Individual Report: Personal and Professional Development Strategies

This report provides a detailed analysis of personal and professional development, exploring the concepts, value of goal setting, and the creation of a personal development plan. It begins by defining personal and professional development, highlighting their significance in building human capital and enhancing skills. The report then delves into the value of short-term, medium-term, and long-term goals, providing practical examples for each. It emphasizes how these goals contribute to career objectives and overall personal growth. The report also discusses the importance of a personal development plan, providing an example that integrates the identified goals to facilitate self-reflection and improvement. Finally, it underscores the role of continuous learning and skill enhancement in achieving career aspirations and personal objectives.

INDIVIDUAL REPORT

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
MAINBODY ...................................................................................................................................1
The concept of personal and professional development:............................................................1
Discuss the value of short-term goals, identifying at least three personal examples..................2
Discuss the value of medium-term goals, identifying at least three personal examples ...........3
Discuss the value of long-term goals, identifying at least three personal examples. ................4
Discuss the value of a Personal Development Plan and construct an example using your
identified goals. ..........................................................................................................................5
CONCLUSION ...............................................................................................................................6
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................7
APPENDICES.................................................................................................................................8
Personal development plan.........................................................................................................8

INTRODUCTION
Personal development plan is a process which consists of developing or creating the
action-plan towards the particular goals settings, this development plan is based on awareness,
values, reflection, goal setting for some targets in respect of future perspective within the context
of career, education , self improvement and relationship(Rubens and et. al, 2018) .Personal
development plan is based on the statement of one's career and lifestyle priorities which relates
with opportunities related with career positioning and basically alternative plans to develop
ourself through developing the strength and competencies, education and training that will help
the individual in setting their career goals with lots of effort on the basis of self improvement to
built the career objectives. Personal development planning will depend upon the training and
education which will be taken by the employees if relates to the work operations and for students
life as well to be successfully implement this aspect by reflection process. Employees who
participate in the business training and learning have to complete the personal development plan.
The below report is based on the topic,the concepts relates with personal and professional
development, value of short term goals,medium and long term goals with particular example and
construct a personal development plan.
MAINBODY
The concept of personal and professional development:
Personal development is defined with the activities which concerns with the development of
person capabilities and building the human capital and potential through sharpen their skills in
accordance to build them for particular goals and objectives which will be relates with the
facilitate employability and enhance the quality of aspirations and realisation of dreams(Choy
and Chua, 2019). Personal development basically relates with individual growth through self
improvement in the course of education if they are students or with the employability factor in
which individual continuously develop their learning with the motive to assist with this skills and
ability in future this will leads to the organisation effectiveness as well by focusing on the
individual personal development by providing them with training that they want which will also
assist them in future as well this. When personal development takes place in relation with
institution , its basically refers to the methods , programs , tools and techniques which are
compulsory with having an assignment for them, to support positive adult development at the
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level of individual aspects , this formations of approach will contribute in building the formal
and informal activities for develop others by role such as teacher , professors, mentor, manager,
coach and counsellor they are the one who assist the individual development regarding their
future career.
Professional development defines with the process to instructors developing and improving the
skills to enhance their knowledge by providing the means of learning by activities like
assignments and tasks related to practical topics with a view to attain the objectives of provides
students with some sort of practical exposure which will help them in their future so as to built
the effectiveness through approaches to professional development is that reviewing case studies,
provides with coaching and giving consultation, mentoring them and technical assistance.
Professional development relates with the objective to built and improve the knowledge and skill
s with the motive to maintain and facilitates the individual, school, universities and district wide
improvement which contributes in the students achievement basically help them in constructing
the platform to set their own standards in respect to built the development stages in the life of
individual professionally is that building a knowledge base , then observing the applied models
with examples, then reflecting on your practise if there is any need to change it then reflecting to
change process are comes under professional development and gaining and sharing the
experience to motivate and set the example, five areas of developing the professional
development is that emotional, physical, social , spiritual and cerebral (Hildebrand, 2018).
Discuss the value of short-term goals, identifying at least three personal examples.
