Development Plan for A Skills Template

development plan for the target skill.

Target Skill :Communication

Specify the skill you are developing this development plan for. (Pick from the 10 Skills we learned about in WRK100. You may want to use a skill that you wrote about in Assignment 1.)

Strengths:

Describe your strengths in this skill.

Areas of Improvement:

Describe areas of improvement in this skill.

Desired Outcome:

Describe your goals around developing this skill during your time at Strayer. Think about what improvement of this skill looks like.

Goal Statement:

positive statement that includes your desired outcome and your imagined preferred future after development.

Practices for Growth:

Describe 2-3 specific strategies that can be used to develop this skill.

Action Steps:

Describe an action plan around developing your skill that includes things you can do now to begin working towards your goal.

What specific actions are needed to acquire knowledge and build upon your skill?

Step 1:

Step 2:

Step 3:

(Add more steps if necessary.)

Potential Obstacles and Challenges:

What barriers do you need to overcome to reach your goal?

What challenges do you anticipate?

Key Supporters:

Identify 1-2 individuals you can check in with, who will provide feedback along the way and act as trusted supporters.

Explain how these supporters will help you meet your goal.

Supporter 1:

Supporter 2:

Supporting University Resources:

Identify 1-2 university resources that can help you meet your goal.

Explain how these resources can help you meet your goal.

Consider the resources you learned about in the weekly Learn pages, including:

Career Center Resources:

Explore

Connect

Prepare

Career Communities

Act

LinkedIn Learning(formerly Lynda.com)

Other Strayer Resources:

Strayer Mobile

Strayer Technical Support

Get Inspired

SOAR Student Assistance

Benefits From Change and Connections to Personal, Academic, and Career Goals:

Connect your goals around skills and identify:

one larger personal goal,

one academic goal, and

one professional goal.

These can be the ones you identified in Assignment 2 or new ones.

How will your personal development of employability skills impact your larger goals?