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Competency 5: Engage in Professional Development

Artifact: EDCI 66000A Initial.Final Reflective Essay


Artifacts assignment detail (provided by the instructor):
For this assignment, you will write your own goals for this online MS program
based upon your professional and personal experience and your knowledge
about the field (Educational Technology). Your essay may include responses to
the following questions:
1. What is my career goal?
2. What do I want to accomplish in this online MS program?
3. How can this program help me achieve my career goal?
Artifact Overview:
This reflective essay presents my career and educational plans in the Spring of
2013. When writing this artifact, I was working for an acclaimed distance, adulteducation firm and served as a Sales Training Specialist for the Professional
Education product lines.
Competency 5
Demonstrates the disposition for life-long learning and continuous professional
development
In 2003, I had a unique experience which has led me down the career path that I
am in now. I joined a global education firm that specialized in University based
Professional Education programs that helped me reinforce my passion in life,
learning, development, and process improvement. I was fortunate to work
intimately with many nationally acclaimed educational professionals to hone my
skills in adult learning and business processes. With primary roles in Corporate
Consulting and Training, I was blessed to work closely with hundreds of
companies, many of which are Fortune 100, to co-develop their training
programs, providing a first-hand view of enterprise-level training.
In the Training Department, I continued to accelerate my development and was
mentored to reach the enterprise-level, strategic positions which I aspire. This
development included classroom training, the development of over 30 courses,
ADDIE and Project Management training, training manual development and
maintenance, management of our proprietary LMS, management of our internal
Knowledge Management system, the completion of many in-demand
professional training courses, and the initiation of this Masters Degree in
Education. Towards the end of this tenure in the Training Department, I was

specially tasked to apply my analytical abilities to work independently with our


internal departments and stakeholders to design and develop enhancement
courses for the operational staff.

In 2013, I was able to further develop my training and management skills with a
different Corporation. As a private Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) firm, I
managed a team of five full-time and fifteen flex-trainers to meet the rigorous
training needs of the Fortune 50 client that we served. In doing so, I primarily
enhanced my leadership, coaching, and supervisory skills in the training
discipline. In addition, as the designated SME for coaching training, I delivered a
Performance Management-Precision Coaching program for all managers,
integrated processes and metrics between onboarding and new hire training,
and lead in the development of training manuals for all key product lines.
Going forward, I am wishing to get more involved with the Corporate, scalable
level projects and development that I originally sought out to achieve. To me, the
completion of this M.Ed. program will enable that dream. When it comes to
recruiting, experience can only get one so far. The backing of formal education
and training is very important. This degree will allow me to apply for positions
that I once could not when there is a specific requirement for Masters-level
education. Now looking at the finish line, I am excited for the opportunities that
could present itself a couple months from now!

Continued Learning
Besides seeking higher-level positions, I plan to continue my development. To
supplement my process improvement and training credentials, I plan to study for
and pass the Certified Performance Technologist (CPL) certification. Hosted as
the primary credential for the International Society for Performance
Improvement (ISPI), this credential is a well respective accolade for those in the
corporate arena. I feel that this certification will help round-out my credentials to
earn the Director and VP positions that I seek.

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