A Comprehensive Report on Personal Development and Goals Planning

This report delves into the realm of personal and professional development, emphasizing the creation of a strategic action plan for the future. It explores the significance of short, medium, and long-term goals, providing practical examples for each. The report highlights the importance of skill development and continuous improvement in both personal and professional life. It further examines the impact of author, purpose, reliability, and relevance on source utilization. An evaluation of eight sources used in the report is presented, along with a discussion of effective referencing techniques. The report concludes by underscoring the value of personal development planning in fostering growth and achieving career objectives. This report is contributed by a student to be published on the website Desklib. Desklib is a platform which provides all the necessary AI based study tools for students.

PERSONAL
DEVELOPMENT PLAN
AND REFERENCING
TECHNIQUES

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................3
Concept of personal and professional development plan............................................................3
Value of short-term goals............................................................................................................3
Value of medium-term goals.......................................................................................................4
Value of long-term goal..............................................................................................................4
Value of personal development plan with constructive example................................................4
TASK 2............................................................................................................................................5
Describing how Author, Purpose, Reliability along with relevance affecting use of sources....5
TASK 3............................................................................................................................................5
Evaluation of eight sources which is there used in report plan...................................................5
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................8
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................9

INTRODUCTION
Personal and professional development refers to the development of human which is
there can help and provide the development growth and development in personal and
professional life. This is the one which is able to provide different learning which is there
throughout the career of person. This is the one which is able to improve the mental along with
social skills. This is also able to improve the knowledge which is there used in the professional
life along with potential in work environment. Aim of this report is to understand the role of
personal development planning which is there using the personal development plan along with
outlining aim and objectives for professional development (Hodges, 2017).
MAIN BODY
Concept of personal and professional development plan
Focus of personal and professional developmental plan is the one which is there able to
create an action plan that is for future which includes consciousness, reflection, strategies for
future and different beliefs. This is related with their career which can help them to learn
different things in different time that can help in future as development in career. There is always
some need to improve the skill which is there for future and for continuous improvement which
is certain field. There are different areas in which there is need for the improvement which is
there for the personal and professional development (Dam, 2020).
Professional development plan refers to some guidelines which need to follow and are
related with some specific skills and education which are there for the advancement in carer
along with professional growth. Personal and professional development plan includes some
specific strategy which are they focused on enhancing skills of individuals in relation to carry
forward in future. As per their skills and learning, personal and professional development plan is
there which can help to get better advancement in their personal and professional life and able to
assist in continuous improvement which can lead to better quality of life (Syafitri, 2018).
Value of short-term goals
There are different short term goals are there which any of the person should follow and
to achieve it. This is the one which is able to help in to get better in professional life. This short
term goal have some specific time limit which is that it should be achieve under 12 months.

Example 1- I want to learn better communication skill which can help to communication
with others in effective manner.
Example 2- I need to stay fit and in relation to this, I need to join the gym which can help
me to stay fit.
Example 3- I am interested in Volleyball but I don't know how to play, so, my short term
goal is to learn this game (Chigonga, 2019).
Value of medium-term goals
This is the one in which there are different skills are learned that is there in under 6
months to 5,10 or 20 years.
Example 1- I want to achieve 10% increment in salary.
Example 2- I want to save some of my salary to purchase sport bike in recent future.
Example 3- I want to learn leadership skill in relation to influence my employee for better
work performance.
Value of long-term goal
This is the one which is there achieved by long term. There is need to achieve different
short term goal in relation to achieve the long term goal (Afanasyev, 2019).
Example1- I will capture the whole market in year 2030.
Example 2- I will win the singing award in year 2025.
Example 3- I will own my house before I turn 55.
Value of personal development plan with constructive example
There is high value to development plan which is in relation to help in learning different
skills.
Current skills Target Skills Problem Faced Time interval
Communication skill
in which I give myself
3 out of 5.
Want to achieve 4.5. I face hesitation during
communicating with
others.
5-6 months.
Tolerance power is
low and point is 1 out
of 5.
More than 3.5. Can't control myself
when any mistake by
others.
1 years.

