Write a, three-part Professional Growth Plan in which you focus upon the following areas of personal and professional growth:

Part 1: Content Knowledge and Resources

Select at least two (2) of the professional organizations, grant opportunities, and / or virtual learning communities that you have researched, and analyze the manner in which you would utilize the organizations you selected to support your continued professional development.

Predict at least three (3) issues that you believe will be of particular significance within the next decade, or choose three (3) remaining questions that you ponder which relate to both the theme of your portfolio and your current or prospective work environment.

Select one (1) of the issues or questions you identified in relation to your theme and work environment, and construct an annotated bibliography of at least five (5) print and non-print resources to consult in the future.

Part 2: Competencies

Develop a plan for continued information literacy development as part of your personal and professional growth plan. Your plan must include, at a minimum: Three to five (3-5) information literacy goals, Potential means (e.g., organizations and resources that you may utilize) to achieve the information literacy goals , Relevant strategies for applying the literacy skills in educational / work environment. Create an action plan geared toward both building upon your personal and professional strength(s), which you identified previously in Journal Entry #6, and toward improving your weaknesses related to your portfolio theme. Your plan must include, at a minimum: Three to five (3-5) goals, Three to five (3-5) key steps that you plan to take for further evaluation and continuous improvement, Potential means (e.g., organizations and resources that you may utilize) to achieve these goals , Relevant strategies for applying the plan in educational / work environment

Part 3: Reflective Activities

Ascertain whether or not you met the reflection goal that you established in Week 3 of this course. Analyze the significant way(s) and extent to which the process of reflection caused you to become a more reflective practitioner. Propose two to three (2-3) measures that you would use in order to strengthen your reflective process. Provide a rationale to support your response.Propose two to three (2-3) ways that you would apply continued reflective activities within your current or prospective work environment. Provide at least one (1) example of such application to support your response.