Job Shadow Reflection

Warren Easton High School

Rubric/Exit Sheet
Name: Devin Montgomery
March 15,2015

Date Completed:

Reflection Questions
Directions: Answer the following questions about your job shadowing
experience using complete sentences. Be thorough in your answers as some
of your answers may be incorporated in your senior portfolio presentation
speech and or final reflection paper.
1. Was the job shadow you completed the same career field you
identified in your career PowerPoint? If you completed the experience
in another field, explain why there was a need to change career fields.
(i.e., I was not able to set up a job shadow experience in my intended
career field
OR After taking a closer look at the field, I found that I was more
interested in). No, the job shadow that I completed was not the
same as the career field I identified in my power point. Senior
technologist is the proper job title which I shadowed, after taking being
directly involved in the IT field I was mo0re interested in computer
problem solving.
2. As a result of your job shadow experience, are you still planning to
pursue the same career or has the experience led you in a new
direction? Explain. As a result of my job shadow experience I have
discovered that I am more interested in the IT department now that I
am aware of their daily activities.
3. During your job shadow, what skills did you observe that are needed to
be proficient at this career? The skills that I observed to be an affective
IT specialist were: problem solving, communication, improvisation
skills.
4. What activities and or duties did you like/dislike about the experience?
The duties that I enjoyed were activating computers, and connecting
the employees to the proper software.

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5. Do you see yourself doing this job for the duration of your working
career? (i.e., 15 to 20 years in the same field) I can see myself in this
career choice for fifteen to twenty years, for the industry is for every
changing, and as technology increases there will be more
responsibilities, so the industry will be a secure and safe industry to
peruse.
6. Aside from academic preparation in school, what are some other things
that you can do in order to prepare for your intended career field?
Aside from academic preparation in school, some other things that I
can do to prepare myself for this career are: setting up websites for
friends and family, and free-lance computer work for small businesses.
7. Are there any important tips and or advice you were given by your
mentor concerning your career field? My mentors advice to me way
that I should enhance my communication skill with strangers, and must
work on my critical thinking skills.
8. Considering everything you have learned, what is the most valuable
lesson you have learned from your job shadowing experience, and how
will this help you to move forward in your intended career field? The
most valuable lesson that I have learned from working as an IT
specialist was good communication skills, great people skills, and the
ability to solve multiple problems in a short time frame. Once I have
mastered the necessary with the skills mentioned above I should be
able to further achieve my goals and master the art being a Senior
Technologist Specialist.
Student Name: Devin Montgomery
Date: March 15, 2015

Criteria
Mentor Forms
Reflection
Questions
Pictures
Thank you
letter

Points
30
50
10
15

Your Points

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Total:

105 points

Mentor Forms- Forms should be faxed to the school with attention to Mrs.
Jones or submitted to Mrs. Jones in a sealed envelope.
Reflection Questions- Answers should be answered in its entirety providing
analytical insight and depth in explanation. Vague or surface answers will
cause your score to be lower.
Please download the template from my website with the questions. Under
the questions, please provide the answers in a different color than the
question so that the answers will be easily recognized. After completion,
submit a copy to Mrs. Jones for grading and add the questions/answers to
your career tab of your online senior portfolio.
Pictures- You should incorporate pictures from your job shadowing
experience. You should include a minimum of 3-5 pictures. Good pictures for
your portfolio should include an outside picture of the building or business as
well as some on the job pictures of your activities or duty.
Thank you letter- Please follow the sample letter on my website. You
should submit a final typed copy to Mrs. Jones along with your draft with
grammatical corrections and revisions. Finally, you must submit validation of
sending the letter either by email where you forward me the letter sent or
take a picture of the envelope addressed to the mentors business with a
postage stamp. The thank you letter should be sent a week or two after the
completion of the shadow experience.