SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL DEPARTMENT

WORK IMMERSION PROGRAM

REFLECTION JOURNALS

I. Getting to know the partner Institution

1. A brief history of the Partner Institution
2. What is the mission, vision, and goals of the Partner Institution?
3. How do you see your Partner Institution as a training ground?
4. What is your first impression to your Partner Institution?

II. Developing Healthy Relationship with People within the workplace

1. How were you able to build a healthy working relationship to the following?
a. Co-worker / Regular Employee
b. Supervisor/Manager
c. Clients
d. Others
2. How do you think your co-workers see you?

III. Work Ethics

1. What is your own definition of Work Ethics?
2. What are the most important ethics in the workplace?
3. Describe the work ethic values that you have.
4. Did you find difficulty in following any of the rules or regulations of your workplace> Explain how did
you cope with it
5. Tell a situation when you had to go above and beyond your call of duty in order to get the job done.
6. What are your health and safety responsibilities? How can you ensure safety in the workplace?

IV. Enhancing Skills Related to the Chosen Field

1. In what ways is your current work relevant to your chosen field?
2. Considering your work right now, would you still continue to pursue your chosen course?
3. What have you learned from your current work that you can soon apply in your chosen field?
4. What steps did you do to deepen your understanding of the field you are in to> Cite concrete
examples.
5. How were you able to develop your skills with the current work you have right now>
6. Discuss a project or achievement that may not have happened if you weren’t involved.

V. Troubleshooting
 1. How do you handle beginner mistakes>
2. How did you keep yourself motivated in your current work?
3. How did you act when you’re stressed out?
4. How do you accept criticisms from the people within the workplace?
5. What are the challenging situations you had to overcome professionally?
6. How were you able to handle them?
7. What do you love about working in your company, and what do you dislike?
8. How do you accept direction, feedback and works under pressure?

VI. Me and the Community

1. What is your stand about the saying “The customer is always right”?
2. When was the time you provided excellent customer service> Describe the situation.
3. Give concrete example of a situation you were faced with a difficult situation customer issue and
describe how you solved it.

VII. Emerging Professionalism

1. What is your own definition of professionalism?
2. Cite concrete examples where you have witnessed or experienced professionalism in the
workplace. What have you learned about it?
3. You have been working closely with an important client for several weeks. One afternoon, your
client made an inappropriate remark about your physical appearance and asked you out on a date.
How would you handle this situation?
4. If you were to start a company, what values system would you incorporate in it?
5. Where do you see yourself in ten years?