Short term goals that relates with work are directly and indirectly enhance your career option,
this goals will assist in improve your career objectives and prospects by helping you through
define your objectives for a specific period of time frame, irrespective of your work line and
position in the organisation, by setting up the realistic milestones and practical approach will
make the individual more productive towards their goals and objectives through attaining the
aspects of actions in practical. There are different types of short term goals which are directly or
indirectly influence the career goals is that career short term goals, financial, academic and
health short term goals. Basically the importance of short term goals in respect of personal
development relies on they are specific because of the small categorization and easy to
accomplish in respect of the self confidence as personal development are meant for individual
growth regarding their career options and prospects, short term goals will assist you to stay on
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track and keep your motivations high as per the set targets in relations to develop the outcome
through proper learning. Short term goals with personal development depicts that student should
have to focus on the particular learning and knowledge in accordance to built the value of future
goals through achieving them step by step. Here are some of the examples of short term goals in
the context of personal development is that :
 To improve the work life balance through covering the UN-systematic gaps by proper
scheduling of the activities which the students or individual are going to implement in
the working life by properly makes the plan like to study on appropriate time in respect of
their academics by properly working on the shifts then after that activities relates to their
interests and personal development(DiPaola and Wagner, 2018) .
 Improve your communication skills is that in the short term goals student and individual
work on their communication in respect to interact in effective manner by properly using
the value of learning whatever they wants to learn in communication.
 Improve performance number through working on particular assignment from the
universities on the basis of practical approach as well.
Discuss the value of medium-term goals, identifying at least three personal examples
Medium term goals relates with individual to stay motivated in the course of generating the
values through taking proper time in the field of developing them for their career aspect which
will leads to form the experience also is that when a student or individual develops their
knowledge in the field of particular course they have to be pretty confident about the plan that
will taken by the student in completing the particular chosen course is that if they are going for
some preparation for the exams that will obviously needs some preparation time that will allow
the student to cover all the gaps regarding their incomplete knowledge. Basically medium term
goals will be defined in specific time structure is that through set the interval time of approx 6
months to 1 years or so on but not more than 5 years , in students life they have to continuously
working on their chosen stream like mathematics, science and arts but so as to achieve their
target through proper guidances of their professors, teachers and counsellor in meeting the
satisfying results by upbringing their performances. Its a step for necessary to be steady towards
their future goals which are to be taken into consideration because of career foundation aspects
which includes short and medium term goals as well so as to built the skills and knowledge
through proper learning aspects .Medium term goals for students are basically emphasis on
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completing the academics for their studies as medium term posses the value to get exposure
before going to perform into the corporates and in job working . Medium term goals are basically
relies between short term and long term through proper segmentation of their working which
involves small targets like competitive exams is that pre, mains and interview so the basic motive
of student here to built the performances through opting the specific career option. Here some of
the example of medium term goals is that :
 Apply for the job, students will go to opt the particular job according to their career
chosen option through maintaining the value of their skills and knowledge regarding their
particular job through working on it in, in medium interval of time(Roberts, 2018).
 Build the work experience by adopting the learning aspects in the job by making an
efforts to create proper work life balance in the context of medium term goals of
personal development .
 Expand the skills and knowledge through proper guidance by their seniors and if the
students are relates with universities then professors will assist them in enhancing their
skills.
Discuss the value of long-term goals, identifying at least three personal examples.
A long term goal is one that can not be achieved right away it takes time to develop the skills
and knowledge through particular tasks and activities which are to be undertaken by the student
in respect of their chosen course like state competition exams which take time to develop the
student through learning phase so as to adopt this quality aspect, individual must give a try on
their learning abilities before attaining any position they have to establish the skill regarding the
particular job offerings(Mamlok-Naaman and et. al, 2018) . Long term goals are those which
relates with the career development phase of the individual here individual try to built the
position through giving the performances in particular job , which involves with learnings of
particular specific activities about their job role and this will assist the student in generating the
skills value through perform in their job activities in relation to built the career growth here the
manager and trainer trains the individual with the motive to built them for their career options as
well, lots of opportunities are creating by the corporates and universities for their employees and
students to work on their best as well as to learn something new which will generates some kind
of interest in them and will leads to provides or assist them in another job as well so here are
some of the long term goals example in the context of personal development is that:
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 To get the dream job If we talk about in the sense of student work life the main objective
relies between taking or getting their dream job for this they have to continuously work
on their tasks and activities which relates in the short and medium term which will assist
them into their long term goals by prepare themselves for their demand job (Forbes,
2018).
