Report on Personal and Professional Development: Goals and Strategies

This report provides a comprehensive overview of personal and professional development. It begins by defining the concept and its importance in career advancement. The main body delves into goal setting, distinguishing between short-term, medium-term, and long-term goals, providing exampl...Read More

PERSONAL AND
PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY..................................................................................................................................3
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................3
Discuss short term goals.............................................................................................................3
Medium term goals.....................................................................................................................4
Long term goals..........................................................................................................................4
Personal development planning .................................................................................................4
TASK2.............................................................................................................................................5
Author, reliability, purpose and relevance..................................................................................5
TASK 3............................................................................................................................................5
CONCLUSION.............................................................................................................................11
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................12

INTRODUCTION
The personal and professional development they are demonstrated as the process of
learning to meet the challenges and accomplishing goals. This includes activities of mentoring
organisational and individual goals (Hinojosa-Pareja, and García-Cano, 2020) . The important
aim of personal and professional development is to help group of individual to manage their own
learning and growth throughout the career. This is very essential for the peoples to continue their
learning as well as to develop their knowledge and skills and in addition make sure that
continuation of work should be done safely, effectively and legally.
MAIN BODY
TASK 1
Discuss short term goals
The personal and professional development they are also known as continuous
professional; development. Professional development they usually focus on enhancing social and
mental skills on the other hand professional development they commonly focus on enhancing
and developing the skills and knowledge which further improve the potential in the working
environment (Bruni-Bossio and Delbaere, 2020) . The personal development they are seem to
be under five categories, which includes spiritual, mental, social, physical and emotional.
Short term goals
The short term goals are those which individuals wants to achieve very soon in a short time
period for example within 12 months or in 6 months. The short term goal is something which
peoples wants to accomplish in the near future (McNamara, Healy and Haegele, 2019). All the
short term goals are short for a purpose. They mostly fill the gap where individuals are right now
and in future where they want to be. The short term goals they help individuals to improve the
quality of work. Examples are mentioned below;
 My short term goal is to improve my English communication skills and for doing so, I
will take coaching classes for 6 months.
 My short term goal is to enhance my knowledge skills thus I could apply in any
organization for the job.
 I have short term goal to to get a respectable position in an organization.

Medium term goals
The medium term goals are those which takes a bit longer,these could be defined as achieving
goals in the coming next 2 weeks, or perhaps 8 months. These goals are accomplished just after
the sequence of short term goals are achieved then further they both build together in order to
form long term goals (Koner and Eros, 2019) . There are several examples of medium term
goals which are mentioned below;
 My medium term goal is to complete my studies in masters.
 My medium term goal is to focus on my fitness, for this I will join fitness club.
 My medium term goal is to save money for the future.
Long term goals
Long terms goals are defined as something individual wants to do in the future or accomplish in
the coming future. At the most fundamental long term goals they require enough time as well as
planning (Ajani, 2019). These goals usually take several years away. These goals are the
aspirations for the individual to keep focus on the future success throughout the career. There are
many long term goals which are mentioned below;
 My long term is to gain experience in the multinational company.
 My long term goal is to get hired in a research department.
 My long term is to improve my work performance.
Personal development planning
The term personal development is demonstrated as the process of making an action plan which
could be based on reflection, awareness, values, and goal setting and in addition even planning
also plays an important role in the personal development in the context of self-improvement,
career, relationship and education. The term personal development is also known as personal
enterprise plan and individual development plan, and further they commonly includes statements
of one's competencies, training, aspirations, and education and these steps specify how a plan is
to be realized (Prodromou, Robutti and Panero, 2018) . The personal development plans they
also includes statements of one 's lifestyle priorities and career, examining of risks and
opportunities, and career positioning as well as alternatives plans. They do makes plans and in
additions measure the performance and increases the quality.

