PDP & Academic Skills: Personal, Professional Goals & Development

This report explores the concept of personal and professional development, emphasizing the importance of setting short-term, medium-term, and long-term goals for achieving career objectives. It defines personal development as activities that enhance an individual's capabilities and skills, while professional development focuses on enhancing skills for employment readiness. The report highlights the value of short-term goals in motivating individuals and supporting long-term aspirations, medium-term goals in assessing progress, and long-term goals in providing a clear direction for the future. It also discusses the significance of a Personal Development Plan (PDP) as a tool for self-evaluation and action planning, providing an example of how to construct a PDP using identified goals. The report concludes by underscoring the key role of personal and professional development in a student's life, emphasizing the need for continuous improvement and strategic goal setting to achieve success.

Academic Skills and
PDP

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................3
Define the concept of personal and professional development..............................................3
Describe and discuss the value of short-term goals, identifying at least three personal
examples.................................................................................................................................4
Describe and discuss the value of medium-term goals, identifying at least three personal
examples.................................................................................................................................5
Describe and discuss the value of long-term goals, identifying at least three personal
examples.................................................................................................................................5
Describe and discuss the value of a Personal Development Plan and construct an example
using your identified goals.....................................................................................................6
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................7
REFERENCES:...............................................................................................................................8
Books and Journals.................................................................................................................8
Appendix..........................................................................................................................................9

INTRODUCTION
Academic skills are the necessary skills that are required to study effectively. There is
key role of personal development so that a person is able to set their career objectives. There is
need of setting objective and then working in the direction so that success can be achieved
(Rasheed and et.al., 2020). In this report, there is discussion related to the concept of personal
and professional development. Afterwards, the short-term, medium term and long term goals
meaning along with examples are important part of this report. The value of personal
development plan is mentioned in this report.
MAIN BODY
Define the concept of personal and professional development.
Personal development can be defined as activities that develop a person's capabilities,
potential, skills so that they are able to achieve goals and objectives. A person is able to know
more and more about self and work on the areas that need improvement. By developing own
skills a person will be able to enhance the lifestyle and be successful (Stanley, Belisle and Dixon,
2018). Along with that there is need to work on professional development. A person must know
about the career goals and then work on them. Professional development helps to enhance the
particular skills that help to make a person employment ready. An individual must set goals for
their professional development and then work on them to achieve success. It is being examined
that there is key role of personal and professional development in the life of individual. At the
time studying, a person must give proper attention so that they are able to learn properly. It is
also important to learn from the mistakes. There are various aspects that a person has to check so
that they are able to enhance the skills.
There is great importance of personal development as it helps to set personal vision and
achieve the set goals more clearly. It assist in setting targets and it becomes easier to make plans
and then work to achieve those objectives. There are some skills that need improvement so that a
person is able to attain success. There is requirements of proper communication skills as they
help in building relation with others (Morrissey, T.W. and Vinopal, 2018). It assist the person to
carry on all the activities effectively. It helps them to learn at every stage and attain all the goals
and objectives. There are certain obstacles in the path that can also be overcome with the help of
confidence. It helps them to deal with all the problems and then get faster solution of the same.

The use of professional development is also necessary for individuals. The students are able to
work on their academic skills and then make them strong. These skills will help them in future at
the time of getting job. By getting career path an individual is able to work in same direction and
achieve success. The formulation of action plan help them achieve success in their career. The
person must be encouraged so that they are able to achieve success. There is need to carry on
professional development proper manner so that all the goals and objectives are accomplished.
Describe and discuss the value of short-term goals, identifying at least three personal examples.
It is seen that people generally focus on long term goals and objectives. But, it is
important to know about short-term goals as well. The short term goals are the support system
that help to achieve the futuristic goals of an individual (Lin, and Magnuson, 2018). They are for
shorter duration of time and they assist in getting results faster. Students must work on short term
goals and must keep them motivating so that they are able to be prepared to achieve long term
goals. The individual must be aware about the all the tasks they want to achieve and the small
steps taken are known as short term goals. They are generally for a period of 1 year and it
becomes to track the progress. The short term goals must be clear and precise so that a person is
able to accomplish them in proper manner (Sallati, de Andrade Bertazzi and Schützer, 2019).
These goals help a person to stay motivated and work positively towards the success. These
goals are necessary to develop own self. It is important for the students to know about their
weakness and then working to overcome the same. The use iof short term goals helps a person
to achieve continuous development. They are able to work on all the small areas and then work
in proper manner so that real success can be achieved. At the time of continuous development
there are certain areas on which a person has to work so that they are able to achieve success
(Mulherin, Walter and Cox, 2018). The skills can be developed with the help of setting short
term goals. There is ned of several actions that a person has to take so that they are able to
achieve success. Most importantly they boost the confidence level of a person. By setting right
goals a person is able to work in the direction of career and then work in the same path. The
skills must be developed properly as they are facilitators to achieve long term goals. The short
term goals are as follows:
 To enhance communication skills
 To solve the problems and issues
 To coordinate with others.

