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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
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– Learn@rave
• 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 EvaluationGoal Setting
Formative Submission
Term 2
Reflection Adapting Goals
1st Submission 25%
Term 3
Presenting Evidence of Progress and Reflection
Final Submission 75%
Employability Unit
• Provides information and guidance on: work placement, careers, CV and letter writing, interview and presentation techniques, and setting up your own business.
• Advice sessions by appointment – or try dropping in! 10am – 4pm: 1st Floor Office, LRC
• All vacancies and placement information can be found at: http://intranet.rave.ac.uk/employ/
Employability Unit
• Starting your course is the beginning of your career!• Only 4% of Ravensbourne graduates (2006) were
unemployed 6 months after leaving.• 83% of those working are in subject related roles.
Contacts:Libby Anson [email protected] 020 8289 4966Pauline Taylor [email protected] 020 8289 4957Laura Bell [email protected] 020 8289 4965Yvonne Halloran [email protected] 020 8289 4965
