1. Student Personal Development Portfolio and the role of PAAs Peter Chalk Undergraduate Centre TB2 Sept 2006

2. Why PDP important for students To encourage reflection & planning –On progress: academic, personal, training, employment, volunteering, leisure Why? –Students long time out of education –Prepare for competing in job market –Ready to discuss key events in university life when they meet their PAA

3. Certificate Level Key PDP stages: –Start of course; right choice? Dept policy? –Feedback; HEO assessment, action? –Programme Planning; reasons for choice –Results; plan for reassessment, right course? –Personal statement: achievements/ experience/ performance/ expectation/ action plan

4. I and H Level I Level –Employability module; work placement, CV completed? –Programme planning: preparing for graduation/ project –Personal statement; progress on course H Level –Project: dept info, supervisor, meeting, proposal? –Graduation statement: may be required with transcript; use for reference; use for job applications; relate course to career aims

5. PAA support for PDP & PDP support for PAA PAA referrals coincide PDP stages: –non-attendance; work or course related? –module choice; discuss course aims –results; action plan for resits, LDU support? Ask student about PDP – are they completing it? PAA use PDP to assist write reference

6. University PDP Framework All degree students starting 2004/05 Web site /ugstudy/pdp or tailored/ customised PDP linked to core spine modules HEO, Employability, Project PDP-supporting core modules in alternate semesters PDP related assessment introduced for 2005/06 starters