Choose at least two aspects of each time frame within the checklist (Early in Your Program, Mid-Way Through Your Program, and Late in Your Program) and customize their focus for your career direction.

Your Career Planning Checklist Cross-Specialization Discussion Customize the Career Planning Checklist to create an active, ongoing plan for your own career. Each aspect of the checklist represents a piece of the puzzle of building your professional experience and reputation, so that each aspect presents an opportunity for you to put yourself in a stronger position to pursue the kind of future that you want. For example, for the second aspect of the checklist, professional affiliation membership and involvement, most learners in this course would include the APA. Depending on your career direction, though, you might choose to focus on a particular division within APA. If your specialization is educational psychology, you might naturally gravitate toward APA’s Division 15, Educational Psychology, and focus more of your efforts there. Choose at least two aspects of each time frame within the checklist (Early in Your Program, Mid-Way Through Your Program, and Late in Your Program) and customize their focus for your career direction. For your initial post in this discussion, attach your customized Career Planning Checklist, along with a brief paragraph explaining how your customizations fit your career interests. Label your post with your specialization and your name. Response Guidelines Read the posts of your peers and respond to at least two, one of which should be in your specialization and the other should be in a different specialization. Try to choose those who have had the fewest responses thus far. In each response, examine the choices that your fellow learner has made. Suggest any additional customizations that you think might be helpful, or ask at least one question about choices that do not seem clear to you. Resources Discussion Participation Scoring Guide. Divisions of APA. Attributes and Evaluation of Discussion Contributions [DOC]. Career Planning Checklist [PDF]. Professional Communications and Writing Guide [PDF].