Report on Personal and Professional Development for Primary Teachers

This report focuses on personal and professional development, particularly for educators. It explores the applications of self-managed learning, methods to encourage lifelong learning, and the advantages of self-directed learning for individuals and organizations. The report details the processes and activities used to implement a development plan, including training, study groups, observation, and consultation. It analyzes self-learning against original aims, emphasizing the importance of feedback and evaluation. Furthermore, the report addresses solutions to work-based issues, communication strategies, and time management techniques, all aimed at enhancing skills and achieving professional goals. The report emphasizes the importance of adapting to changes in the education sector and the benefits of continuous learning.

Personal and Professional
Development

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................3
1.1 Applications of self managed learning.............................................................................3
1.2 Methods by which life time learning can be encouraged.................................................4
1.3 Advantages of self-managed learning to an individual and organisation.........................4
TASK 2............................................................................................................................................5
Covered in PPT.......................................................................................................................5
TASK 3............................................................................................................................................5
3.1 Process and activities used to implement development plan............................................5
3.2 Manage and document expansion activities as planned...................................................6
3.3 Self learning against original aims set in development plan............................................7
3.4 Development plan depended upon feedback and evaluation...........................................7
TASK 4............................................................................................................................................8
4.1 Solutions to work-based issues.........................................................................................8
4.2 Communicate in a range of style and suitable manner at different level.........................8
4.3 Utilisation of efficient time management strategy...........................................................9
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................9
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................11

INTRODUCTION
Personal and professional development is a procedure that engage a person in the task of
learning to reach the challenges and require goals. It is connect with the expansion needs of an
individual and group as well (Bauer, 2010). It helps in recognising and analysing important
directorial skills such as time management, stress administration, creating presentations and
holding meetings. These are associated with the counselling and training employees to motivate
them to study their own growth requirements. It will need leadership that come with the self
evolution and constant efforts by adviser who direct the staff by facilitating efficient
demonstration. Present report is based on my own skills and knowledge and experience. As I am
a teacher in a nursery and primary school and want to improve my skills and knowledge.
TASK 1
1.1 Applications of self managed learning
It helps to me in influencing the growth by analysing the approaches in personal and
professional growth that interests in self administered study to an individual. It is a way in which
people find various methods for learning things and also regarding describing the goals by
examining the purpose for training and process to obtain such objectives.
Approaches to self-managed learning-
Seminars and conferences- As this process is helpful to improve my skills, knowledge
and experience. It is an important tool as it provide options to represent knowledge regarding
anything to others who wind up studying new objects. It supports a person in being more assured
in speaking in audience and also discover their skills of presentation. Through which I can able
to improve mu long term skills and knowledge.
Social networks- It includes a variety of different websites such as Facebook, My space,
Twitter etc. where individuals can expend their time. Through which I can able to connect with
large number of people. Although logging on these sites, will help them in studying new things
(Blair, 2016). This is a platform where they can share their information and skills by convocation
or bulletin-boards.
Internet- It is a platform to an extensive amount of information. At an ordinary level, a
basic research on it permits an individual to ingress data written by various authors considering

subjects like administration studies and enterprise. By accessing this statistics they can obtain the
knowledge that desires to become successful in their working area.
As working in an primary school teaching to nursery class children I have to develop
various competencies and skills to develop my personalty in order to deliver efficient services to
the students. I have to direct my development of personalty according to needs of skills that are
required to perform my responsibility effectively. In order to develop new soft skills in my
behaviour I have to design an action plan.
1.2 Methods by which life time learning can be encouraged
There are a number of ways that are used by me, by which the personal and professional
both learnings can be influenced by it. To encourage myself depends on planning for long and
short-term objectives which inspire to obtain a boundary over his knowledge and experience that
helps in raising the long-running learning. The objectives facilitate the guideline and path to
them of last learning rest open for lengthy period. It is very dynamic and beneficial because it
can make a person able to stuck with the lifetime learning.
In present time, constructing innovative skills and considering distinctive fields are very
important (Elliott, 2011). The most of the individuals take it very seriously and inspecting new
methods to upgrade prevailing abilities are as follows-
Help workforce in finding a counsellor- It supports in setting up a traditional advisory
by restricting time every week to discover their skills and exploring opinions. Another method
for them is to be a consultant. A good counselling is a two way approach in which instructor and
learner both study something.
Initiate employees to innovative intellect- Nothing can flash creativity such as being
about inventive people. Institute them to the experienced individuals in the organisation.
Amalgamating with performers and functioning with them on tasks will support to stay fresh.
I will be needing to access my personalty and need of development through criticising my
strength and weaknesses. Then I have to find out various activities that can helps in development
of personality.

