Professional Development Cycle
Professional Development Cycle
Self analysis Understanding your current skills and knowledge and considering where to improve
SWOT analysis Reflect on your own strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats
Current CV and profiles Analysing your current situation in terms of skills and experience
Job role analysis Reflect on skills and knowledge required for current or future job roles and identify areas for development
CILIP PKSB Reflect on skills and knowledge required within profession and identify areas for development
Development planning Planning areas and activities to support professional development
Development plan Regularly updated plan including areas for development, planned activities, intended outcome, and timescale
Opportunities What sort of activities have you been involved in for your own professional development?
Prioritising opportunities Identifying the professional development opportunities with most potential benefit
Alignment with development priorities Will it develop skills or knowledge that is a priority for you at the moment? Could it enable you to develop skills or knowledge that could be of use to you in future? http://www.flickr.com/photos/10687935@N04/5963949378/
Benefits Benefits for you Developing skills Improving knowledge Broadening connections Benefits for your employer Enhance job performance Improved job satisfaction
Your learning style Does the activity suit your learning preferences? Activist Pragmatist Theorist Reflector Honey and Mumford’s Learning Styles
Practicalities Is the time commitment appropriate? Is location suitable? Are there any personal circumstances that may prevent you from participating?
Participating in activities Making the most of your professional development activities
Before Plan what you hope to get out of each activity: Increased understanding? Skill development? Broader network?
During Make notes: Handwritten Typed Visual notes Recorded Review after event to ensure
Self analysis Understanding your current skills and knowledge and considering where to improve
SWOT analysis Reflect on your own strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats
Current CV and profiles Analysing your current situation in terms of skills and experience
Job role analysis Reflect on skills and knowledge required for current or future job roles and identify areas for development
CILIP PKSB Reflect on skills and knowledge required within profession and identify areas for development
Development planning Planning areas and activities to support professional development
Development plan Regularly updated plan including areas for development, planned activities, intended outcome, and timescale
Opportunities What sort of activities have you been involved in for your own professional development?
Prioritising opportunities Identifying the professional development opportunities with most potential benefit
Alignment with development priorities Will it develop skills or knowledge that is a priority for you at the moment? Could it enable you to develop skills or knowledge that could be of use to you in future? http://www.flickr.com/photos/10687935@N04/5963949378/
Benefits Benefits for you Developing skills Improving knowledge Broadening connections Benefits for your employer Enhance job performance Improved job satisfaction
Your learning style Does the activity suit your learning preferences? Activist Pragmatist Theorist Reflector Honey and Mumford’s Learning Styles
Practicalities Is the time commitment appropriate? Is location suitable? Are there any personal circumstances that may prevent you from participating?
Participating in activities Making the most of your professional development activities
Before Plan what you hope to get out of each activity: Increased understanding? Skill development? Broader network?
During Make notes: Handwritten Typed Visual notes Recorded Review after event to ensure