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Develop a FlexPath preparation plan to help you feel confident and ready to begin your FlexPath program.

It’s important to begin any new endeavor feeling confident in your ability to be successful, and knowing the resources and support you can turn to when you need them.

By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate proficiency in the following course competency and assessment criteria:

Competency 1: Demonstrate readiness to begin a FlexPath program.

Discuss potential challenges of being a FlexPath learner and ways to address them.

Describe how to use personal skills, knowledge, and reasons for choosing FlexPath to be a successful FlexPath learner.

Explain how the resources provided by Capella can assist in being a successful FlexPath learner.

Identify topics to discuss with a FlexPath Coach.

What’s your plan? The beginning of a degree program is full of excitement as you consider what the future may hold for you. Completing this assessment will help you channel that excitement into a realistic plan to be as prepared as possible for your new role—that of a successful FlexPath learner.

Although the preparation and directions listed below are specific to this assessment, the process they lead you through is similar to what you will do in every FlexPath academic course.

Preparation

To prepare for this assessment:

Review the FlexPath Prep Plan Scoring Guide to see the criteria by which this assessment will be evaluated.

Review the FlexPath Prep Plan template.

Estimate the time it will take you to complete your plan and then set your target date.

Remember that you should plan to submit the assessment no later than the Tuesday prior to the date your first academic course starts.

Give yourself plenty of time to thoughtfully consider the questions it poses and draft your responses. Although you will submit your plan for evaluation in this practice course, remember that you are creating the plan to use as you begin your first academic course. The more thought you put into it, the more useful it will be.

Instructions

Step 1: Complete the assessment

Open the FlexPath Prep Plan template:

Use the template to complete your assessment. Type your responses within the spaces provided in the template.

Save your work as a Word document using the file naming conventions listed in the Assessments Attempt tab.

Step 2: Review your work

Review your work before submitting the plan. Do you see anything you want to change or add? Is the grammar and spelling correct? Revise the plan until you are satisfied with it and review the FlexPath Prep Plan Scoring Guide to be sure you have met the criteria.

Step 3: Submit your assessment

Attach your Word document to this assessment and submit it. To do that, complete the following:

Click the Submit Assessment button located at the bottom of this page.

Click on Submit Assessment (Attempt 1).

In the assessment area, click Browse My Computer to locate and attach your document to this assessment.

Click Submit.

Step 4: Review your feedback

Your facilitator will evaluate your plan according to the scoring guide and return it within two business days for you to review. You will see an alert on your Campus dashboard when your assessment has been reviewed by the facilitator. To see the facilitator feedback, complete the following:

Click on the Assessment 1 tab.

Click on the Attempt tab to view your feedback.

Step 5: Complete this course

If you have demonstrated sufficient performance, select Complete This Course in the left navigation menu of the courseroom. Click the blue Complete This Course to complete this practice course. This button will activate upon completing the assessment and checking your feedback.

Congratulations and welcome to FlexPath!

Additional Requirements

Format: Use the FlexPath Prep Plan template to complete your assessment. Type your entries in Times New Roman, 12-point font.

Written communication: Ensure communication is free of errors that detract from the overall message.

Writing style: Expectations for scholarly writing include the use of third-person narrative, unless it is awkward to do so. Because you are talking about yourself in this assessment, you may write in the first person.

FlexPath Prep Plan

For this assessment, you will create a personal FlexPath Prep Plan.

Remember that this plan is truly for

you

. Creating it will help you:

· Recognize the knowledge, skills, and strengths you bring to your FlexPath experience.
· Think about what you may need to change to succeed in FlexPath.
· Create a realistic plan for fitting FlexPath course work into your life.
· Prepare for your first meeting with your FlexPath coach.
· Begin your first academic course feeling prepared.

For each question below, think about what you know about yourself and consider what you have learned in orientation. Use this document and fill in the spaces. Answer each question as completely as possible, using complete sentences. You should be able to write at least 3–4 well-constructed sentences for each bullet point.

· Now that you have been through FlexPath orientation, what seems new and different about the FlexPath model, and what adjustments will you need to make to be successful in this model?
· Are there things about the FlexPath model that may be a challenge for you, or that make you apprehensive?

· How will you schedule time in your already-busy life to complete the assessments and be successful in FlexPath?
· What things might possibly interfere with your schedule and how will you address them?

· What skills, knowledge, and strengths do you feel you bring to the FlexPath program?
· How can use your skills, knowledge, and strengths to be successful in FlexPath?

· What was the most important factor (cost savings, time to completion, self-directed) in your decision to enroll in FlexPath?
· How will that factor help you stay on track?

· How will you use each of the resources below to help you be successful in your FlexPath courses?
· FlexPath Coach.
· FlexPath Faculty
· Capella Writing Center.
· Capella University Library.
· Progress Tracker.
· Academic Plan.
· Campus.

· What questions would you like to discuss with your FlexPath Coach during your first call?
· Examples:
· Subscription billing.
· Planning courses.
· Transfer credit.
· Financial aid (or other types of tuition assistance).
· Academic engagement.
· Assessment feedback and resubmission.
· Research and writing skills.
· Taking time off.
· Other.

When you have completed this assessment, save it as a Word document following the naming conventions listed in the assessment area in the courseroom. Attach the document to the assessment box and submit.