Developing Social and Ethical Awareness and Responsibility in Preparing for Success: Portfolio

This portfolio covers various dimensions of personal development planning and overview of different strengths, weaknesses in an individual that impact their performance. It explains how project workshop activities developed social and ethical awareness and responsibility. It also includes 12 appendices related to personal development plan, SWOT analysis, time management skills, communication skills, academic writing skills, and more.

Module: (FY027) Preparing for Success: Self
Development and Responsibility
Portfolio

Table of Contents
Contents
Page
Table of Contents................................................................................................................................ 2
Introduction......................................................................................................................................... 3
How and why have the project workshop activities developed your social and ethical awareness and
responsibility? (500 words).................................................................................................................4
Importance and value of the Appendices (10 Documents) that I have compiled and provided as part
of my portfolio in relation to my development of social and ethical awareness and responsibility
during the module............................................................................................................................... 5
Conclusion:......................................................................................................................................... 6
12 Appendices for the Portfolio...........................................................................................................7
Appendix 1: Personal Development Plan (PDP) .............................................................................7
Title of Course I’m Enrolled For:......................................................................................................7
Appendix 2: Personal SWOT Analysis.............................................................................................8
Appendix 3: Reading Log................................................................................................................9
Appendix 4: Time Management Skills: Weekly Schedule..............................................................10
Appendix 5: Time Management Skills: Daily to Do List..................................................................11
Appendix 6: Communication Skills: Effective vs Ineffective Communication..................................12
Appendix 7: Presentation Skills: Comparison between good and poor practices...........................12
....................................................................................................................................................... 14
Appendix 8: Academic Writing Skills..............................................................................................15
Appendix 9: Employability Skills:...................................................................................................16
Appendix 11: Up-to-Date Curriculum Vitae (CV)............................................................................18
Appendix 12: An Action Plan for achieving a specific academic or professional goal of your choice.
...................................................................................................................................................... 19
Appendix 13: Optional: Cover Letter..............................................................................................19

Introduction
Personal and professional development is very important for an individual it enables
them to perform defined operations with greater efficiency and effectiveness. Personal
development help in personal growth and gains. Both personal and professional
development helps students to gain competitive advantages in their academic life. This
project covers various dimensions of personal development planning and overview of
different strengths, weaknesses in an individual that impact their performance. Along with
that development of social and ethical awareness and responsibility is explained.
How and why have the project workshop activities developed your social and
ethical awareness and responsibility?
The ethical awareness and responsibility play a crucial role in an individual's life by
developing effective approach. The project workshops are most important source of development of
information which is useful in order to increase the chances of success. This is one of the major
roles and responsibilities of an individual to focus on development of project workshop activities in
order to gain desired success. In the recent times, it is major role of an individual to analyze major
sources of knowledge and learning increasing in order to achieve career related milestones. The
social learning and development is facilitated with the help of project workshops which are
conducted on regular basis. The key focus of a person should be project workshops for
enhancement of different skills and development. Social skills and learning are to be facilitated by
professors in order to increase the chances of growth and expansion in personal life. The ethical
awareness is a major factor which helps in increasing the competencies and abilities. In the recent
times, increasing the involvement of students in the studies is very much important while taking into
consideration project workshop activities. Social awareness is also important for an individual to
develop primary focus on developing social approach and capabilities. This is also one of the key
roles of a project workshop to provide effective and latest ways to improve learning and
development. The major academic institutions focus on development of key activities which are
required to facilitate workshop-based solutions.
In order to gain competitive advantage in the academic as well as personal life, it is crucial for
students to develop a systematic and precise approach. The workshop which was conducted,
helped in increasing the knowledge related to contemporary social happenings in the country. It is
major role of a candidate to analyze the importance of social goals and objectives which are to be
achieved with the help and support of social approach-based strategy. The project workshop also
included various experts who were effective in development of a systematic approach in
management of daily life consequences and challenges. In order to increase the overall efficiency
and effectiveness of an individual, it is compulsory to develop systematic approach in management

of social life. The major role of a person is to increase the potential of self which is helpful in
development of personal life-based strategy. It is major role of an individual to analyze the key
importance of social development in the practical life to increase chances of growth and expansion.
The project workshop also helped me to increase the chances of overall development in order to
gain competency edge. In order to increase the chances of a candidate's success, it is important role
of an individual to maintain discipline. The key role of a person in the academic life is to develop
social and ethical responsibilities in order to serve the society. The main social related aspects are
helpful in increasing overall development of society in order to increase the chances of success. Skill
development is also one of the major approaches which helps an individual to deal with social
issues. In order to develop in depth understanding of social knowledge, it is important role of an
individual to analyze major strengths and weaknesses.

Importance and value of the Appendices (10 Documents) that I have compiled
and provided as part of my portfolio in relation to my development of social
and ethical awareness and responsibility during the module.
It is very important for an individual to concentrate on developing various values to perform
operations in efficient manner. SWOT analysis is the tool that helps me to analyze all
capabilities and areas of improvement. Practical knowledge is also important to develop
effectiveness in different scenario. In corporate world also, skills that are developed during
academic life plays important role to perform business operations in best possible manner.
Professional development helps to perform operations in effective way. Decision making
help to take efficient decisions. I have developed various social and ethical awareness as
well as responsibility during the module that helps me to attain the objective of growth and
development.

