EXP105 Ashford University Week 5 Personal Development Plan Project

Personal Development Plan

[CLOs: 1, 2, 3, 4]

For your final project, you have an exciting opportunity to apply all that you learned throughout this class as you create your own Personal Development Plan. Why a Personal Development Plan? Personal development expert Jim Rohn says, “When you look at successful people, you will almost always discover a plan behind their success. It is the foundation for success” (Rohn, as cited in Valchanova, 2018). To achieve your goals and dreams, figuring it out as you go along is not the most effective approach. A personal development plan helps you identify where you are headed, and how you’ll get there, with specifics and intentionality (Valchanova, 2018).

This final project provides an opportunity to create a workable plan for your academic and career-focused goals. In this Personal Development Plan, you will create professional and academic SMART goals, and reflect on the impact of mindfulness and motivation on achieving your goals. Note that this final project will be uploaded in your Folio and be included as part of your earned points when the assignment is graded. Pay attention to the Folio instructions below and the grading rubric.

Prepare:

Prior to beginning work on this assignment,

• Reflect on what you have learned about yourself as a result of this class.
• View the Week 5 Model Assignment (Links to an external site.).
• Review the grading rubric (Links to an external site.)for this assignment.
• Watch the Personal Development Plan Overview (Links to an external site.)

Personal Development Plan Overview (Links to an external site.)

Write:

To complete your final project,

• Download the Personal Development Plan template and complete each section. Save the completed template to your computer, and upload it to Waypoint for evaluation. Be sure to double-check that it was properly saved and uploaded successfully.

In your Personal Development Plan template, you will complete the following:

• SMART Goals:
  • Write a SMART goal related to your academic development or refinement.
  • Write a SMART goal related to your professional development or refinement.

• Strengths and Skills:
  • List three skills or strengths that can help you achieve your academic development goal.
  • List three skills or strengths that can help you achieve your professional development goal.

• Challenges and Obstacles:
  • Identify two challenges, threats, or obstacles that could get in the way of achieving your academic goal.
  • Identify two challenges, threats, or obstacles that could get in the way of achieving your professional goal.

• Action Plan:
  • Identify three specific next steps to take to achieve your academic goal within your timeframe.
  • Identify three specific next steps to take to achieve your professional goal within your timeframe.

• Support Resources:
  • Identify two resources or supports that could help you achieve your academic goal.
  • Identify two resources or supports that could help you achieve your professional goal.

• Monitoring Progress:
  • Describe one plan, strategy, or tool you will use to monitor or measure your progress toward your academic goal.
  • Describe one plan, strategy, or tool you will use to monitor or measure your progress toward your professional goal.

• Written Reflection:
  • Explain how being mindful of your strengths, skills, and potential challenges or obstacles can impact your personal, academic, and professional growth in a minimum of 200 words.
  • Describe how having grit, integrity, and a growth mindset contributes to your goal attainment in a minimum of 200 words.