Managerial and Professional Development

Running head: MANAGERIAL AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Managerial and Professional Development
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Learning is and has always been one of the major part of the lives of man. Even at the
very young age, people show the signs of understanding and discovering pertaining to the
wide word around them. There are students who find it difficult to learn and hence, they are
considered to be suffering from learning disability. It is the responsibility and duty of the
common man to stand beside them and help them in improving. However, due to this reason
there are several intuitions and universities that have developed different courses and
programs in order to ensure that the needs of these special individuals are met. Moreover,
there are only few surveyors who have remained unaffected by the fast pace of changes that
have affected the profession of surveying over the last few decades. Professionalism depends
significantly on the ability of responding quickly to the changing nature of the market
condition, to the requirements of the clients and to the impacts of the different policies made
by the government. We are all always encouraged to foster innovation and to welcome
change. In order to adopt to these changes, development of new skills is very important. The
concept of “keeping up to date3” is no longer optional, it instead is increasingly key to the
organisational and professional success. This paper shall elaborate on a clear understanding
of the concept of CPD. It shall reflect on my own approach to learning and continuing
professional development as well by taking into consideration of the existing approaches.
CPD, also known as the Continuous Professional Development is widely
acknowledge to be of a great importance, particularly in the school life and is contributing to
the personal and professional development for the staffs as well as in the process of
improvement in the field of learning and teaching. In other words, it can define as a
systematic development and maintenance of the professional and personal competence. It
comprises of all those activities that led to the personal and professional development and the
ones that are not acquired directly in the regular work. The fundamental features of
successful CPD are that it is continuous, organisationally or professionally focused, broad

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based and structured. It is often assumed to be limited or restricted to the formal off the job
training courses or seminars. It is to note that as CPD is about the school improvement and
that it aims towards providing top quality learning and teaching, it is one of the key elements
of school improvement (Keogh and Byrne 2015). It is very important due to many factors. It
increases the level of confidence among the students and the teachers as well as develops a
sense of self-esteem, hence, making the teachers highly motivated and the students then
improve their learning skills. It lays more focus on the assessment for learning, hence,
allowing creative use of the learning styles as well as increasing the partnership with others
outside of the class room. It is all about supplying recognition for the skills, competencies
and knowledge that are gained by the staff by means of formal accreditation. It aims to
provide knowledge and technical capability in order make the school as secure and safe place
for each and every one.
In present days, skills and knowledge play a vital part in professional world. By
means of encouraging CPD as a part of the academic course, they are initiating the creation
of competitive advantage for both the employees and the students as an outcome of their
increased expertise in their chosen filed. There are many activities which could be taken into
consideration for achieving proper proficiency and for being able to successfully educate the
students and the other individuals undergoing learning disabilities (Busch, Barzel and
Leuders 2015). Some of the examples of these activities comprise of the reflections on the
dyslexic learners, teaching beyond the classroom, making use of reflection in order to reflect
on the IFL etc.
The formal training method within my working environment comprises not only the
professional teaching qualification that are required by the government but with the same,
also the ones that are related to the Offender learning. For enrolling for some of the courses
like DTLLS, I needed to sit for the second level numeracy and literacy exams although I have