Conclusion:
As per above report, it can be concluded that development of personal and professional
skills helps to perform defined operations and activities in best possible manner and attain
the objective of growth and development. I have attained time-management, presentation,
communication and other skills that help me to perform task with efficiency.

12 Appendices for the Portfolio
Appendix 1: Personal Development Plan (PDP)
My Full Name:
Title of Course I’m Enrolled For:
Name of Institution:
Level at which I am Currently
Studying:
Start Date:
End Date:
My Reasons/Motivation for Doing
this Course:
Objectives for my
personal development
Actions required to
achieve my
objectives
Support and/or
resources I
need
Timeframe Estimated date
of completion /
achievement

Appendix 2: Personal SWOT Analysis
STRENGTHS (strong points)
WEAKNES
SES (weak
points)
1 Presentation and critical thinking 1 Knowledge regarding software
2
K Knowledge of business concepts
2 Leadership quality and skills
3
Critical thinking
3 Knowledge and understanding of grammar
4 K
Knowledge of technical aspects
4 Interpersonal skills
5 Time-management skills 5 Situational analysis
6 Written communication skill 6 Reasoning skills
7 Performing work in professional
manner
7 Lack of confidence
OPPORTUNITIES (potential gains)
THREATS
(potential
losses
1 Expansion of academic courses 1 Threats related to career
2 Development of soft skills 2 Sometimes I feel difficulty in obeying
discipline
3 Selecting right career path 3 Hard academic skills
4 Analyzation skill or forecasting 4 Higher level of competition

5 Knowledge of development
opportunities
5 Innovation
6 Ability to interact with others 6 Creativity
7 Career development opportunities 7 Colleagues who want to perform better from
me

Appendix 3: Reading Log
DATE TITLE AUTHOR TIME SPENT NUMBER
OF PAGES
READ
04/01/23 Dialogical coaching: It is defined as an experiential approach
that facilitates to an individual through personal and
professional development.
West, N.M., 2017 8 Days 20
24/02/23
Bridging the gap: It is the training module that helps in
attaining the objective of personal and professional
development.
Blanton, B.S., Broemmel, A.D.
and Rigell, A., 2020
14 Days 24
05/03/23
Personal and professional development related to additional
education teacher that is enhances through the course of
methodological work.
Apriliyanti, D.L., 2020 18 Days 30
20/03/23 It is the professional development for teaching as well as
social responsibility related to Past, present, and future.
Flornes, K., 2017 22 Days 45
18/04/23
It id considered as the teacher’s role in professional
development.
Holzweiss, P.C. and Parrott,
K.P., 2017
25 Days 52

Appendix 4: Time Management Skills: Weekly Schedule
SUN MON TUES WED THURS FRI SAT
6:00 AM
7:00 AM
8:00 AM
9:00 AM
10:00 AM
11:00 AM
12:00 PM
1:00 PM
2:00 PM
3:00 PM
4:00 PM
5:00 PM
6:00 PM
7:00 PM
8:00 PM
9:00 PM
10:00 PM
11:00 PM
12:00 PM
1:00 AM

Appendix 5: Time Management Skills: Daily to Do List
Item Priority Action to be taken Timeframe Done (tick)
Organization 1 Arrange all resources to
maintain work and attain
objective.
5 days ---
Delegation 2 Analyze all skills and capability
than delegate time to each
activity.
10 days
Planning 3 Identify all task than distribute
time among them to complete
properly
15 days -----
Decision-making 4 Analyze salutation that take
decision how much time in
required to make decisions 15 days
Strategic-thinking 5 Assess situation than take
action to divide time.
20 days ------
Multitasking 666 Assess nature of task and
divide time accordingly.
18 days

Appendix 6: Communication Skills: Effective vs Ineffective Communication
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Appendix 7: Presentation Skills: Comparison between good and poor practices
No. GOOD PRESENTATION No. POOR PRESENTATION
1 Create innovative slides that contains
attractive pictures
1 Using too much slide animation
2 Keep slides of presentation simple and
decent
2 Using dark background and dark font
3 Use clear and loud voice to present
presentation.
3 Using more slides
4 Dark background and light color font or light
slide background and dark font color
4 Do not aligning work
5 Emphasis on main points 5 Do not maintaining line spacing of
paragraph
6 Use large fonts that are clearly visible 6 Do not put speaker notes
7 Use bullets, numbers and points 7 Put more content in slides

Goals Action Plan
Time-management skill Create time-table and schedule
Decision-making skills Analyze situation than take decisions
Communication skill Take online courses
Leadership Follow managers and leaders
Critical thinking Learn from situation-based questions

