Personal and Professional Development Personal Development Planning Process What you will learn How we will do this Personal & Professional Development File Self Evaluation and Reflection The importance of Setting Goals Employability Unit

Personal Development Planning Personal development planning (PDP) is ‘a structured and supported process undertaken by an individual to reflect upon their own learning, performance and / or achievement and to plan for their professional, educational and career development’ (QAA).

Personal and Professional Development Self Evaluation Understanding Strengths and weaknesses Goals Career / World Representing Self

What you will Learn and Do Evaluate your own strengths and weaknesses and relate these to relevant models, such as learning styles Develop and set out personal and professional goals, that are informed by the models covered within the unit Evidence your learning and personal and professional development by gathering relevant material and presenting this in an appropriate form

Personal and Professional Development Planning Units What we offer: –Units run through all terms and levels –Lectures / Classes / Workshops / Seminars / Personal Tutorials What you will do: –Develop your own Personal and Professional Development File Learning Plan, Reflective Commentary, Evidence

Personal and Professional Development File Learning Plan –Self evaluation –Setting (and adapting) goals and priorities Reflective Commentary –Reflection on Learning and progress Evidence Base

Self Evaluation and Reflection ‘The greatest unexplored territory in the world is the space between our ears’ O’ Brien “People with a high level of personal mastery are acutely aware of their ignorance, their incompetence, their growth areas………… And they are deeply self-confident” Senge: The Fifth Discipline.

Reflection ‘It is this entire process of reflection-in- action which is central to the ‘art’ by which practitioners sometimes deal well with situations of uncertainty, instability, uniqueness and value conflict.’ Donald Schon: The Reflective Practitioner ‘One can think reflectively only when one is willing to endure suspense and to undergo the trouble of searching…’ John Dewey: How we Think

Setting Goals Helps Us To: Understand where we want to go and why –Find what you are passionate about Make things achievable and motivating Plan for short and longer term priorities Monitor our progress and keep on track Be Flexible in how we get to where we want Hope can be defined as ‘believing you have both the will and the way to accomplish your goals.’ Snyder

Outline of Unit – Level 1 Personal and Professional Development File Term 1 Self Evaluation Goal Setting Formative Submission Term 2 Reflection Adapting Goals 1st Submission 25% Term 3 Presenting Evidence of Progress and Reflection Final Submission 75%

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