How to get a Personal Development Plan ?

John L Simons

Taiz future teacher’s meeting

Feb 20101

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Overview

What is a PDP?Roles of stakeholdersThe development processAn exampleHow to go from here

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PDP definition general

From University of Glasgow website http://www.gla.ac.uk/services/employabilityandpersonaldevelopmentplanning/pdpfor/students/

PDP can mean different things to different people at different times in their university career. Put simply, it involves recognising your capabilities and interests as well as areas to work on, making an active plan to gain new skills and experiences and thinking carefully about what path to choose for the future. 

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Roles of stakeholders

Stakeholders are future teacher, academic program leader, Taiz university management , external course developer/teacher

Future teacher and ac program leader define specific PDP

Taiz management and external developer/teacher supply resources

External developer and future teacher execute the PDP after agreement

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The PDP development proces

Making the general definition Taiz specificGetting agreement on the contentGetting agreement on the plan

Individual PDP’s are concepts because of interdependence of course and resource allocation

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PDP definiton specific I

Recognising interests and capabilities

(a) Identify courses in Taiz E&M or IT&M master program you would like to teach

(b) Give on a 5 point scale a score for your practical experience, knowledge,teaching experience, self learning ability, ambition

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PDP definiton specific II

Making an active plan to gain new skills and experiences

(a) Choose up to 4 courses with highest score

(b) Identify relevant sources for gaining skills and knowledge i.e. (1) books, articles, internet (2) courses in the E&M program, (3) external courses, symposia, conferences, contacts

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PDP definiton specific III

Thinking carefully about what path to choose for the future

(a) Match courses to sources

(b) Allocate time and other resources

(c) Agree on deliverables

(d) Agree on time path

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An example : The case of Mohammed Yemeni

Initial choice 9 courses from Method engineering … Materials processing to Individual Master research

Averaged scores from 2 for supply chain management to 4.5 for materials processing

Selected PDP courses Methods Engineering, Materials processing, Individual master research. Production Systems and TQM are alternative courses depending on interference with other PDP’s.

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An example : continued

For Method Engineering a state of the art book will be chosen in accordance with the course lecturer .

For Materials Processing articles and internet sources will be chosen in accordance with the course lecturer .

For Individual master research an external course or symposium will be chosen in accordance with the course lecturer and contacts with local industry will be established .

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An example : continued

SMART goals were defined for each course

SMART is Simple, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic, Time related

Individual master research S : course attendance, external course testimony, list of host Industries M : by ac program leader A : 20 days R: If time is allocated, yes T : 20111201

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How to go from here !

It is the primary responsability of the future lecturer to contact the academic program leader for reaching at an agreed PDP

The academic program leader should coach the future teacher

Together they could choose an alternative format for the PDP

PDP agreement with Taiz management asap PDP execution agreement with external

developer asap

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Are you still with me ?

If you feel just a bit

uncomfortable now,

make your PDP

your priority

for the coming weeks !!!