Report on Academic Skills, Personal Development Plan, and Goal Setting

This report delves into the critical aspects of academic skills and personal development, emphasizing the importance of goal setting across short, medium, and long-term timeframes. The introduction establishes the significance of academic skills for student learning and retention, while also introducing the concept of personal and professional development. The report then defines personal and professional development, highlighting the acquisition of new knowledge and expertise as central to career advancement. The value of short-term goals is discussed, with examples like daily newspaper reading and online communication skills courses. Medium-term goals, such as pursuing online courses and improving presentation skills, are also examined. Long-term goals, including starting a business and traveling, are presented to showcase the comprehensive approach to personal growth. The report concludes with a detailed personal development plan (PDP), outlining learning objectives, target proficiency levels, and development opportunities for enhancing communication, presentation, and leadership skills. The plan includes a timeline and criteria for assessing progress, emphasizing the importance of self-analysis and continuous improvement. The document offers a practical guide for students seeking to enhance their academic performance and achieve their career aspirations.

Academic Skills and
PDP

Table of Contents
Discuss value of short term goals along with specific examples..............................................................3
Discuss value of medium terms goals along with relevant examples.......................................................3
Discuss value of long term goals along with examples............................................................................4
Personal Development plan.....................................................................................................................5
CONCLUSION...........................................................................................................................................8
REFERNCES..............................................................................................................................................9

INTODUCTION
Academic skills are a set of academic achievement, learning methods, and problem
solving techniques that help students learn and retain information in school. In order for students
to truly master these concepts, teachers also incorporate academic skills in their lessons. The
main aim of this report is to study and learn various things by using various resources. As this is
done because in order to develop skills so that they can perform better. The report includes
concept of personal and professional development and also include the short, medium and long
term goals with example. There is personal development plan which is mainly done when people
identify their weak skills. So, that they can identify their weak skills and overcome by reading
books, online courses, communicating with other and so on. In this way they can enhance their
skills by planning the short, medium and long term goal.
Define the concept of personal and professional development
Gaining new knowledge and expertise is at the heart of professional development. That
means your professional growth is tied to either your current job or the one you want to take on
next. Personal development goes hand in hand with professional development, so if you want to
advance in your career, you must first improve individually. Personal and professional growth is
the mechanism by which an organization and a person prepare to address obstacles and deliver
desired goals. It is linked to an individual person as well as a group's growth needs.” We defined
and assessed core personal and technical managerial/leadership skills in this mission. Running
meets are similar to time management. Counseling and coaching staff to help them understand
their own continuous improvement requirements are professional skills. Professional skills such
as leadership, management, and other students the ability with self-development and ongoing
initiatives by a coach who guides the workers by providing successful presentations, include the
following. Such as mentoring is an important method for learning and growth preparation. It's a
well-liked tool for promoting personal growth. It is a long-term process of providing workers
with assistance, direction, and suggestions. When a more experienced individual uses their
deeper understanding and knowledge of the job or environment to assist a junior or novice
employee in their growth. It's also a type of internship, in which a novice discovers the "tricks
and tips" from a more experienced coworker. In other words, it can be said that, professional
growth entails immersing yourself in your work to fully comprehend what you're doing and how

you might change. It entails honing the skills you'll need to do your job as efficiently as possible,
and it's something you'll do for the rest of your career.
Discuss value of short term goals along with specific examples
It is stated that goals are really important in life of an individual as it helps to keep them
motivated. Goals also provide direction to individuals for working in an efficient manner. It also
helps in aliening efforts of people in right direction. In this regards, short term goals are really
crucial which are related to short period of time. These goals are related to upcoming future
which needs to complete by individuals within a time frame of 3 to 5 months. For getting long
term success, it is vital to ensure short term wins which eventually leads a person towards higher
growth and success (Kourakli and et. al., 2017). These goals are something which needs to
accomplish in near future. The time period is relatively short for these goals. It can be formulated
for the day, week, month and more. It provides motivation to people and inspire them to put
more efforts in order to achieve something big. Long term goals are likely to take years to get
accomplish while short term goals can be fulfilling with less time of span. These short term
successes play an imperative role in keeping an individual motivated. So, it is vital to have short
term goals as it stimulated people to achieve something in life. These goals need to prepare after
due consideration. Here, individual needs to consider a lot of factors while preparing short term
goals. They need to consider time period, resources required, outcomes and more. Otherwise,
they will not be able to prepare appropriate goals. Certain examples of short term goals are
mentioned below:
 Reading newspaper on daily basis in order to keep my knowledge updated and to get
familiar about what is happening around the world.
 To improve my writing abilities with an aim to perform better in academics.
 Join online session on communication skills for interacting with others in an impressive
way and ensures future career growth.

