EL Verification Form

This form will serve two purposes – officially verify that your Pathway experiential learning experience has been completed AND provide you with feedback from your supervisor about your professional skills during your time with their organization. Please read and follow the instructions below and in the form carefully.

It is up to you to ask your supervisor to complete this form. You will want to be familiar with the form’s instructions so you can effectively communicate to your supervisor what you’re asking them to do. The form must be completed by someone who directly supervised your work and was able to observe your performance during your EL experience, even if that person was not the actual manager at the workplace. It could, if needed, be completed by a professional at your worksite who was not your official supervisor if they were the person with the best view of your work. As with any professional reference or evaluation, it must not be filled out by a family member or close friend in order to gain a more unbiased assessment.

Before you send this form to your supervisor, please fill in the Student fields at the top AND mark your 3-4 professional development focus areas. Please review this document to determine your focus areas if you haven’t done so yet. It is recommended that you consider these factors as you determine your as focus areas:

• At least one you believe is a weakness and are working to grow in
• At least one you believe to be a strength so you can see if your self-assessment matches what your supervisor saw
• Ones that are particularly crucial in your field of interest (noting that all eight are important in every 21st century career). For example, technology for a data analysis job or communication for a marketing position.

Use the supervisor-completed form alongside your own self-assessment of these eight career competencies to reflect on your strengths and weaknesses as evidenced during your EL, making observations and using them to plan for future growth, learning, and behavior. You will find specific guidance for this reflection in the PATH 3300X Moodle.

Note: If your supervisor is not physically signing the form, they must copy Pathways@wooster.edu when they email the form to you to verify their approval. This instruction is in the form, but please reiterate it when you ask your supervisor to complete the form.