Participate in Professional Development Activities

What is professional development and why is it important

As you grow in your career remember that no one is born
BRILLIANT at their job
Every successful person has been learning and working at their
skills for a longest time
It’s a work in progress
The professional world is becoming increasingly competitive and is
constantly changing
So professional development and continuing learning is more
important than ever in being successful in achieving career goals

1. Development opportunities suitable to personal learning style/s

are selected and used in accordance with continuous support of
learning and maintenance of current professional practice/s

Personal development skills can be soft or technical skills. Select which

skills to develop by performing a self-analysis on your areas for
improvement and necessary skills to advance in your career or industry.
Focus on transferable skills that make you a competitive candidate in any
job.

Personal development is the ongoing act of assessing your life goals and values
and building your skills and qualities to reach your potential. They can
contribute to your maturity, success and satisfaction. Many people strengthen
their personal development skills throughout their lives to better themselves
and reach their goals. They can do this through education, advice from a
mentor, self-help and more.

Apply learning style

Professional development for teachers/trainers may include college-level
coursework, seminars, conferences or online classes. The best
opportunities for teacher continuing education are those that interest you
personally and offer worthwhile information and ideas to enhance your
performance in the classroom.
 2. Professional networks are participated in accordance with
continuous support of learning and maintenance of current
professional practice/s.
A professional network service (or, in an Internet context, simply
professional network) is a type of social network service that is focused
solely on interactions and relationships of a business nature rather than
including personal, nonbusiness interactions.
A strong professional network can help you in a job search and make
important career moves.0

The best way to open yourself to business opportunities is through

professional networking. It helps you meet prospective clients, get
ahead in a competitive job market, and gain better access to career
resources. Keep in mind that to build connections successfully, you need
to have the right knowledge and skills

3. Own performance and professional competency is continuously improved

through engagement in accordance with professional development activities
Continuing professional development, or CPD, is the ongoing process of
developing, maintaining and documenting your professional skills.

These skills may be gained formally, through courses or training, or informally,

on the job or by watching others.

The definition recognises that development can be provided in many ways,

ranging from the formal to the informal

4. Technology is used to maintain regular communication in accordance with

relevant networks, organizations and individuals.
Technology has the ability to enhance daily living from appliances to
mobile devices and computers, technology is everywhere. ... In the rise of
digital communication, technology can actually help communication skills
because it allows people to learn written communication to varying audiences
Technology has the ability to foster better communication skills, not hinder
them Aiming to stray as far away from it as possible will only hinder someone
from advancing themselves in their learning abilities and in society overall.

Technology and communication are not mutually exclusive. In the rise of

digital communication, technology can actually help communication skills
because it allows people to learn written communication to varying audiences.
With technology being a standard in most office work environments, employees
and managers have to learn ways of communicating in-person at meetings and
during daily work routines, but also making sure they are updated on any
company announcements via email or digitally posted.

What used to be written memos, are often now online blog posts to the
company site or a newsletter sent to employees. It’s crucial that people
understand the importance of emailing as it is often considered just as
important as telephones in a method of contact information.

NEED TO ADJUST to THE LATEST trends:

Reflect on and evaluate professional practice

5. Developments and trends impacting on professional practice are

researched and integrated in accordance with work performance
employers who offer their employees professional development opportunities
experience higher retention and engagement. Especially when engagement is
low, retention is positively affected by having these opportunities to reduce
turnover
Doing action research helps Trainers to grow professionally, and to show how
they are extending their own professional knowledge. ... Action research and
professional development help to create better Trainers and trainees, which
should be of great importance to both learners and the educators themselves

6. Feedback from colleagues/clients is used to identify and introduce

improvements in accordance work performance
Feedback can encourage team members to complete goals and objectives..
Receiving feedback from their own peers helps employees understand their
performance better and helps them create a strong culture of frequent
feedback in the team. This practice allows team members to understand each
others' strengths and weaknesses better and collectively work towards
improving the team productivity
What are the types of employee feedback?

 Positive feedback - the big and small signals of ‘keep doing that - it’s
great work’ are a necessary part of feedback cultures. You must be able
to celebrate successes and cheer each other on . Use positive feedback to
build upon existing good behaviors and to stretch to new heights.
 Negative feedback - these are the ‘stop that’ signals . When negative
feedback is objective and specific to behaviors and the impacts of those
behaviors it can help people self-correct. When negative feedback is
subjective or about a person instead of their work it becomes
unproductive criticism
 Constructive feedback - could be described as a bit of ‘stop that and
start this’ - it is about ‘building’ - and focuses on agreeing to solutions
for the future.

Formal vs informal employee feedback

Formal feedback includes:

 Employee performance conversations (e.g. annual performance reviews)

 Formally scheduled or highly structured meetings/events
 Regular one-on-one conversations between employees and managers
 Some types of employee surveys (e.g, employee engagement
surveys, 360° or multi-rater assessments, employee lifecycle
checkpoints, training measurements)

Informal feedback comes in other settings, such as:

 Casual interpersonal interactions (e.g., water cooler chats)

 In-the-moment conversations or recaps
 Group-based settings like lunch & learns
 Events that are peer-to-peer or employee-to-manager
 Events that are requested or unsolicited
7. Innovative and responsive approaches for improving professional practice
are identified and used in accordance with continuous support to improve
techniques and processes.

(of a product, idea, etc.) featuring new methods; advanced and original.
"innovative designs"
 (of a person) introducing new ideas; original and creative in thinking.
"an innovative thinker"

Professional development in the 21st century gives educators the tools and

skills to stay modern with the needs of students and allows them to plan
ahead for changing trends in education. ... This also involves reflecting on
strategies that are most effective in increasing student and faculty
performance.Set 17, 2019

8. Records, reports and recommendations for improvement are managed

in accordance with the organization’s systems and processes
An organization's records preserve aspects of institutional memory. In
determining how long to retain records, their capacity for re-use is important.
Many are kept as evidence of activities, transactions, and decisions. Others
document what happened and why.[3] The purpose of records management is
part of an organization's broader function of governance, risk management,
and compliance and is primarily concerned with managing the evidence of an
organization's activities as well as the reduction of risk associated with it.
[4]
 Recent research shows linkages between records management and
accountability in governance.[5]
identifying, classifying, and storing records. coordinating access to
records internally and outside of the organization, balancing the
requirements of business confidentiality, data privacy, and public access.
identification and maintenance of records per a specified retention period.

Examples performance evaluation some companies every quarter

Example 2: promote ng isa EE tsek nla s HR 201 file ng EE history ng mga
evaluations / memos/ sanctions