon these, as well as what you have learned from module teaching sessions and learning resources, and feedback you have received from others. The Assessed Portfolio (part 1) comprises copies of the Engagement Tasks you have completed and submitted during term 1 along with a written reflective piece which explores how and why you have set the personal development goals and related action plans you have chosen to focus on, allowing you to practise the valuable skill of reflective writing.

How will Part One of the Portfolio be marked?

The four criteria overleaf identify what the marker will be looking for when assessing Part One of your portfolio, with some examples of what to refer to in order to address these topics. Further detail will be covered in teaching sessions and learning resources.

As this is a reflective portfolio based on your planned personal development, you are expected to critically analyse and evaluate what you say as well as describing it – that is to explain why you have chosen the areas you are focusing on rather than others that you considered, and to synthesise, or make meaningful links between, aspects of your personal development planning, your career aspirations, the professional experience you plan to undertake for this module, and your existing strengths and weaknesses.

You will be given a score out of 10 for each criterion, this will then be converted to form a percentage. Each of the first three criteria will be given a score based on how fully you have met the criterion, and the level of critical analysis and evaluation included. We will also consider the presentation of your work and your attention to detail (avoiding typos, spelling, punctuation and grammar mistakes etc). We have included descriptors for guidance as to how these scores will be awarded.

Criterion

1.Goal Setting and Action Planning

Description How to fulfil this

You will apply new knowledge of By discussing how you have used yourself and your career specific action planning tools e.g. aspirations to set and SMART to establish the feasibility prioritise personal development of your planned actions as they goals and plan actions to achieve relate to the personal development these. goals you have identified.

2. Self- Awareness You will consider your personal strengths and weaknesses to establish and prioritise key development needs. By critically analysing and evaluating the results of skills audits and other diagnostic or selfawareness tools e.g. SWOT analysis to establish and prioritise key strengths and weaknes ses. By making explicit links between established strengths and weaknesses and the skills and/or attributes required for a career area of interest to you.

3.Occupational Awareness and Career Planning You will discuss a career By identifying specific skills, destination or aspiration of interest attributes, knowledge and/or to you after graduation, experience required to succeed in demonstrating that you have this role. conducted independent research This evidence could come from into the requirements of this. referring to person specifications, core competencies, professional or occupational standards for an employer, graduate scheme or role you have applied to or which appeals to you.

4.Module Engagement Tasks You will make explicit links to the By completing all module results of module engagement engagement tasks (Discussion tasks you have submitted when Board posts) within the identified establishing and prioritising deadlines and referring to the your personal development goals content of these as appropriate and related action plans. within your portfolio.

NB: The criteria are weighted as follows: Criteria 1 – 30%; Criteria 2 - 30%; Criteria 4 – 10%. Criteria 3 – 30%;

Score

1-3

9-10

Descriptor

Does not address any aspects of the criterion.

Partially addresses the criterion. Account is entirely descriptive with no evidence of new knowledge. Account includes multiple spelling, punctuation and/or grammar errors or typos.

Partially addresses the criterion. Account is mainly descriptive with some analysis and some evidence of new knowledge. Account includes some spelling, punctuation and/or grammar errors or typos.

Mostly addresses the criterion with some critical analysis. Includes some evidence of new knowledge being applied. Account may include a few minor spelling, punctuation and/or grammar errors or typos. Fully addresses all aspects of criterion with critical analysis and some evaluation. Includes some evidence of new knowledge being constructed from limited sources and applied. Account includes very few/no errors and is well-presented.

Fully addresses all aspects of criterion with consistent critical analysis and evaluation. Includes consistent evidence of new knowledge being constructed from multiple sources and applied effectively. Account is well-presented and well-written with no errors.

Fully addresses all aspects of criterion with consistent critical analysis and evaluation, synthesises information from different sources to construct and apply new knowledge effectively. Account is well-presented and well-written with no errors.