Name: Course: Date: Instructor: Topic 7 Ensuring Future Success: Reflection During the past few weeks, you have had the opportunity to develop a plan for success as a student here at GCU and beyond graduation. Analyze your academic, spiritual, and career goals from Topic 4 Purpose Plan. Complete the following prompts directly on this document—the box will expand as needed. Based on your analysis, in 75-100 words total, describe what three action steps you will need to take in order to achieve your academic goals. 1. 2. 3. Based on your analysis, in 75-100 words total, describe what three action steps you will need to take in order to achieve your spiritual goals. 1. 2. 3. Based on your analysis, in 75-100 words total, describe what three action steps you will need to take in order to achieve your career goals. 1. 2. 3. Explain howyou are working towards achieving your academic, spiritual, and career goals. What changes might you make? (75-100 words total) 1. Academic Goals - 2. Spiritual Goals - 3. Career Goals - In assessing your success, how will you know that you are achieving your goals? (75-100 words total) 1. Academic Goals - 2. Spiritual Goals - 3. Career Goals - Name: Course: Date: Instructor: Topic 7 Ensuring Future Success: Reference Guide This reference guide is designed to help you be successful after the end of this course. Once you fill in the missing spaces, you will be able to use this information to access resources in the future. Directions: Provide the appropriate information in the blank spaces for each resource, for all three guides below. You may want to reference materials or assignments from previous topics to help you fill in the information. The use of www.gcu.edu website will also be helpful in filling out the information. Academic Reference Guide Resources What does this resource do for you? Where do you find this resource? (Provide link, contact info, etc.) Math Center Writing Center ACE Center/ Learning Lounge Library Tech Support Academic Catalog/Policy Title IX Emergency/Active Shooter Student Success Center ThinkingStorm Writing Style Guides End of course survey (EOCS) Provides students with the opportunity to give feedback to the university about the course, faculty, and student advisor. Feedback is confidential and provides valuable insight that is used to improve the overall university experience. The EOCS is available only through the student portal and can be accessed one week before the end of class until one week after the end of class. Student Portal https://newportal.gcu.edu/#/dashboard Part 2: Spiritual Reference Guide Resources What does this resource do for you? Where do you find this resource? (Provide link, contact info, etc) Spiritual Life Page The Department of Spiritual Life helps the GCU community grow in a personal relationship with God through an active faith in Jesus Christ. http://students.gcu.edu/student-life/spiritual-life.php Spir ...

1. Name:
Course:
Date:
Instructor:
Topic 7 Ensuring Future Success: Reflection
During the past few weeks, you have had the opportunity to
develop a plan for success as a student here at GCU and beyond
graduation. Analyze your academic, spiritual, and career goals
from Topic 4 Purpose Plan. Complete the following prompts
directly on this document—the box will expand as needed.
Based on your analysis, in 75-100 words total, describe what
three action steps you will need to take in order to achieve your
academic goals.
1.
2.
3.
Based on your analysis, in 75-100 words total, describe what
three action steps you will need to take in order to achieve your
spiritual goals.
1.
2.
3.

2. Based on your analysis, in 75-100 words total, describe what
three action steps you will need to take in order to achieve your
career goals.
1.
2.
3.
Explain howyou are working towards achieving your academic,
spiritual, and career goals. What changes might you make? (75-
100 words total)
1. Academic Goals -
2. Spiritual Goals -
3. Career Goals -
In assessing your success, how will you know that you are
achieving your goals? (75-100 words total)
1. Academic Goals -
2. Spiritual Goals -
3. Career Goals -
Name:
Course:
Date:
Instructor:
Topic 7 Ensuring Future Success: Reference Guide

3. This reference guide is designed to help you be successful after
the end of this course. Once you fill in the missing spaces, you
will be able to use this information to access resources in the
future.
Directions: Provide the appropriate information in the blank
spaces for each resource, for all three guides below. You may
want to reference materials or assignments from previous topics
to help you fill in the information. The use of www.gcu.edu
website will also be helpful in filling out the information.
Academic Reference Guide
Resources
What does this resource do for you?
Where do you find this resource? (Provide link, contact info,
etc.)
Math Center
Writing Center
ACE Center/ Learning Lounge
Library
Tech Support
Academic Catalog/Policy
Title IX
Emergency/Active Shooter