Goals Type Level Want to
achieve
Time How
To improve
my English
communicatio
n skills
Short term
goal
8 9 6 months Improving the
skills by joining
coaching
classes.
Classes
To complete
my studies in
masters
Medium term
goal
5 8 1 year By focusing on
my studies and
being regular to
the college.
To gain
experience in
multinational
company
Long term
goal
5 7 5 years Work in a good
company
To improve
my knowledge
skills and as
well as my
work
performance.
Long term
goal
7 8 5 years I want to work
and achieve
success
TASK2
Author, reliability, purpose and relevance
Author- The author has been giving explore knowledge on the specific topics. He is having brief
knowledge as well as developed skills thus to explain to the group of individuals who are
studying (Brewer, McCann and Harwood, 2020). The group of peoples they should understand
the author in order analysis based on the performance.
 Purpose – The important purpose of the author is to understand students and their
behaviour. Students should pay attention to understand the role of work.
 Reliability- There is need of having reliability on the particular topics for the students
and this could be achieved by studying the references.
Relevance – The research which has been done it should be relevant for both students ans well as
teachers in this way they could enhance the quality of work (Shaw, 2020).
TASK 3

Hinojosa-Pareja,
and
García-
Cano,
2020.
Excellence
is not an
island:
team-
based
profession
al
developme
nt in
Higher
Education.
Profession
al
Developm
ent in
Education,
pp.1-19.
Hinojosa-Pareja,
and
García-
Cano,
2020.
Excellence is not
an island and
team is based on
prsonal and
professional
development.
Personal and
professional
development they
are essential to
keep uddate
learning and
knowledge skills..
This is very for
the essential for
the students for
the purpose of
improving
learning and
continuation of
work.
McNamara, S.,
Healy, S.
and
Haegele,
J., 2019.
Use of
social
media for
profession
al
developme
nt by
physical
educators
who teach
students
with
disabilities
. Internatio
nal Journal
of
Disability,
Developm
ent and
McNamara, S.,
Healy, S.
and
Haegele,
J., 2019
In this to study
the personal and
professional
development even
social media also
could be used by
the physical
educators who
teaches their
students.
The organization
have been
increasing its
reliablity by
teaching students
personal and
professional
development by
using of social
media.
It is relevant for
both teachers and
the students.

Education,
pp.1-12.
Koner, K. and
Eros, J.,
2019.
Profession
al
developme
nt for the
experience
d music
educator:
A review
of recent
literature.
Update:
Applicatio
ns of
Research
in Music
Education,
37(3),
pp.12-19.
Koner, K. and
Eros, J.,
2019.
The professional
development is
for the
experienced
music educator,
and the
application of
research in music
is quite necessary.
The organization
they are
accomplishing
their goals.
This study is
quite appropriate
for both students
and teachers.
. Ajani, O.A.,
2019.
Understa
nding
teachers
as adult
learners
in
professio
nal
develop
ment
activities
for
enhanced
classroo
m
practices.
African
Journal
of
Develop
Ajani, O.A.,
2019.
Understanding
the teachers as a
learners in the
field of personal
and professional
development
activities.
Teachers are
improving
practices of
students.
This is relevance
for the teachers.

ment
Studies,
9(2),
p.195.
CONCLUSION
As per discussed above, the process of Personal and professional development is very essential
for the continuation of work or improving the knowledge skills and learning throughout the
career.

REFERENCES
Books and journals
Hinojosa-Pareja, and García-Cano, 2020. Excellence is not an island: team-based professional
development in Higher Education. Professional Development in Education, pp.1-19.
Bruni-Bossio, V. and Delbaere, M., 2020. Not everything important is taught in the classroom:
Using cocurricular professional development workshops to enhance student
careers. Journal of Management Education, p.1052562920929060.
McNamara, S., Healy, S. and Haegele, J., 2019. Use of social media for professional
development by physical educators who teach students with disabilities. International
Journal of Disability, Development and Education, pp.1-12.
Koner, K. and Eros, J., 2019. Professional development for the experienced music educator: A
review of recent literature. Update: Applications of Research in Music
Education, 37(3), pp.12-19.
Ajani, O.A., 2019. Understanding teachers as adult learners in professional development
activities for enhanced classroom practices. African Journal of Development
Studies, 9(2), p.195.
Prodromou, T., Robutti, O. and Panero, M., 2018. Making sense out of the emerging complexity
inherent in professional development. Mathematics Education Research Journal, 30(4),
pp.445-473.
Brewer, K.M., McCann, C.M. and Harwood, M.L., 2020. Working with M?ori adults with
aphasia: An online professional development course for speech-language
therapists. Aphasiology, 34(11), pp.1413-1431
Shaw, J.T., 2020. Urban music educators’ perceived professional growth in a context-specific
professional development program. Journal of Research in Music Education, 67(4),
pp.440-464.