Personal and Professional Development

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Personal and Professional Development

• Personal Development Planning Process
• What you will learn
• How we will do this
• Personal Professional Development File
• Self Evaluation and Reflection
• The importance of Setting Goals
• Employability Unit

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Personal Development Planning

• Personal development planning (PDP) is a
  structured and supported process undertaken by an
  individual to reflect upon their own learning,
  performance and / or achievement and to plan for
  their professional, educational and career
  development (QAA).

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Personal and Professional Development
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What you will Learn and Do

• Evaluate your own strengths and weaknesses and
  relate these to relevant models, such as learning
  styles
• Develop and set out personal and professional
  goals, that are informed by the models covered
  within the unit
• Evidence your learning and personal and
  professional development by gathering relevant
  material and presenting this in an appropriate
  form

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Personal and Professional Development Planning
Units

• What we offer
• Units run through all terms and levels
• Lectures / Classes / Workshops / Seminars /
  Personal Tutorials
• Learn_at_rave
• What you will do
• Develop your own Personal and Professional
  Development File
• Learning Plan, Reflective Commentary, Evidence

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Personal and Professional Development File

• Learning Plan
• Self evaluation
• Setting (and adapting) goals and priorities
• Reflective Commentary
• Reflection on Learning and progress
• Evidence Base

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Self Evaluation and Reflection

• The greatest unexplored territory in the world
  is the space between our ears O Brien
• People with a high level of personal mastery are
  acutely aware of their ignorance, their
  incompetence, their growth areas
• And they are deeply self-confident Senge The
  Fifth Discipline.

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Reflection

• It is this entire process of reflection-in-action
  which is central to the art by which
  practitioners sometimes deal well with situations
  of uncertainty, instability, uniqueness and value
  conflict. Donald Schon The Reflective
  Practitioner
• One can think reflectively only when one is
  willing to endure suspense and to undergo the
  trouble of searching John Dewey How we
  Think

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Setting Goals Helps Us To

• Understand where we want to go and why
• Find what you are passionate about
• Make things achievable and motivating
• Plan for short and longer term priorities
• Monitor our progress and keep on track
• Be Flexible in how we get to where we want
• Hope can be defined as believing you have both
  the will and the way to accomplish your goals.
  Snyder

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Outline of Unit Level 1
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Employability Unit

• Provides information and guidance on work
  placement, careers, CV and letter writing,
  interview and presentation techniques, and
  setting up your own business.
• Advice sessions by appointment or try dropping
  in! 10am 4pm 1st Floor Office, LRC
• All vacancies and placement information can be
  found at http//intranet.rave.ac.uk/employ/

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Employability Unit

• Starting your course is the beginning of your
  career!
• Only 4 of Ravensbourne graduates (2006) were
  unemployed 6 months after leaving.
• 83 of those working are in subject related
  roles.
• Contacts
• Libby Anson l.anson_at_rave.ac.uk 020
  8289 4966
• Pauline Taylor p.taylor_at_rave.ac.uk 020
  8289 4957
• Laura Bell laura.bell_at_rave.ac.uk
  020 8289 4965
• Yvonne Halloran y.halloran_at_rave.ac.uk 020 8289
  4965