1. Promote Professional Development
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2. Objectives Explain the importance of personal development.
Identify barriers to personal development
List development opportunities, explaining the strengths and weaknesses of each.
Compare models of reflective practice.
Create your own personal development plan, based on identified needs and learning styles and using SMART goals.

3. Why do we reflect?

4. Reflection - Kolb

5. Reflection - Gibbs

6. Other theories of Reflection
Critical Reflection - questioning our values, assumptions and beliefs .

7. Four lens theory Brookfield Four Lenses (adapted to suit our needs)
Autobiographical
People you support
Peer Perspective
Best Practice.

8. Four lens theory People have a right to vote in free elections.
The next General Election is due on the 7 May 2015 and our provision needs to be ready.

9. Alternative models
There is a high hard ground overlooking a swamp. On the high ground, manageable problems lend themselves to solution through the application of ….theory and technique. In the swamp, messy, confusing problems defy technical solution. The problems of the high ground tend to relatively unimportant to individuals or society at large, while in the swamp are the problems of greatest human concern. (Paraphrased from Schon).

10. Assignment link Compare two models of reflection
Use one of those models to explain how you have learnt from reflecting on your own practice.

11. Continuing Professional Discussion
Brainstorm:
Why is CPD important

12. Group work 20 minutes In your groups discuss
What are the barriers to CPD?
What are the sources of support for CPD, and the strengths and weaknesses of each.
Be ready to feed back.

13. Break

14. Personal Development Plan
What should go in it?
Development Areas
Development Activities
Goals
Targets?

15. SMART GOALS
Specific
Measurable
Agreed
Realistic
Timebound

16. Activities

17. Honey and Mumford

18. Your development areas
Two strategies
Skillset analysis
SWOT analysis

19. Objectives Explain the importance of personal development.
Identify barriers to personal development
List development opportunities, explaining the strengths and weaknesses of each.
Compare models of reflective practice.
Create your own personal development plan, based on identified needs and learning styles and using SMART goals. .