4. Student Success Center
ThinkingStorm
Writing Style Guides
End of course survey (EOCS)
Provides students with the opportunity to give feedback to the
university about the course, faculty, and student advisor.
Feedback is confidential and provides valuable insight that is
used to improve the overall university experience.
The EOCS is available only through the student portal and can
be accessed one week before the end of class until one week
after the end of class.
Student Portal
https://newportal.gcu.edu/#/dashboard
Part 2: Spiritual Reference Guide
Resources
What does this resource do for you?
Where do you find this resource? (Provide link, contact info,
etc)
Spiritual Life Page
The Department of Spiritual Life helps the GCU community
grow in a personal relationship with God through an active faith
in Jesus Christ.
http://students.gcu.edu/student-life/spiritual-life.php
Spiritual Life Blog

5. http://blogs.gcu.edu/spiritual-life/
Contact Spiritual Life
602-639-6750
[email protected]
Prayer Requests
Students may submit request to be prayed over by prayer team
[email protected]
Compilation of Bible Verses
Verses organized based on topics and life circumstances
http://students.gcu.edu/Documents/passages-of-comfort.pdf
Chapels and Trending Faith videos
http://gcutv.gcu.edu/#
Chapels – Click Events > Chapel
Trending Faith – Click Shows > Trending Faith
Part 3: Career Reference Guide
Resources
What does this resource do for you?
Where do you find this resource? (Provide link, contact info,
etc)
Career IMPACT Center
Career IMPACT Center provides you with the resources,
professional knowledge, and support you need to successfully

6. transition from academics into a purposeful career and
satisfying employment.
https://students.gcu.edu/student-resources/career-impact-
center.php
Career connections
Career Compass
It is good to revisit assessments such as this one every so often
to reevaluate your goals, focus, and direction.
GoinGlobal
Case Study – Danny
It had been a long day already as Ms. Rodriquez looked at the
clock. Danny’s mother, Ms. Tang was 15 minutes late for the
conference meeting Ms. Rodriquez had scheduled to discuss
Danny’s struggles in math. Danny was having a hard time
memorizing his multiplication facts and also struggled to apply
concepts learned to solve word problems. He seemed to have a
hard time determining which operation to use. Danny also
wasted a lot of time fiddling with his pencil and doodling
instead of doing his work. Ms. Rodriquez was sure that with
more discipline to complete work and additional practice he
could become more successful. Ms. Rodriquez always believed
that the parent was a child’s first teacher and played a critical
role in their children’s academic progress.

7. Ms. Rodriquez wondered if Danny’s parent was one of those
parents who did not value their role in their child’s education.
Ms. Tang rarely signed Danny’s agenda that was sent home
nightly. She doubted that Ms. Tang actually supervised Danny’s
homework. She looked at the clock anxiously and wondered if
she would be able to make it to the day care on time to pick up
her daughter on time or if she would need to pay extra. She was
already under pressure to improve student progress and just
purchased some additional resources with her own money to
support ongoing instruction. She was prepared for the meeting
with a plan for homework and a plan to discuss the importance
of the agenda and helping Danny learn to manage time.
Ms. Tang entered the classroom and apologized for being late.
She was a working single parent who had a child with a
disability. She had made arrangements to leave work early to
come to the meeting, but on the way to school learned that the
respite worker was not able to pick up her son at his special
school so she had to pick him up and drop him off at his
grandmother’s house before coming to the meeting.
Ms. Rodriquez reflected on the meeting as she drove to day
care. It had not gone as well as she had expected. Ms. Tang
expressed concern about the amount of time Danny was required
to spend on homework. She expressed concern about needing to
schedule additional time as she already struggled to provide for
her family. Danny’s sister needed rides to soccer practice a few
times a week. Danny’s disabled brother needed to be driven to
private therapy and additional doctor appointments after school.
She already had Danny bring his homework to work on while
his brother was receiving therapy. Then it was time to prepare
for dinner, baths, and the normal evening routine. She worried
about finding extra time to complete additional work while
meeting the needs of her children.
Ms. Rodriquez did feel sympathy for Ms. Tang. She had
referred her to a time management course online and a parent
involvement workshop being offered by the school counselor
that meets every Wednesday night at 7:00 p.m. She also offered

8. a copy of a homework schedule and recommended she could
revise it to meet her family’s needs while still providing extra
support to Danny. Ms. Tang took the resources provided and
agreed to meet with Ms. Rodriquez next month to review
Danny’s progress. She also agreed to make a more concentrated
effort to remember to sign the agenda every night before putting
it back into Danny’s backpack. Ms. Rodriquez hoped that the
suggestions and resources would help Danny’s progress, but
wondered if Ms. Tang would follow through.
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