Personal and Professional Development Plan Project Report

This project report delves into the realm of personal and professional development, outlining the importance of strategic planning for skill enhancement and goal achievement. The report begins by defining personal and professional development as frameworks for continuous learning and career growth, emphasizing the significance of adapting thinking and maintaining information effectively. It then classifies goals into short-term, medium-term, and long-term categories, providing examples for each to illustrate how they contribute to an individual's overall development. A personal development plan (PDP) is presented, highlighting skills that need improvement and ways to achieve them. Furthermore, the report analyzes how author, purpose, reliability, and relevance affect the use of sources in professional development, with specific examples from various studies. The conclusion underscores the value of PDP for individual growth and the opportunities it presents for future success.

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Table of Contents
Table of Contents.............................................................................................................................3
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................1
TASK 2............................................................................................................................................2
TASK 3............................................................................................................................................2
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................5

INTRODUCTION
Personal development planning is the continuous strategy which is formulated by an
individual to develop their skills and abilities in particular area. This can help to accomplish the
goals by managing and arranging the function properly. The report discusses about personal and
professional development, Author, Purpose, Reliability and Relevance’ affect the use of a source
and evaluation.
TASK 1
The concept of personal and professional development
Personal and professional development is the framework that used by individual for learning
and their career growth. This helps to bring the changes in thinking by continuous learning and
maintaining information legally, safety and effectively. This is important for individual to focus
on learning and improving their performance.
Short term goals : This means a task and project which can be complete in less than 12
month which can help to improve the personal skills and abilities. The short term goals of an
individual is to improve the communication, time management and collaboration skills within
one year that build performance.
Medium term goals – This can be classified as task that needs to complete in the time
period which is decided by management and aims to bring the new techniques and knowledge.
The time period of medium term goals are more than one year but less than 5 years that can help
to complete the study and managing all activities. The example of medium goals are graduation
from college, buy a house, completing the degree course and improving the writing skills that all
are important for individual to perform well.
Long term goals – This means goals that are related to future period and accomplish after
completing the longer period. This can help individual to develop their skills and abilities in
particular filed and managing the ideas. To become a professionally it is most important for
individual to decide their long term vision that can be accomplish by focusing and working on
time. The time period of long term goals is more than 5 years in which goals should be obtain
effectively. The examples of long term goals is become a profession in particular field, setting
own business, and improving the profitability.
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PDP Plan : Personal development plan is the process of creating an action plan by
considering career, goal setting, values, and reflection that can help to complete the particular
project and get the future opportunities. A PDP plan is constructed to highlights on skills that
needs to improve:
Skills Ways to improve Time period Judgement
To improve
communication skills
This skills will be
improve by sharing
ideas with all team
member and listening
them carefully.
11 Month Tutor, and top
executives
To improve cost
management skills
This skills will be
improve by preparing
budget, cost
allocation, preparing
financial statement.
3 years Finance management
and seniors
To complete degree
courses
By attending proper
classes, training, and
practices
5 year Manager and director
TASK 2
Author, Purpose, Reliability and Relevance affects the sources as it states what a writer said
about particular topic, in which year, and reliability of information which can help to develop the
understand and managing the all activities. The main purpose of using study is to support their
study and attaining the higher performance. Reliability states the financial information and
relevancy of particular topic which deliver the positive outcomes.
TASK 3
Purpose Author Reliability Relevancy
In School leadership and
educational change in
Singapore (pp. 69-86).
Choy, and Chua. This is not reliable as
it based on current
year (2019).
This provide the
detail about
leadership and
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professional
development.
Nursing Professional
Development Specialist’s
Role in Adapting Education,
Onboarding, and Just-in-
Time Education During the
COVID-19 Pandemic.
Weiss, Kennell,
Lakdawala,
Anzio, Klamut,
Lucas, Antinori-
Lent, and
Mininni.
This is reliable as
based on current year
2021.
This develop the
education in
pandemic period and
bring the strategies.
The professional
development needs of
beginning and experienced
teachers in four
municipalities in Sweden.
Karlberg, and
Bezzina.
The source is based
on 2020 that means
current period.
This is relevant as it
provides new
experience and
activities.
The influence of yarning
circles: A cultural safety
professional development
program for midwives.
Fleming, Creedy,
and West.
The source is reliable
as involve 2020.
This states cultural
safety and
professional
development plan
which based on long
period.
Exploring the personal and
professional factors
associated with student
evaluations of tenure-track
faculty.
Murray,
Boothby, Zhao,
Minik, Bérubé,
Larivière and
Sugimoto.
The
information and data
is reliable as base
year is 2020.
This helps to explore
the professional
skills to know factors
which are related to
study.
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Professional development
learning environments
(PDLEs) embedded in a
collaborative online learning
environment (COLE):
Moving towards a new
conception of online
professional learning.
Education and information
technologies, 24(2), pp.1863-
1900.
Desjardins, F.
and Bullock, S.
Sources is not
reliable as it involves
year 2019.
There is less
relevancy in online
learning and
environment.
STEPS: Building a Personal
and Professional
Development Program.
Quinn. Not reliable as based
on past year 2019.
This develop
understand about
development
programme by
attending on campus.
A professional development
program to enhance primary
school teachers’ knowledge
and operationalization of
physical literacy.
Edwards, Bryant,
Morgan, Cooper,
Jones, and
Keegan.
This source is less
reliable as based on
2019.
This develop the
understand about
primary school
knowledge and
operationalization.
CONCLUSION
From the report it can be concluded that personal and professional development is
important for individual as it used to improve the learning skills and abilities which can help to
maintain higher performance. This also provide good opportunity to people in upcoming period
by brining improvement in their understanding which can help to develop all functions and
activities.
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