Our wellness class has discussed many of the unique risks associated with life as a correctional officer. Now is the time to develop a plan to stay well despite those unique risks. This assignment requires you to put that plan on paper. Your plan will be an important part of thriving in a challenging profession.
Drafting this personal wellness plan is not just good practice, it is a mandated part of your training.
Here are some points to consider as you write this plan:
This is not a research paper. Write about what matters to you and your life.
The grading scale for this paper is either a pass or a fail. If you fail to meet the requirements of the assignment, you will have to start over. You will be required to re-submit the paper, with additional work. You do not want that.
You can type your plan directly into canvas, or upload the plan in a Microsoft Word document. Your MCLETC laptop has this pre-loaded.
View this link to see how to upload files to the Canvas system.
Plagiarism is the representation of another author’s language, thoughts, ideas, or expressions as one’s own original work. I run all assignments through a plagiarism detection tool. The tool compares them to other submissions and looks for AI generated content.
No other students will see your plan.
Include your name, home agency, and class number in the header.
Correct grammar, spelling, and punctuation are expected.
Topics should be organized in paragraphs.
The finished length should be 2 to 5 pages, double spaced.
Your completed plan must be done by the deadline established by the instructor.
Assignment requirements
At a minimum, you must address these 5 topics in your plan :
Shift work – Discuss your plan for improving your response to shift work. Daily routines and sleep strategies would be important.
Exercise – Discuss your plan to work healthy and enjoyable physical activity into your busy life.
Nutrition – Document a plan for integrating healthy eating patterns as part of an overall commitment to wellness.
Stress relief – Identify 2 other activities or techniques you can use to relieve daily stress.
Support – Identify 2 people or systems you can use for support in difficult times. This can be a hotline, an employee assistance program (AEP) provided by your employer, a trusted friend, peer support, a Chaplin, counselors, or any other type of support
