Career Theory Paper rubric
You will write a 2-3 page paper – not including title page and references – describing your personal career theory. This paper should include:
1. Introduction and Summary of the theory or theories you believe will be most appropriate for your use in your counseling practice (1/2 page-1 page)
2. Discussion on the strengths and limitations of the theory/theories (1/2 page-1 page)
3. Reflection on how you plan to integrate career counseling into your mental health counseling practice (1/2 page-1 page) (use the textbook as a resource)
You will need a minimum of 3 references – one of those can be the textbook and one should be a peer-reviewed journal article – the third is up to you. You’ll need to use APA style formatting for the paper, citations, and references. You can refer to yourself in the first person in this paper.
| Exceeds Expectations | Meets Expectations | Approaching Expectations | Does Not Meet Expectations | |
| Career Theory Description
20 points |
Student thoroughly and correctly described career theories with depth and support from scholarly sources. | Student thoroughly and correctly described career theories. | Student described career theories but left out important concepts or lacked depth in their discussion. | Student did not describe a career theory. |
| Career Theory Strengths and Limitations
20 points |
Student thoroughly and correctly discusses career theory strengths and limitations with depth and support from scholarly sources. | Student thoroughly and correctly discusses career theory strengths and limitations. | Student briefly discusses career theory strengths and limitations with limited scope. | Student did not discuss strengths and limitations of the career theory. |
| Integrating Career Theory into Counseling Practice
20 points |
Student applied the theoretical concepts accurately and thoroughly to their counseling practice with support from scholarly sources. | Student applied the theoretical concepts accurately and thoroughly to their counseling practice. | Student discussed the theoretical concepts as it relates to their counseling practice, but the discussion lacked depth and quality. | Student did not discuss how the theory might be integrated into their counseling practice. |
| Writing Style
20 points |
Paper is very well written. Writing is academic in style. Paper is organized with introductory and concluding paragraphs. Paragraphs are well-formed and complete. | Paper is written well, with minor grammatical or organizational errors.
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Paper contains multiple grammatical or organizational errors. | Paper is significantly lacking in length or writing is not academically appropriate for a graduate course. |
| APA Formatting
20 points |
Paper is formatted using APA style with no errors. All citations are correct. All references are correct. | Paper is formatted using APA style with minimal errors. Citations and references are included, but include some errors. | Paper is formatted to using APA style with major errors. Citations have significant errors or are missing in places. References include major errors. | Paper is not formatted using APA style. References are not included. Citations are not used. |
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