Personal Development Plan

A career in social work or human services is similar in the duties and type of work environment. Both of these positions require a desire to help others in many ways. Human Services Assistants may help clients with special needs obtain the services that will help them to develop and improve their situation. Social workers are considered human services workers, only they typically perform more hands-on duties with clients (BLS, 2012a). A career in social and human services is a rewarding choice for those who have a strong desire to help others in need and who have a strong sense of community.

The group members of Learning Team A took a DISC assessment to determine their personality types, strengths and weaknesses, and areas needing improvement. The members of the group are (your name). The Professional Development Plan will describe the strengths and weaknesses of each personality type, characteristics each type share and characteristics that could cause conflict, and how each type can work together. Along with showing how I the manager can better my ability to lead the team.

Introduction Self-awareness reflection 1. 2. 3. 4. Plan 1. 2. 3. Impact of stage 1 assignments in my career Overcoming barriers Plan for development Personal development reflection Key learning moment Implications that followed Professional development reflection 1 1 1 1 3 3 4 4 5 5 5 6

“You’re not reaching success if you are not challenging yourself.” That is my new personal quote to live by after the OL 125 course. There were plenty of challenges during this term for me but, I didn’t give up. I 've learned so much about myself and have decided to make major changes due to the assessments and the knowledge gained from the chapters in “Human Relations in the Organization” book. From a previous course, I knew making a plan would be fundamental but never did put it on paper until now. I truly appreciate having to complete a “Personal Development Plan” because now my plan for success won 't just be in my mind, but on paper and in a helpful format.

The goals I have set for myself for the next five years are to becoming a successful, dependable, and productive teacher. The road to for filling this goal will have many adversities such as long hours of instruction from a six years degree program from University of Phoenix. I will have to dedicate my efforts and time in to achieve this process of obtaining my degrees. The way to achieve these goals it to develop good study habits, read material pertain to education, research information, and also be committed to the process. I will also find a program that I can be an assistance in the school system in order reinforce the skills I will be learn.

The purpose of self-assessment tests is to help us to gain a better understanding of ourselves and the idiosyncrasies

Gives you batter understanding for clients. Gives you more confidence to solve the problems of clients easily.

Help others see how they will benefit from doing a job. This is when they truly become motivated.

Leadership, a critical management skill, is the ability to motivate a group of people toward a common goal. These items will help you develop your skills as a leader.

A professional development plan is a plan written by an individual that consist of an strength and weakness , opportunities and the likely challenges to be faced in his personal and development life. I will start here by explaining what my personal development plan are in relation to my strength and weaknesses. I will explain these strength and weaknesses in openness to experience, conscientiousness, agreeableness, neuroticism. The openness side of me state that I am a curious person, it state that I like change and I am very fascinated with new ideas. Conscientiousness side of me explains that I like to plan; I am very responsible and very organized. The conscientiousness side will help greatly in my job life. The agreeableness side of me explains that I like to make friends and that I am very trusting in nature. The neuroticism side of me explains that I am very calm person and I have the ability to withstand stress.

Training to develop new skills so that an employee can expand the range of work they are able to undertake.

I plan to improve at least three skills over the next three years. The skills I am working on include, better time management, communication, and having a stronger teacher voice. I plan to work on these goals throughout my time at York College of Pennsylvania and achieve them by the time I have completed my student teaching, which will be in three years. If I feel a goal has been achieved before I complete my student teaching, I plan to add a new goal, while still focusing on my previous goals to make them even stronger qualities. My personal professional development plan is directed towards helping me become a better teacher to help students learn and reach their full potential. This is by improving my time management, communication, and having a stronger teacher voice.

According to Maxwell and Knox (2009), academics and practitioners have extolled the potential benefits of having a well-managed cooperate brand. They have also acknowledged that corporate branding brings new challenges that cannot be readily addressed within a traditional marketing framework, including a need to ensure that employee behavior is consistently aligned with the company’s brand promise, but previous research has tended to focus on issues related to recruitment. As a result, little is known about how employer branding can actually be used to support the corporate brand. More specifically, researchers have yet to explain what makes an organization’s employer brand attractive to current employees (Maxwell & Knox, 2009).

It has guided me in so many ways in managing my time, to be more confident for example, doing a presentation in front of an audience was something I never saw myself doing and also have gained a few friends in working together in sharing ideas and learning from one another. Especially the first week we had an ice breaker, introducing someone next to you in class whom you never met before that only gave me an insight based on people. Also I have never used library sources before. But have learnt so much how to look for books, how to use Harvard referencing.

Following strengths and weaknesses during this Research I have developed in my self and it is consist of eight part scores are derived directly from the work of my research