Benchmark Professional Identity and Credential Paper Assignment Overview
The purpose of the Benchmark Professional Identity and Credential Paper Assignment is to:
· Articulate your understanding of the current trends in professional counselor identity and identifying your own professional development plan.
· Teach you how to access and use the Liberty University Online Library.
· Correctly identify scholarly sources appropriate for use in professional papers.
· Define plagiarism and demonstrate use of Turnitin software in order to check your own papers for plagiarism throughout your program.
Be sure to review Steps 1 – 11, including the addition of the Turnitin reflection page.
Step 1: Read the assigned textbook readings for this Module: Week.
Step 2: Read one of the following articles listed under the Benchmark Professional Identity and Credential Paper Resources on the Benchmark Professional Identity and Credential Paper Assignment page:
· Evaluating Independently Licensed Counselors’ Articulation of Professional Identity Using Structural Coding
· Interstate Licensure Portability: Logistics and Barriers for Professional Counselors
· Advocating for Educational Standards in Counselor Licensure Laws
· Chi Sigma Iota Chapter Faculty Advisors’ Experiences of Professional Counselor Identity
Step 3: Listen to one of the following podcasts listed under the Benchmark Professional Identity and Credential Paper Resources on the Benchmark Professional Identity and Credential Paper Assignment page:
· What Makes a Counselor a Counselor?*
· What On Earth Shall We Call Ourselves *
· Developing a Professional Identity*
*The views in this podcast do not necessarily reflect the views of Liberty University
Step 4: Write a reaction paper on the article. Your paper must be in current APA format (including running heads, a title page, abstract, and reference page). The abstract must provide a brief, comprehensive summary of the contents of the articles and podcast in 150–250 words. Note: the title page, abstract, and reference page do not contribute toward the page requirement.
Divide your paper into the following sections and headings:
· Summary – Synthesize and integrate the main points of the textbook readings, article, and podcast in 2 ½ -3 pages, using these subheadings:
o The importance of professional identity
o The necessary components for professional identity
o The challenges to professional identity
· Professional Identity Development Plan– In ½-1 page, discuss the following:
o What are your motivators to become a professional counselor?
o What will you do to establish your identity as a counselor?
o Identify potential challenges that may present barriers to your success (academically, personally, or professionally) and name at least two strategies for how you will manage those barriers.
· State Credential Plan – Copy and paste the Benchmark Professional Identity and Credential Paper Chart Template into your paper (be sure to include a page break) after the last section. Complete the plan according to your state’s counselor requirements
· Summary and Reactions to Turnitin Report (*See Steps 8-11)
Step 5: Submit your paper via the Benchmark Professional Identity and Credential Paper Draft Assignment link.
Step 6: Wait until the link indicates that Turnitin has analyzed your paper and prepared a report.
Step 7: Open the Turnitin report. Evaluate the report. You will notice that Turnitin often matches on headings, titles, and references. If you see matches on entire sentences or paragraphs that are not enclosed in direct quotation marks, then you have unintentionally plagiarized. You will need to go back and re-write those sections in your own words.
Step 8: Return to your original paper.
Step 9: Add a section on your paper entitled “Summary and Reactions to Turnitin Report.” In this section, summarize the results of your Turnitin report in 2-3 paragraphs. Then, interpret the report. What do your results indicate? Why? What are your reactions to the report?
Step 10: Save your paper as a Microsoft Word document using your name and assignment title (e.g., Doe_J_assignment_1).
Step 11: Submit the final paper using the Benchmark Professional Identity and Credential Paper Assignment link. This assignment will be submitted via Tevera. Please note that you will also upload it to Canvas.
Note: Your assignment will be checked for originality via the Turnitin plagiarism tool.
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