How to get a Personal Development Plan ? John L Simons Taiz future teacher’s meeting Feb 20101

Taiz feb Overview What is a PDP? Roles of stakeholders The development process An example How to go from here

Taiz feb PDP definition general From University of Glasgow website ersonaldevelopmentplanning/pdpfor/students/ ersonaldevelopmentplanning/pdpfor/students/ PDP can mean different things to different people at different times in their university career. Put simply, it involves recognising your capabilities and interests as well as areas to work on, making an active plan to gain new skills and experiences and thinking carefully about what path to choose for the future.

Taiz feb Roles of stakeholders Stakeholders are future teacher, academic program leader, Taiz university management, external course developer/teacher Future teacher and ac program leader define specific PDP Taiz management and external developer/teacher supply resources External developer and future teacher execute the PDP after agreement

Taiz feb The PDP development proces Making the general definition Taiz specific Getting agreement on the content Getting agreement on the plan Individual PDP’s are concepts because of interdependence of course and resource allocation

Taiz feb PDP definiton specific I Recognising interests and capabilities (a) Identify courses in Taiz E&M or IT&M master program you would like to teach (b) Give on a 5 point scale a score for your practical experience, knowledge,teaching experience, self learning ability, ambition

Taiz feb PDP definiton specific II Making an active plan to gain new skills and experiences (a) Choose up to 4 courses with highest score (b) Identify relevant sources for gaining skills and knowledge i.e. (1) books, articles, internet (2) courses in the E&M program, (3) external courses, symposia, conferences, contacts

Taiz feb PDP definiton specific III Thinking carefully about what path to choose for the future (a) Match courses to sources (b) Allocate time and other resources (c) Agree on deliverables (d) Agree on time path

Taiz feb An example : The case of Mohammed Yemeni Initial choice 9 courses from Method engineering … Materials processing to Individual Master research Averaged scores from 2 for supply chain management to 4.5 for materials processing Selected PDP courses Methods Engineering, Materials processing, Individual master research. Production Systems and TQM are alternative courses depending on interference with other PDP’s.

Taiz feb An example : continued For Method Engineering a state of the art book will be chosen in accordance with the course lecturer. For Materials Processing articles and internet sources will be chosen in accordance with the course lecturer. For Individual master research an external course or symposium will be chosen in accordance with the course lecturer and contacts with local industry will be established.

Taiz feb An example : continued SMART goals were defined for each course SMART is Simple, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic, Time related Individual master research S : course attendance, external course testimony, list of host Industries M : by ac program leader A : 20 days R: If time is allocated, yes T :

Taiz feb How to go from here ! It is the primary responsability of the future lecturer to contact the academic program leader for reaching at an agreed PDP The academic program leader should coach the future teacher Together they could choose an alternative format for the PDP PDP agreement with Taiz management asap PDP execution agreement with external developer asap

Taiz feb Are you still with me ? If you feel just a bit uncomfortable now, make your PDP your priority for the coming weeks !!!