Individual Professional Development

Tips to Help You Prepare Your IPDP

From your perspective…

• What professional contributions have you made to your work department during the past year?
• What are the activities of most worth in my professional life?
• What are my greatest strengths in my professional life?
• What talents and/or capacities do I have?
• Are there any areas in which I can improve?
• Are there any upcoming changes you are aware of (processes, software, equipment, etc.) in your area in the next year? Three years?
• Do I need additional skills and/or knowledge to prepare for these changes?
• How can I best contribute to my work department? To the organization?

Based on the above input,

• If you were to do one thing in your professional life that would have the most positive impact, what would that one thing be?
• What do you need to do this next year to accomplish this? Over the next three years?

From your manager’s perspective….

• What are the requirements of the position?
• Do the individual’s skills match the expectations of the position?
• What are the individual’s strengths?
• What contributions has this individual made to his/her work group the past year?
• Are there any areas for improvement?
• Are there any upcoming changes you are aware of (processes, software, equipment, etc.) in this individual’s area in the next year? Three years?
• Does this individual need additional skills and/or knowledge to prepare for these changes?
• In the overall picture of this individual’s workgroup, are there additional skills and/or knowledge gaps? If so, can this individual play a role?

Based on the above input,

• If you were to recommend one professional goal for this individual that would have the most positive impact for him/her, the department, and the department, what would it be?

This Individual Professional Development Plan has been adapted for SLTATC use with the permission of Fox Valley Technical College.