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Your Professional Development Report
Your Professional Development Report is the place for you to tell us about your development experiences and learning, and the way they’ve impacted your practice.
We are also interested in your own and two stakeholders’ perspectives of your strengths and areas for development.
Please note that there are three sections to complete:
Reflection on your learning
Your strengths and development areas
Stakeholder Feedback – to be completed by two stakeholders of your choice
Reflection on your learning
Please note that there are two questions to answer in this section. Please scroll down to ensure that you complete all the required elements.
The bullet points under each question are an indication of what we’re looking for. To give yourself the best chance of success, please ensure you respond to each bullet in your answers.
When we talk about ‘professional development experiences and activities’, we mean any learning you’ve experienced. It could be formal learning such as a webinar or training, or a collaboration session you’ve been a part of at work. It may be something you’ve read, or a discussion with colleagues or your wider network, or collaborating with peers at a conference. Or it could be learning which you’ve had as part of your role, such as leading a new approach to people practice, research, or in-depth learning about new sectors when working with new client organisations.
Describe a range of specific professional development experiences and / or activities you have undertaken recently (within the last five years). What did you learn?
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400 words
How will these development experiences / activities change your professional practice in the future?
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200 words
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