Week 1 Portfolio Tasks: Skills, Mission, and Development Plan

This document presents a student's Week 1 portfolio tasks, focusing on personal and professional development. It includes a self-assessment of skills, identification of strengths and weaknesses, and the creation of a personal development plan. The portfolio also features a mission statement outlining the student's career aspirations and core values. Key areas of development include communication, time management, and reading/writing skills. The student reflects on their learning experience, highlighting the importance of self-awareness and continuous improvement. The document concludes with a detailed personal development plan outlining specific steps and activities to achieve identified goals, emphasizing the integration of new skills into the workplace. Desklib offers similar solved assignments and study resources for students.

Week 1 Portfolio Tasks

TABLE OF CONTENTS
TASK-1a..........................................................................................................................................3
1a..................................................................................................................................................3
1b..................................................................................................................................................3
2a..................................................................................................................................................3
2b..................................................................................................................................................3
3....................................................................................................................................................3
TASK-1b..........................................................................................................................................3
Mission statement........................................................................................................................3
TASK-1c..........................................................................................................................................4
1....................................................................................................................................................4
2....................................................................................................................................................4
3....................................................................................................................................................4
4....................................................................................................................................................4
TASK-2............................................................................................................................................4
Personal development plan..............................................................................................................5
STEP-1.........................................................................................................................................5
STEP-2.........................................................................................................................................5
STEP-3.........................................................................................................................................6
STEP-4.........................................................................................................................................6
STEP-5.........................................................................................................................................6
STEP-6.........................................................................................................................................6
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................7

TASK-1a
1a
I will ensure effective focus over my learning and writing capability in terms of achieving
good grades in this module.
1b
Feedback from tutor is one of the best way in terms of measuring success and this will be
adopted in order to measure my success.
2a
Excessive using of mobile phones can act as a threat for me. Often, this can distract me as
well.
2b
I will make effective time-table under which fix amount of time will be assured for using
phone. Thus, in this way the focus will be made over avoiding distraction.
3
New behaviour / skills / techniques that has been adopted from now in terms of
enhancing studies pattern are concerned with effective communication, time-management,
learning & writing ability.
TASK-1b
Mission statement
I made an effective focus over developing my clear vision in relation of establishing
perfect mission. It is highly mandatory to establish mission in life as it provides guidance about
the exact track that needs to be followed. I want to become highly professional in my career as
this leads to add glory in my character development. Furthermore, in future I want to join
business and management field for that it is highly important to assure focus over developing the
professional attributes (Bush and et.al., 2018). I will develop my professional character within
adopting specific behaviour that is related to establishing effective understanding with my mates
and colleagues. This is concerned with effective communication skills. Often, the focus will be
made over being a good leader as well so, I can effectively manage group task.
Within this, I will focus on generating and adopting value so, I can use those values and
principles in my day to day life. As a result, it ensures my personal development as well. The

three values or principles that is adopted by me in terms of living each day are concerned with
Courage, Kindness and Patience. I will perform this by believing in positive aspects more than
negative aspect it will increase level of courage. Also, I will always be kind to other people
within respecting their opinions. Furthermore, I focus over Mindfulness practice in order to have
high patience.
TASK-1c
1
Yes, I have a different view of my skills in comparison of other people.
2
The major information that has been highlighted from survey is that, there are certain
areas of improvement on which a keen focus is required.
3
I need to make more focus over skill related to time-management in-future.
4
The major thoughts that has been arrived from the results of the survey are that, I need to
change my weakness into strengths in order to shape my character in professional manner.
TASK-2
I had effective experience throughout this session, the major interesting part about the
session was that I have to perform my own survey and within this, I analysed my own strength
and weakness. Also, there was large number of attributes related to me of whom I was not aware
has been known by me in this session. The major thing that I learnt is that, I have high capability
in terms of performing task. However, lack of confidence in me hinders this belief of capability.
I am not sure that, whether I will become success in terms of avoiding my distraction. However,
I am sure that, I will make my effective dedication in this. I had further thoughts that, I might
have learnt numerous things If the focus will be made over the skills that are needs to be
developed in me and these are concerned with communication, time-management, reading and
writing skills. Now, I have a clear mission in my mind that I need to make focus over developing
these skills in me. Thus, this session has made me enable to know what I want to become and
further it helped me to identify the required areas of improvement.

The things that I have decided to do from now is to assure focus over areas of
improvement. I focus over improving my communication skill and I will do this by becoming
good listener along with good speaker. This will enable me to establish effective interaction with
my mates and people with whom I communicate. Furthermore, time-management is the most
crucial aspect that adds in become professional in life. Thus, I will part my goals in small parts
and I will assure time in terms of completion of each task as it will help in terms of gaining time-
management skills. For reading and writing skills I will take guidance from my tutor.
Personal development plan
STEP-1
A
I am focusing over development in this time as this is the perfect time to learn and adopt skills.
B
I Am seeking over learning new skills and changing my weakness into strengths.
C
I need to become highly professional as this will help in my future. My specific goal is to adopt
effective communication, time-management, reading & writing skills.
STEP-2
D
I will watch video related to effective vocabulary that will help me to improve my reading and
writing skills often, I will make notes so, I can improve my writing skills.
E
I need to develop all these skills, knowledge and behaviour within ending of this academic year.
So, I can make further developments.
F
My development options is concerned with the developing the identified skills that leads to
professional development.

STEP-3
G
I will focus over gaining communication, time-management and reading writing skills. There is a
threat that I may not able to achieve time-management skill and therefore, I decided to assure
time-frame even to my day to day activities.
STEP-4
The development activities that needs to be complete throughout the semester are:
Development in communication area
Developing in time-management area
Developing reading and writing
STEP-5
I will use these skills, knowledge and behaviour at my workplace within understanding
the opinion of colleagues also, the task that will be assigned to me will be completed on time.
The effective reading and writing skills leads to influence my vocabulary.
STEP-6
I will use this knowledge at my workplace and this will help me to implement effective
interaction with my colleagues. Often, effective team work will be performed as I will get the
opportunity to show my professional character.

REFERENCES
Books and Journals
Bush and et.al., 2018. Mentoring and continuing professional development. In Mentors in
schools (pp. 121-143). Routledge.