 To built for the career development is that when an individual getting the job they have to
work on their skill upliftment through gaining knowledge for the future career growth .
 To be financially stable, long term goals of any student or individual to be work for the
proper statement of their finance as well they will attain the particular job opportunities if
better will comes under their long term goals to get higher than other job in respect of
salary.
Discuss the value of a Personal Development Plan and construct an example using your
identified goals.
 A personal development is a process that defines with self reflection and self
improvement which are necessary in the context of building the career goals and
objectives, personal development is the need of every individual and student cause they
have to balanced their wok life according to the career option they choose which will
assist them in generating the value for personal development plan, its consists of self
actualisation towards the aim and focus on that aim through proper scheduling of their
activities according to the specific time frame(Loizou and Recchia, 2018).
 Personal development assist them to become dedicated, enthusiastic and having the
ability to learn from the past experiences and building the ability according to past tasks.
 It will measure the individual success by adopting the skills and learning through proper
training and guidances by the professors counsellors and mentors.
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CONCLUSION
It has been concluded from the above report is that every individual has to work depends
upon their personal development plan by establishing the goals and objectives with some kind of
career options in it by adopting the particular career program the individual have to design their
plans accordingly through proper set of targets in respect of making short term, medium term and
long term goals that have to be more specific in nature to achieve them through the process of
different activities which have to be complete by the individual in the context of career goals.
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REFERENCES
Books and Journals
Choy, W.K. and Chua, P.M., 2019. Professional development. In School leadership and
educational change in Singapore (pp. 69-86). Springer, Cham.
DiPaola, M. and Wagner, C.A., 2018. Improving instruction through supervision, evaluation,
and professional development. IAP.
Forbes, N.J., 2018. An Exploratory Case Study on the Impact of an International Student
Teaching Experience on In-Service Teachers' Personal and Professional Development.
Robert Morris University.
Hildebrand, J., 2018. Bridging the gap: A training module in personal and professional
development. Routledge.
Hobbs, R. and Coiro, J., 2019. Design features of a professional development program in digital
literacy. Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy. 62(4).pp.401-409.
Loizou, E. and Recchia, S.L., 2018. In-service infant teachers re-envision their practice through a
professional development program. Early Education and Development. 29(1). pp.91-
103.
Mamlok-Naaman, R. and et. al, 2018. Professional development of chemistry teachers: Theory
and practice. Royal Society of Chemistry.
Roberts, J., 2018. Future and changing roles of staff in distance education: a study to identify
training and professional development needs. Distance Education. 39(1). pp.37-53.
Rubens, A. and et. al, 2018. Self-awareness and leadership: Developing an individual strategic
professional development plan in an MBA leadership course. The International Journal
of Management Education. 16(1). pp.1-13.
Wasserman, E. and Migdal, R., 2019. Professional Development: Teachers' Attitudes in Online
and Traditional Training Courses. Online Learning. 23(1). pp.132-143.
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APPENDICES
Personal development plan
Skill Current
Proficiency
Target
Proficiency
Course of Action Time period
Time
management
6 9 The Time management is an action
plan which has to be made in the
context of student life so as to
properly schedule their academic
tasks and assignments with the help
of proper time for particular activity
which relatively gives the value to
personal development
60days
Programmin
g skills
7 10 Its essential skills that I adopted
through that decisions regarding any
programming activities will be easily
taken without any obstacles in it
through proper execution of the
skills program.
60 days
Team
Working
6 8 Its an action in which I worked on
the segment which includes group
discussions, about what sort of
action to be taken and by growing up
the ability to perform with team
members is that of other students.
30 days
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