Discuss value of medium terms goals along with relevant examples
In present time, it is important for each and every individual to have some goals in life. Here,
medium term goals are the bridge between short term & long term goals which need to attain by
a person for ensuring career enrichment. These goals are generally related to the time period of 6
to 12 months. These are neither fall under short terms or long term category of goals. It falls
between short term and long term goals (Ventura and et. al., 2018). It is often examined that
people neglect medium terms goals and merely concentrate over long term and short goals. But,
it is analyzed that these goals also have an imperative role in success of an individual. Short
terms goals are related to extremely short period of time which can be accomplished within a day
week or month. In contrast, long term goals are related to extensively longer period of time.
Individual required a lot of years to fulfill long term goals. Here, medium term goals keep a
balance between both and stay people motivated so that they can work towards achievement of
long term vision. It plays a crucial role in maintaining the zeal and enthusiasm of individuals.
Despite if being neglected, these goals are vital and play a crucial role in personal as well as
professional growth. So, one needs to prepare appropriate medium term objectives in order to
progress in life. For this, some example of medium term goals are given underneath:
 To undertake a lot of online course so that I can diversify in career by having vast
knowledge of different working areas.
 To improve public speaking skills as well as presentation skills for gaining better growth
opportunities in future.
 To get the degree with distinction while graduating.
Discuss value of long term goals along with examples
According to the name, these goals are related to longer period of time which are likely to
take several years for accomplishment. Long term goals take years to get fulfilled. Generally, it
is considered that long term goals can be attained in more than a year. However, it is not easy to
accomplish these goals but it helps to keep a person motivated. Each and every individual have
some vision which provide them proper direction and assist to put efforts in a certain direction.
Long term goals are something for which a person work and put all the efforts for completing it
into reality (Puka and Smith, 2016). For achieving long term goals, individuals put consistent
efforts. It is stated that long term goals are prepare with proper time & planning. It needs to

prepare after due consideration as it is related to future of an individual. In addition to this, long
term goals are necessary for self improvement. It allows individuals to focus and concentrate on
which they want to be in future. Without having long term goals, there is no meaning to put
efforts as one will not have any proper direction to work. Certain examples of long term goals
are mentioned as under:
 To start my own venture for using all the business acumen I have received throughout the
academic career.
 To purchase my own house at prime location of city
 To travel all around the world on my own expense for getting exposure about different
cultures, values prevailing within different countries.
Personal Development plan
Personal Development plan is a document which is prepared in order to analyze the own
performance and identify the scope of future improvement. Under this, individuals identify areas
in which they are lacking and prepare future plans for improvement (Beisly, Kwon and Jeon,
2020) . It is completely based over self analysis and need to prepare in order to improve future
performance. Apart from this, PDP also includes a particular time frame under which individual
wishes to develop such skills. By this way, this document allows a person to make improvement
in future performance by analyzing the current performance. It depends over individuals that in
how much time period they want to develop the skills. Further, the way to assess the skills and
development also included in a PDP document. For this purpose, a detailed personal
development plan is given as under:
Learning
target
Present
proficiency
Target
Proficiency
Development
opportunities
Criteria for
judging
attainment
Time
period
Communicati
on skills
7 10 This skill will
help me in
interacting with
other individuals
in an impressive
For
developing
this skill, I
will take
online
It will take
a period of
3 months to
develop this

way. By this, I
will be able to
communicate
with my peers in
an efficient
manner. Further,
communication
skills will also
prove helpful in
making career
with fields such
as sales,
marketing,
customer service
and more.
sessions and
analyze my
own
performance
by taking
assessment. In
addition, I will
also take
feedbacks
from my
peers, friends
and others so
that I can
analyze my
mistakes and
make further
improvements.
skill.
Presentation
skills
6 10 During
academics as
well as
professional
career, a lot of
presentations
need to present.
Effective
presentation skill
will make me
enable to prepare
an attractive
presentation and
deliver it an
For this, I will
take feedbacks
from my
audience,
seniors which
will gradually
increase my
presentation
skill. In
addition, I will
analyze my
own
performance
for making
I have
determine a
time period
6 months
for
developing
effective
presentation
skills.

effective way.
By this way, I
will be able to
put positive
impact over my
peers, teachers
and more.
improvement
over the
period of time.
Leadership
skills
6 9 This skill will
help me to
undertake
different
activated within
university
effectively.
Further,
leadership skill
will also help me
to handle team at
work place in an
efficient manner.
By this, I will be
able to maintain
effective
coordination and
collaboration
among team
members for
attaining
organizational
objectives.
I will be
judging my
performance
over the
period of time.
Apart from
this, I will also
take feedback
from my team
member which
will help me
in improving
future
performance
effectively.
I have
determine a
time period
of 1 year for
developing
leadership
skills.

CONCLUSION
With above discussion, it is summarized that personal and professional development
plays a crucial role in career growth and enrichment. Personal development is related to
enhancement in individual capabilities which are vital for improving overall personality. On
other side, professional development is related to developing professional skills which are
helpful in providing better career growth opportunities. It is summarized that there are different
types of goals formulated by individuals such as short terms, medium as well as long term. These
all goals have their own significance in terms of personal and professional development.
Discussion has been carried out regarding personal development plan which is vital for preparing
strategies for future growth and enrichment.

REFERNCES
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