Appendix 8: Academic Writing Skills
Select from the following list any three skills that you have learnt from the lessons and
workshops that you have attended; and briefly state the BENEFITS you have gained
from learning the said academic skills:
 Referencing
 Summarizing
 Paraphrasing
 Editing of text
 Data analysis
 Creating a Table of Contents
 Interpreting feedback given by your lecturer; and acting on it
 Using punctuations correctly
 Understanding verbs that are commonly used in Assignments;
 Reflective writing
 Any other academic skill.
1 Academic Skill 1 Strong points (advantages) Weak points (disadvantages)
(a) Reflective writing Help in academic growth Impractical
(b) Enhances knowledge and
understanding
Sometimes it is not appropriate for
academic learning
© Help to represent own ideas
and experience to others
It is hard to learn and implement
Benefit(s) of this skill to me- It enhances knowledge and understanding of
own work and enable to reflect experience to
others
2 Academic Skill 2 Strong points (advantages) Weak points (disadvantages)
(a) Data analysis Enhance knowledge regarding
software system
Consist issues related to safety and
cyber security
(b) Important for developing hard
skills
Complex to understand
© Help to improve technical
skills and competencies
Create impact on privacy aspects
Benefit(s) of this skill to me  Data analysis skill help me to improve
professionalism in my personality.
3 Academic Skill 3 Strong points (advantages) Weak points (disadvantages)
(a) Referencing Help to analyze and collect
data from various sources
There are large number of sources are
available
(b) Helps in career development Enhances rigidness
© Enables to gain knowledge
regarding authors
Leads students towards complexity
Benefit(s) of this skill to me It helps me to gather data and related
information from reliable sources and use
books and journals in work.

Appendix 9: Employability Skills:
No. Specific skill you’ve acquired during
lessons or workshops
How does it raise your chances of getting your
desired job?
1 Time-management Helps me to perform all related work on specific time
period
2 Soft-skill Enables to develop effective and dynamic personality
for job.
3 Practicing skill Help to practice operations that are performed in
business.
4 Self-development Enhances overall personality and make suitable for the
job
5 Decision-making Enhances the ability to take efficient decisions as per
situation
6 Professionalism Impro professional competencies in personality and
make suitable as per job requirement
7 Data-analysis It enhances my capability to use data and relative
information to complete task in efficient manner.

Appendix 10: Notes on Reflection (3 sessions)
Provide details of your OBSERVATIONS, EXPERIENCES and LESSONS learnt, and how
these changed your PERSPECTIVE and made you a better person.
The reflection is considered as the critical process that helps to reflect all learning and
experiences to others that are learning during the module. In the life of student, reflective
learning plays important role and enhance knowledge regarding practical knowledge on a
subject. The observations also essential for an individual to develop a brief idea of specific
situation. It is related to psychological knowledge of a student. The experience enables an
individual to concentrate on delivering appropriate knowledge that help in their growth.
Lessons are considered as the effective source knowledge that helps to attain determined goals
and objective. The perception is the behavior of a person that is raised due to specific
situation.
I have analyzed that during learning and completing this module I have learned various skills
and competencies that provide me efficient experience and handle all situations in best
possible manner.

Appendix 11: Up-to-Date Curriculum Vitae (CV)
NAME:
ADDRESS:
CONTACT DETAILS:
PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:
EDUCATION (Name and year of Institution attended):
CORE QUALIFICATIONS:
WORK EXPERIENCE:
REFERENCES:

Appendix 12: An Action Plan for achieving a specific academic or professional goal of your
choice.
Pick any goal from the following list and create an Action Plan for achieving it:
 Completing your studies (diploma or degree) within a record time.
 Completing your Research Report (IBL) within a specified period of time.
 Finding and completing on time a Work-Based Learning Placement within the
specified period of time.
 Seeking and finding employment (a job) at the end of your studies.
 Any other appropriate goal within the academic or employment environment.
Action for Achieving a Specific Goal
Date:
My Name:
Course enrolled for:
Level of study:
Goal to be Accomplished:
Actions I need to take:
Resources / support / backup that
I need:
Timeframe:
Success criteria or indicators:
(How will you know when you’ve
achieved the goal)
Review / evaluation:
Appendix 13: Optional: Cover Letter

References
West, N.M., 2017. The African American Women’s Summit: A student affairs professional development
program. Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice, 54(3), pp.329-342.
Blanton, B.S., Broemmel, A.D. and Rigell, A., 2020. Speaking volumes: Professional development through
book studies. American Educational Research Journal, 57(3), pp.1014-1044.
Apriliyanti, D.L., 2020. Enhancing teachers’ competencies through professional development program:
Challenges and benefactions. Acuity: Journal of English Language Pedagogy, Literature and
Culture, 5(1), pp.28-38.
Flornes, K., 2017. Promoting civic literacy in teacher education: a framework for personal and professional
development. In Media and Information Literacy in Higher Education (pp. 37-50). Chandos
Publishing.
Holzweiss, P.C. and Parrott, K.P., 2017. Careers in Student Affairs: A Holistic Guide to Professional
Development in Higher Education. NASPA-Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education. 1875
Connecticut Avenue NW Suite 418, Washington, DC 20009.
Appendix 14: Photos or samples of work produced in class (during lessons or workshop