unit 1: communication and employability skills for...

Unit 1: Communication

and Employability skillsPERSONAL DEVELOPMENT PLANNING

What a Personal Development Plan covers

Where are you now?

Where do you want to be?

How will you get there?

How well did you do?

Where are you now?

What are you good at?

What do you need to work on?

What help you may need?

What might stop you?

Where do you want to be?

a vision of where you are going in the future,

your aspirations and goals,

the life you want to lead

the levels of personal investment you are prepared and able to make.

know what drives your goals

be honest with yourself and your capabilities

define milestones along the way

set short, medium and long term objectives

How will you get there?

the actions needed to achieve these goals

the success criteria to tell whether you have achieved

your goals

any necessary resources required e.g. time, finances

feasible timescales to achieve the objectives

SMART or not SMART?MAKING TARGETS FOR YOURSELF

What is a SMART target?

S Specific (avoid creating a broad subject)

M Measurable (you can tell when you’ve completed it)

A Achievable (you’ve got to be able to do it!)

R Relevant (it should be something you feel you could do better in)

T Time-bound (you have to add in a deadline)

Planning and Setting Personal

Targets

If you plan your

personal targets well, your chances

of achieving them

will be greater.

Setting personal targets can be used for trying to

achieve different goals,

large or small, not just for

the big things in life.

You may have some long-term targets you

want to achieve.

To achieve these, you may need to meet

a series of short-term targets first.

You may need to plan how

you're going to achieve your

personal targets.

Writing a plan

helps you find

the best way

of achieving

your targets.

SMART or not SMART?

Which of the following targets are SMART?

Target 1:

“I want to learn more French vocabulary” Not SMART – no

level of how much vocabulary to learn

and no date to assess.

Target 2:

“I aim to attempt to answer 2 questions in every lesson.”

SMART – very specific area, easily assessed and time limit has been set.

This would help

your ‘Behaviour

for Learning’ level

and your overall

achievement!

What is the point of a SMART target?

It gives you something to aim for

You can choose something in particular to focus on

You can see how you are progressing and what you need to do to improve

If you stick to it…you will achieve!

Improve the presentation of your work. Attempt to answer 2 questions in every lesson

Always ask for help if you do not understand something Complete all tasks when set.

Follow exactly all written and spoken instructions. Be fully equipped for all lessons.

Listen carefully to other students. Do not interrupt the teacher

Stop shouting out in all lessons. Make only positive remarks about other people and their work.

If you have nothing positive to say, say nothing at all. Begin all tasks as soon as they are set.

Try to do all tasks before asking for help. Use your diary to record important dates and information relating to the course

Do your own work, do not copy or download. Make more time to prepare for class

Use full sentences in all answers. Develop a ‘can do’ attitude to my work.

Title, Date and Underline all work. Make more time for Homework

Need some help? Are these relevant for you? From the list of targets below, pick 3 and work on them to turn them into SMART targets.

How well did you do?

reality turns out to be different

Did the activities met your expectations and

requirements as planned?

on-going and changing

keep reviewing and updating your goals

Tasks

List your background qualifications

Background Qualifications

What do skills do your extra-curricular activities help to build?

Extracurricular

Assess your strengths

Strengths

What do you need to improve on?

Improvements

Assess your key skills

Skills audit

More tasks

What do you want to achieve at college/university?

Academic goals

What do you want to achieve in employment?

Career goals

Are there things you want to do outside of education and employment e.g. run a marathon

Personal goals

What work experience do you have?

Work experience

Who will vouch for you?

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