In Adaptability I give
3 myself.
More than 4.5. New situation leads to
panic.
6 months.
In creativity I give
myself 2.
I want to score 4. Not able to think new
things (He and Ho,
2017).
1 year 6 months.
TASK 2
Describing how Author, Purpose, Reliability along with relevance affecting use of sources
They are the one which is able to create an impact on the use of sources which are there
can help to get better use of sourcing.
Author- They are the one whose works and words are there published in any of the book,
magazines or somewhere else.
Purpose- This refers to the reason for which it was originally made. Main purpose it to
collect information and learn about the topic on which the information is provided.
Reliability- This is the one which is related with quality of sources on which referencing
is done.
Relevance- This one says about the statement which is there given by an author and on
which topic that is totally related with (Caena, 2019).
TASK 3
Evaluation of eight sources which is there used in report plan
Sources Author Purpose Reliability Relevance

Hodges, 2017.
Professi
onal
develop
ment
and
teacher
percepti
ons of
experien
ces
teaching
health-
related
fitness
knowled
ge.
Journal
of
Teachin
g in
Physical
Educatio
n, 36(1),
pp.32-
39.
Hodges To provide
education in
relation to
improve skill
Performance
improvement
Relevant to health
related
knowledge
Syafitri, 2018.
English
Lecturer
s’
Preferen
ces for
High
Impact
Professi
onal
Develop
ment in
Indonesi
a.
SALTeL
Journal
(Southea
st Asia
Languag
e
Syafitri Helping in studies Helping to
students
Professional
development

Teachin
g and
Learnin
g), 1(1),
pp.21-
27.
He and Ho, 2017.
Leaders
hip for
school-
based
teacher
professi
onal
develop
ment:
the
experien
ce of a
Chinese
prescho
ol.
Internati
onal
Journal
of
Leaders
hip in
Educatio
n, 20(6),
pp.717-
732.
He and Ho Helping in
learning
leadership skill
(Holmlund and et.
al., 2018).
Improving
influencing and
convincing power
Relevant to
leadership quality
Caena, 2019.
Aligning
teacher
compete
nce
framewo
rks to
21st
century
challeng
es: The
case for
the
Caena Learning Digital
skills
Improving digital
competence
Relevant to
technology

Europea
n Digital
Compet
ence
Framew
ork for
Educato
rs
(Digcom
pedu).
Europea
n
Journal
of
Educatio
n, 54(3),
pp.356-
369.
CONCLUSION
From above discussion, it can be concluded that there are many of the things and skills
which are there needed to learn and practice that are able to provide better growth and
development in personal and professional growth. In this, report, there is discussion related with
short-term goal, medium-term goal and long-time goal. There is also discussion about the
effective referencing techniques which are there for better understanding.

REFERENCES
Books and Journals
Hodges, 2017. Professional development and teacher perceptions of experiences teaching health-
related fitness knowledge. Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 36(1), pp.32-39.
Dam, 2020. Making sense of student data in teacher professional development. Professional
Development in Education, 46(2), pp.256-273.
Syafitri, 2018. English Lecturers’ Preferences for High Impact Professional Development in
Indonesia. SALTeL Journal (Southeast Asia Language Teaching and Learning), 1(1),
pp.21-27.
Chigonga, 2019. The Cascade Model of Mathematics Teachers’ Professional Development in
South Africa: How Well did it Suit Them?. EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science
and Technology Education, 15(10), p.em1761.
Afanasyev, 2019. Organizational environment for the schoolchildrens' professional identities:
establishing, modelling, efficiency expectations and long-term development.
International journal of civil engineering and technology, 10(2), p.1612.
He and Ho, 2017. Leadership for school-based teacher professional development: the experience
of a Chinese preschool. International Journal of Leadership in Education, 20(6),
pp.717-732.
Caena, 2019. Aligning teacher competence frameworks to 21st century challenges: The case for
the European Digital Competence Framework for Educators (Digcompedu). European
Journal of Education, 54(3), pp.356-369.
Holmlund and et. al., 2018. Making sense of “STEM education” in K-12 contexts. International
journal of STEM education, 5(1), pp.1-18.