SMART Action Plan for Academic and Professional Skill Development

Part 2: Action Plan

Based on what you’ve learned in Residency 1, and aligned to the outcomes for the seminars, choose one skill or area where you would like to grow in the next month. In the table below, describe a SMART goal as your action plan.

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Examples of skills you might choose:

  • Writing Skill: Start a feedback journal
  • Writing: Submit a paper for MyPass paper review and apply feedback to future writing. 
  • Life Skill: Build my work and home support group.
  • Library Skill: Research more library search skills and apply to a current course to find scholarly resources.
  • Research Skill: Research bibliography software, pick one to try and add resources from coursework to software.
  • Research Skill: Identify Walden resources related to developing a problem statement.
  • Research Skill: Use Guiding Questions to evaluate empirical research I’m reading for my courses.
  • Research Skill: Begin a dissertation researcher journal where I will jot down ideas from coursework related to topics I want to explore for my dissertation. 
My Action Plan SMART Goal:  
SpecificDescribe the specific skill or knowledge you plan to grow
(life skill, research skill/knowledge; library skill, reading/writing skill)
MeasurableDescribe how you will know you have accomplished the goal.
AttainableList and link to resources you’ll need to accomplish the goal and tasks.
RealisticDescribe the smaller tasks you’ll need to do in order to accomplish the larger goal.
TimelyDescribe the timeline you will use to meet your goal.
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