1.3 Advantages of self-managed learning to an individual and organisation
There are various merits and positive effects of it that help me in acquiring skills of
making decisions by the previous professional or personal skills (Forte and Flores, 2014). It also
impacts the objectives and change occurred itself in premises by altering circumstances of life.
Benefits to the individuals- Although the competitiveness can also be raise by such sort
of employees who have attitude of self-directing learning. It also supports them in achieving the
highest position in their area of work. Their intelligence and an increase in confidence make
them able to grab more opportunities then their competitors. With the help of this process I can
able to work on my performance and try to improve my skills as well.
The biggest benefit that is achieved by me and its expansion rate can be at height and the
majority of defects within the professional and personal life will be reduced. Therefore, the
advancements can be demonstrated in both private and executive areas will be served as the
major interest of independent learning for the person.
Benefits to the organisations- The great benefit that can be attained by me, is to acquire
extremely liable and dedicated employee who is able to hold the superior authorities and critical
duties employed on to them (Hadar and Brody, 2013). Besides that if a business have a huge
number of workforce who have a perspective of self-managed learning then their proficiency
also raised as they implement their class as merchandise leader. This is considered as biggest
strength for me to attain long term target of company.
This is followed by implementation of this development plan followed by reviewing
outcomes and developed new personalty and skills to deliver my duties responsibility. Last stage
of personal development plan includes evaluation of new capabilities and acquired skills and
identifying various recommendation to develop my personalty more efficiently through making
specific correction in development plan.

TASK 2
Covered in PPT.
TASK 3
3.1 Process and activities used to implement development plan
The opinion of personal and professional development program is not new, alterations are
constantly in prevailing industries, to establish these expansions in the activities that most of the
organisations looking to initiate some kind of private or executive development scheme. I frame
various types of plans an strategies which are helpful for me to attain long term as well as short
term goals and objectives. The procedures and actions that are utilise to establish this are as
follows-
Scope of developmental plan- Mainly the personal expansion scheme is utilised by the
workforce. It will also be used by the circumstances and directions provided to users with
regards to particular areas for growth (Olsen, 2015). It helps individuals in accordance with their
progress requirements. It is helpful for me to develop my own skills and knowledge. It
considered as long term development for me.
Relationship between the emphasis of personal/professional development plans and
their connections with other processes- To work better in the prevailing position a personal
growth plan is require to be focused and entirely centralise to the particular objective that helps
in taking the expansion to the next step. This application will inspire the persons to review their
private and executive effectiveness that is connected to their development wants. It is very
essential to consider how a single employee take the option and feel more convinced by the
planning.
Implementation- Various types of plans and strategies has been framed by me and needs
to implement them according to requirement of my skills and knowledge. With the help of this
process I can able to attain my target and maintain performance as well. It will face two big
issues regarding its establishment. First, a strategy that is contemplate to apply to all individuals
requires more efforts of transmission and training to achieve its objectives. Secondly, self-
directed learning means staff of a company needs support in thinking round their own perception

for expansion (Pillen, Beijaard and Brok, 2013). In both the circumstances amount of
encouragement is needed that helps in managing interest and support in the planning of growth.
Impact- Formation of plans and strategies and their implementation in effective manner
is the effective procedure which having great impact on my performance and work quality as
well. The effect of this developmental planning is ethical change, what the employees of an
organisation feeling for their growth. The workforce and directors contribute in research mainly
eager about the personal expansion program application and it connects with business evolution.
While performing this project it helped a lot in developing my communication skills as in
involved a lot of research and finding by meeting and interacting new people, collecting
information through reading material and online journals.
3.2 Manage and document expansion activities as planned
All the activities that are required for the development of personal and professional
enterprise is taken into consideration. For achieving objectives all the possible actions are need
to be performed.
Training- I needs training in order to enhance my skills. Long term term learning has
been provided by training process. The employees of an organisation need to be educated and
punctual. They have to discover new tools and by using their knowledge (Schoeman and
Mabunda, 2012). The sources which are created by the workforce will be able to accept the
revolutionary opinions rapidly. With the help of attain I can able to receive long term learning
which is helpful for me to receive so much knowledge and skills.
Administering study groups- The staff of a company divides into research groups. They
work in the same department to perform their specific professional tasks only.
Observing and supervising- The workers of an organisation are mentored and executed
by the executors. They they have to maintain good relationships with the employees to describe
their specific promotion on their own.
Consultation- After performance of each and every undertaking, the employees receive
meeting off their executor regarding certain effectiveness and what they want to function to
inspire their specific step and accuracy.

3.3 Self learning against original aims set in development plan
Self- managed learning helps in providing each employee a specific knowledge regarding
what an organisation desires from them. It reflects and give time to staff for analysing progress
towards objectives. By providing return towards professional development program will give the
argumentation from opinions, experiences, thoughts and knowledge will supports in identifying
goals to obtain in future. With the help of self managed learning I can receive so much
knowledge and experience which is helpful in my long term business plan and development
program.
Once the organisation achieve its objectives, it requires to keep in mind what it obtained
and desire to setup or update outcomes again and try to attain them by growing thoughts,
experience, skills and new ideas (Severinsson and SAND, 2010). Basically this plan needs to
revise the prevailing things and demands to change the goals then performs for achieving them
again and repeat the procedure. The staff has to share this with their seniors for making a plan to
obtain these results.
3.4 Development plan depended upon feedback and evaluation
The aims and objectives requires to be alter in coming time. An organisation desires to
quantify that what is more satisfactory level and achievement in research and why. It is veryu
essential for the personal growth and also solitary organisational performance needs to be
accomplish. The communal skills such as problem solving, transmission and time administration
has been considered.
Communication is very effective today and displays an important role ion daily life.
Different style of transmission is used as dissimilar levels. Time management supports in
managing time efficiently and construct on it (Visser, Evering and Barrett, 2014). An objective is
considered to be a sub-goal means which gives a cleat target. It knows long and short-term
measurable outcomes within a particular period working towards the accomplishment of long-
term goals.
An evaluation involves a crucial analysis of what is going well or what not. This is a
gathered detail that comprises both negative and positive results as well. There is a number of
area that covers within the subjective explanation that will attach appraisal of developmental

