Keeping a journal is a good way to document observations about assumptions, reflect on implicit biases exposed in your professional life, and foster ongoing learning and growth. Starting this week, you will need to write entries in your journal at least once a week, as you are asked to share your journal for Weeks 2-8 in the final week of this course. To get you started on the journaling process, you will add your documented professional and educational aspirations from Week 1 Assignment 1, to a SOAR (strengths, opportunities, aspirations, and results) framework. This will provide a structure and a baseline for your journal entries that you can measure learning and progress against.

Download the SOAR worksheet from this week’s resources and fill it in, using (and adding to) what you wrote in your Week 1 Assignment 1 paper. Next, download the reflective journal template and customize it to fit your needs and personal writing preferences. Your journal should clearly align with the SOAR framework and allow you to document observations, learnings, and reflections about assumptions and implicit biases uncovered in professional contexts; as well as the dates of the entries. You are otherwise free to add additional content as you see fit.

Upload your filled in SOAR worksheet and the journal with at least one entry for Week 2 and click the Submit to Dropbox button.