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Student Personal Development Portfolio and the role of PAAs. Peter Chalk Undergraduate Centre TB2 Sept 2006. Why PDP important for students. To encourage reflection & planning On progress: academic, personal, training, employment, volunteering, leisure Why?
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Student Personal Development Portfolio and the role of PAAs Peter Chalk Undergraduate Centre TB2 Sept 2006
Why PDP important for students • To encourage reflection & planning • On progress: academic, personal, training, employment, volunteering, leisure • Why? • Students long time out of education • Prepare for competing in job market • Ready to discuss key events in university life when they meet their PAA
Certificate Level • Key PDP stages: • Start of course; right choice? Dept policy? • Feedback; HEO assessment, action? • Programme Planning; reasons for choice • Results; plan for reassessment, right course? • Personal statement: achievements/ experience/ performance/ expectation/ action plan
I and H Level • I Level • Employability module; work placement, CV completed? • Programme planning: preparing for graduation/ project • Personal statement; progress on course • H Level • Project: dept info, supervisor, meeting, proposal? • Graduation statement: may be required with transcript; use for reference; use for job applications; relate course to career aims
PAA support for PDP & PDP support for PAA • PAA referrals coincide PDP stages: • non-attendance; work or course related? • module choice; discuss course aims • results; action plan for resits, LDU support? • Ask student about PDP – are they completing it? • PAA use PDP to assist write reference
University PDP Framework • All degree students starting 2004/05 • Web site /ugstudy/pdp or tailored/ customised • PDP linked to core spine modules HEO, Employability, Project • PDP-supporting core modules in alternate semesters • PDP related assessment introduced for 2005/06 starters