QAA Scotland works with the Higher Education Academy (HEA) and Centre for Recording Achievement (CRA) to help higher education institutions in Scotland to implement personal development planning (PDP).
Scottish PDP Institutional Development Programme (ScotPID)
QAA Scotland is working with HEA and CRA on the Scottish PDP Institutional Development Programme (ScotPID). This uses a 'Change Academy' type approach, working with institutional teams on small projects.
Thirteen higher education institutions successfully submitted bids to participate in the programme and a number of these are actively looking at the relationship between PDP and the development of graduate attributes. The projects will produce case studies which should clearly demonstrate, amongst other things, the impact of their project on wider institutional practice.
The programme will run from October 2010 until September 2011.
More information on ScotPID
PDP Toolkit
The PDP Toolkit is designed to help all staff at all levels within institutions to consider, reflect and develop their strategies and policies for the implementation and enhancement of PDP. It achieves this by using a series of self-assessment questions (SAQs) which encourage reflection on the important issues in implementation and development.
The Toolkit was developed for QAA Scotland by Kirsty Miller, Jonathan Weyers, Stuart Cross, Lorraine Walsh and Eric Monaghan of the PDP Consultancy Team at the University of Dundee. In 2011, the Toolkit was extended to include reference to PDP within placement learning and work-based learning.
We are currently building a website to support the Toolkit. This will be available soon.
The Toolkit builds on previous work on the Effective Learning Framework and the Individualised Support for Learners through ePortfolios (ISLE).
Personal Development Plan (PDP) Toolkit
Personal Development Plan (PDP) Toolkit by section
Aspect A: strategy and planning for implementation
Aspect B: model, design and branding
Aspect C: evaluation, review and quality enhancement
Aspect D: promotion and introduction
Aspect E: engaging academic staff
Aspect F: engaging undergraduate students
Aspect G: embedding PDP and the discipline context
Aspect H: assessing PDP
Aspect I: support for reflection and action planning
Aspect J: progression and academic development
Aspect K: benefits for students
Aspect L: employability and employment
Aspect M: linking PDP and continuing professional development
Aspect N: engaging postgraduate students and postdoctoral staff
Aspect O: placement learning
Aspect P: work-based learning
Toolkit Introduction
Toolkit Workshop models
Toolkit Glossary
Toolkit References
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