My Interpersonal and Written Communication Skills

PDP Evaluation

Introduction

I created a personal development plan (PDP) to try and improve my work and assignments in school. In my PDP I outlined my strengths and weaknesses, and for my strengths I made a plan on what I could do to maintain that it stays as a strength, for my weakness I made a plan on how I could improve my weaknesses. I also kept my PDP up to date by writing up about each strength and weakness 6 months after creating it to say how I was getting on with improving and maintaining my strengths and weaknesses.  

Strengths

One of my strengths was spreadsheet, because I was able to work well with formulas and create tables. To maintain my strength in spreadsheet I would of had to learn more formulas off by heart and to get more practice by turning information at home into spreadsheet. I was successful in doing this and was able to maintain my skill in spreadsheet. I was successful because I know more formulas and I can do it much faster and slicker, I am also much tidier as well.

Another strength was time keeping I was very good at getting to school on time and did not miss many days, I was always able to bring work in before the deadline and it was of the best of my ability. To maintain this strength I would have had to keep all deadline dates in a dairy so that I know what work has to be handed in and what date and I would have had to split work up over the duration of the amount of time that was given, so that it is not rushed. I was successful in handing in work before the deadline, but I have been unable to get to some classes on time. I was successful in handing in work because I have not missed a single deadline date, but I have been un successful in getting to class on time because I have arrived to some classes 5 minutes late or even 10 minutes late.

My third strength is that I am a hard worker, I can sit in peace and get on with my work and complete it to the best of my ability. To maintain this strength I would have had to keep up to date with work and not to let it pile up. I was successful in maintaining my hard work and I know this because I have kept my work up to date and handed in work before the deadlines and to the best of my ability.   

Weaknesses

One of my weaknesses was that I was not a fast enough at typing. To improve this weakness I would have had to improve my typing speed by practicing as much as possible even at home. I was able to increase  my typing speed but not fast enough, I am faster than I was but I still need to get faster. I was unsuccessful because I needed more practice. To improve my typing speed  I would have to practice even more, I would have to try and type everything instead of writing so that I can get more practice and hopefully increase my typing speed.

Another one of my weaknesses was self motivation, I found it difficult to get motivated to do work once I started I could work hard but getting started was hard. My goal was get more motivated to do work and I would do this by using different methods so I don’t get sick of doing the same method all the time. I was successful in fixing this problem and I find it much easier to motivate myself. I know this because any work I am given I can start it and work through it no problem    

My final weakness was organisation, in my previous schools I was not very organized, my bag was very untidy and finding work was difficult. My goal was to become more organized and to keep all my work in files on the computer. I was successful in doing this and my work is much tidier and much easier to find. I was able to do this by keeping my working in folders on the computer, I would have a folder for each subject and for each subject there would be two separate folders, one for class notes and one for assignments.

If I have any goals that I need to achieve in the future, I will now know how to achieve them, I think that a personal development plan is a good, and effective way of outlining strengths and weaknesses and coming up with ways to improve them. In the future I will use a person development plan to improve my work.

For certain strengths and weaknesses my learning style did help to improve. My learning style is kinaesthetic so it helped to improve such things as trying to speed up my typing, because you are actually doing it so that is why it is kinaesthetic.