Describe and discuss the value of medium-term goals, identifying at least three personal
examples.
These are the goals that are helpful to achieve. They are for time more than short term
and for less than long term goals. It is necessary to set medium term goals as they support the
long term goals of a person. These goals are set for time period of 3-4 years. It is necessary to be
focused and work with dedication in order to achieve medium term goals (Mayer and et.al.,
2019). The medium term goal for a person help them to know if they are going in right direction
or not. These are necessary goals that must be accomplished by a person so that they are near to
their long term goals. The sue of medium-term goals help to enhance knowledge of a person and
they are able to attain success. The skills that are being worked in short-term goals are support
system for medium term goals. These goals are given proper attention so that a student is able to
achieve them. There is need to working on all the goals so that there are no problem. An
individual who is able to work properly on all the skills and goals becomes successful. These are
the directions in which the student wants to move and achieving these goals make them near to
their final goal. The examples of medium term goals are as follows:
 To lead teams
 To speak in public
 To enhance time management skills
Describe and discuss the value of long-term goals, identifying at least three personal examples.
Long term goals are for longer duration of time. There is need of setting appropriate long
term goals because the future is based on the same. They are generally for a time period of more
than 5 years. It is necessary to be sure about the long term goals and then work to achieve them.
There is need to be focused and dedicated so that the long term goals are achieved. The students
must be motivated so that they are able to work in same direction. The student must analyse their
performance on regular basis so that that do not face issue in the end. The achievement of long
term objective is important for the person (Sasson and Miedijensky, 2020). There success is
based on achievement of that skills. There is need to work on short term and medium term goals
properly so that the long term goal in also achieved in proper manner. There is need of hard work
and proper dedication so that long term objective is accomplished. A person must know the
interest and strengths so that they are able to carry achieve the long term goals. There is need to

work with full dedication and efforts so that real success can be achieved. The examples of
setting long term objectives are as follows:
 To complete post graduation
 To get job in reputed organisation
 To buy own flat
Describe and discuss the value of a Personal Development Plan and construct an example using
your identified goals.
Personal development plan is a document that includes the actions that individuals must
take in order to achieve their career goals. It is necessary to know about the career direction
because it is field in which a student has to work (Kyttälä and et.al., 2019). There is need of
proper research so that a person is able to know about self. One of the important tool that helps in
self evaluation is SWOT analysis. This helps the individual to know about the weakness and then
find out actions that will help to improve. It is necessary to work on the skills that will help to
achieve the future goals and objectives. There is need to set the actions that are achievable and
can be accomplished. The personal development plan includes the time limit in which a person is
able to attain progress. A person is able to stuck to the goal if they follow PDP properly. It is
necessary to match all the actions with the career objectives. The success must be monitored on
regular basis so that there is no problem being faced by a person (Montoya and et.al., 2019). It
becomes important to understand that a student is motivated and dedicated so that they are able
to attain success and complete the actions that they have taken. It basically includes the actions
that will help to achieve a desired objectives.

CONCLUSION
From the above report, it is analysed that there is key role of personal and professional
development in the life of a student. There is discussion related to importance of personal and
professional development in the life of a person. The short-term, medium-term and long tern
career objectives are also part of the report. In the end valuer personal development plan and its
example is mentioned to understand the concept better.

REFERENCES:
Books and Journals
Kyttälä, M and et.al., 2019. Working memory resources in children: stability and relation to
subsequent academic skills. Educational Psychology, 39(6), pp.709-728.
Lin, Y. C. and Magnuson, K. A., 2018. Classroom quality and children’s academic skills in child
care centers: Understanding the role of teacher qualifications. Early Childhood
Research Quarterly, 42, pp.215-227.
Mayer, F. B and et.al., 2019. An innovative model for mental health care and educational support
in Brazilian medical education context: Personal Development Planning (PDP)
Framework.
Montoya, M. F and et.al., 2019. Executive function in Chilean preschool children: Do short-term
memory, working memory, and response inhibition contribute differentially to early
academic skills?. Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 46, pp.187-200.
Morrissey, T. W. and Vinopal, K. M., 2018. Neighborhood poverty and children's academic
skills and behavior in early elementary school. Journal of Marriage and Family, 80(1),
pp.182-197.
Mulherin, K., Walter, S. and Cox, C. D., 2018. National preceptor development program (PDP):
influential evidence and theory. The first of a 3-part series. Currents in Pharmacy
Teaching and Learning, 10(3), pp.255-266.
Rasheed, D. S and et.al., 2020. The effect of teacher–child race/ethnicity matching and classroom
diversity on children's socioemotional and academic skills. Child development, 91(3),
pp.e597-e618.
Sallati, C., de Andrade Bertazzi, J. and Schützer, K., 2019. Professional skills in the Product
Development Process: the contribution of learning environments to professional skills
in the Industry 4.0 scenario. Procedia Cirp, 84, pp.203-208.
Sasson, I. and Miedijensky, S., 2020. Transfer skills in teacher training programs: the question of
assessment. Professional Development in Education, pp.1-38.
Stanley, C. R., Belisle, J. and Dixon, M. R., 2018. Equivalence‐based instruction of academic
skills: Application to adolescents with autism. Journal of applied behavior analysis,
51(2), pp.352-359.

Appendix
Personal development plan
Skill Importance Actions Time Taken
Communication skills It helps a person to
interact with others
and build good
relations that are
necessary to work in
corporate world.
By reading English
books and novels, I
will be able to enhance
my communications
skills. Watching
English movies also
helps to develop skills.
3 Months
Time management
skills
There is need to
complete the assigned
work on time. This
helps to achieve all the
tasks effectively and
create good image.
By forming schedule
and following the
same in proper manner
will help to achieve
success.
1.5 Months
Team working skills There is need of
completing assigned
work in team and
cooperating with them
so that reach success
can be achieved.
By undertaking group
projects and giving
best, I will be able to
develop my team
management skills
3 Months
Digital skills To compete at present
time and to get a good
job there is need of
having digital skills.
These skills help to
deal with technology
and achieve success of
By undertaking a
course to learn the
skills. By giving
practice test on weekly
basis.
6 Months

the company.