plan including what skills have been upgraded and how evidences of what abilities level has
been accomplished.
Personal development program is the method that helps an individual in drawing a plan
which supports in future potentials professionally and personally. It will try to inspire constantly
updating records for executive and growth for the objective of maintaining status that an
organisation needs for future expansion.
While performing the given task there were several amendments that were performed by me.
Some of the details and data provided for performing it were not useful and hence they were not
used for the outcome.
TASK 4
4.1 Solutions to work-based issues
The major problem is lack of my communication skills that is getting irregular due to the
range of elements. It is an important component or operations of an organisation. The small
extent of transmission skill has become the biggest work based issue in present competitive age.
Sometimes it is misunderstanding by the employees and individuals of the premises (Wallace
and Priestley, 2011). The persons sitting at upper level of the enterprise comprehend conveyance
ability includes gestures, behaviours and most essentially the distribution of data at every step of
hierarchy. It is mandatory to deal with the solutions and the problems identified. It is to admit
that by proper analysis the staff can be made according to the disputes with each factor of the
conversation skills. After all a training session has been facilitated to the members within the
entity.
While performing the various task assigned it has helped me to learn Time management i.e. how
to perform a work in the least amount of time. It also enhanced my leadership qualities in
managing the team, dictating, planning, controlling, organising and achieving desired results in
the most efficient way.
In context to time management I first arranged task in order of importance and performed
all the functions accordingly. To effectively complete work on time the most important task
were given to the most efficient employee and work with less importance were given to other
employees. This helped in completion of work well before time.

4.2 Communicate in a range of style and suitable manner at different level
Communication in an organisation is sharing of information in all directions i.e. from top
to bottom, Bottom to top, Horizontal to vertically and vice versa. It can also take place between
inside and outside the organisation. Since communication takes place at all levels of organisation
there are various methods and ways of communicating. They are:
Verbal: It refers to sharing of information by verbally speaking. Care should be taken for
tone, pitch, no use of jargon words. It should be easily understandable by the receiver.
Nonverbal: An individual’s appearance, eye contact, gesture and body language says a
lot about him. Nonverbal means communicating without use of any words.
Postal Service:It includes sending of information through postcard and inland letters
from one place to another.
Telecommunication: It is the most used and popular form of communication. Anyone
having a phone or mobile can call another person residing thousands of km away and speak to
him any time and from anywhere.
E mail: It is sharing of information through electronic media. In this a person need not be
present at same time to receive the information. Through e mail large files, data, picture, videos
can also be shared and that too very easily and quickly.
Social Media Sites: It helps in reaching a large audience within short span of time. For
communicating through it you don't even need to know the person personally or have his id. It
also enables to share a single information with everyone at the same time.
4.3 Utilisation of efficient time management strategy
Know how to expend time- Possessing a time record is a collective approach to describe
the using moments. Recognising most time taken activity and handle whether devoting time in
the most important action too.
Utilising a planning tool- Specialist supports a private planning tool to grow the
efficiency. The example of this method is pocket diaries, calenders, wall charts, computer
programs etc. The solution is to discover one planning technique that works for an organisation
and utilise that constantly.

Time management is very important in all walks of life. But from organisation point of
view its importance further increases as the time taken to do a particular work incurs cost. Hence,
it is rightly said “Time is Money”
Theories of Time management are:
80/20 Theory: It was developed by Vilfredo Pareto and according to this theory 80% of the
profits are generated through work done by the most efficient 20% employees. It also suggests
that out of the total work done in a day only 20% is productive hence employee should manage
time in such a way that this 20% is achieved in the least of time.
Pickle Jar Theory: This theory compares rock, pebbles and sand with major responsibilities,
hobbies and daily chores in one’s life. It suggests that if you first focus on completing major
responsibilities as quickly as you can you will get enough time to focus on other things in life.
CONCLUSION
It is concluded from the above report that, personal and professional development is a
procedure by which an organisation or individual learns to achieve the required goal. It is linked
with the growth demands of the groups that helps in identifying the skills to obtain the
objectives. Self-directed learning is also proved to be an effective method in management
process. Today businesses have expanded and developed. The plans plainly determines time
limits, actions and results to obtain and specify dates for meetings with mangers and supervisors.
Furthermore, it is s self development plan which is helpful to improve my skill, knowledge and
my overall personality. I can able to receive long term learning and implement the same in
practical life in every premises.

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