Personal and Professional Development

1. 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

2. 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).

3. Personal and Professional Development

4. 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

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

6. Personal and Professional Development File • Learning Plan • Self evaluation • Setting (and adapting) goals and priorities • Reflective Commentary • Reflection on Learning and progress • Evidence Base

7. 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.

8. 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

9. 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

10. Outline of Unit – Level 1

11. 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/

12. 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@rave.ac.uk 020 8289 4966 Pauline Taylor p.taylor@rave.ac.uk 020 8289 4957 Laura Bell laura.bell@rave.ac.uk 020 8289 4965 Yvonne Halloran y.halloran@rave.ac.uk 020 8289 4965