Professional development involves assessing one's skills and attributes at work and setting SMART goals to improve. A personal development plan allows one to identify skills needing improvement and set specific, measurable, appropriate, realistic goals with deadlines. The document provides an example plan for developing short, medium, and long term skills like team working and confidence.

1. By Ajay Sandhu
CONTINUOUS PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT

2. WHAT IS PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
 Professional Development is where a person
assesses their own personal qualities and
attributes at work, and takes action to
improve these, using ‘SMART’ goals.
 A person can monitor their progress to
achieve these goals through a ‘Personal
Development Plan’

3. PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN
 This plan allows a person to identify and assess
their own skills and use ‘SMART’ goals to
improve their skills.
 ‘SMART’ goals are:
 Specific
 Measurable
 Appropriate
 Realistic
 Timed

4. MY PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN
Skills needed to How I will develop Dates Monitoring
develop the skill Development
Short Term:
Medium Term: Team Working
Long Term: Confidence