Practical Connection Assignment

  
, it is a priority that students are provided with strong educational programs and courses that allow them to be servant-leaders in their disciplines and communities, linking research with practice and knowledge with ethical decision-making. This assignment is a written assignment where students will demonstrate how this course research has connected and put into practice within their own career.
Assignment: 
 Provide a reflection paper of 500 words minimum (2 pages double spaced) of how the knowledge, skills, or theories of the course you are enrolled in have been applied, or could be applied, in a practical manner to your current work environment. If you are not currently working, share times when you have or could observe these theories and knowledge could be applied to an employment opportunity in your field of study. 
Requirements:
Provide a 500 word (or 2 pages double spaced) minimum reflection.
Use of proper APA formatting is required. References are not required, but if you wish to bolster your paper with supporting evidence from outside documents and articles, please make sure that proper APA formatted citations and references are used to support your writing. 
· You could share a personal connection that identifies specific knowledge and theories from this course. Maybe friends of friends - people you don’t really know - come to your residence and ask for your WiFi password. Maybe you share your Netflix credentials with a close friend, but you don’t know who they are sharing it with afterwards. Do you change your own passwords regularly?
· You could also demonstrate a connection to your current work environment. Maybe you use 2-factor authentication at work. Maybe you must change your passwords every 90 days. Maybe you regularly work at home over your company’s VPN. Does it work well? Or is it just easier to go to work? If you are not employed, demonstrate a connection to your desired work environment. 
You should NOT, provide an overview of the assignments assigned in the course. The assignment asks that you reflect how the knowledge and skills obtained through meeting course objectives were applied or could be applied in the workplace. ?????????