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Professional Development Plan

The Professional Development Plan (PDP) is meant to serve as a guide for the new graduate after completion of the program. The Professional Development Plan is designed to demonstrate candidate knowledge and skills related to the five AECT standards. Candidates reflect upon each of the five standard areas, recognize their personal strengths and weaknesses, and determine how they will go about continuing their development in the near future. For the Professional Development Plan candidates write a paper with specific goals for each standard (design, development, utilization, management, and evaluation), demonstrating their understanding and applicability of the standards.

This PDP should result in a three-to-five page personal. Candidates complete and submit the worksheet below along with their narrative.

The PDP is due at the end of the program, usually after completing the internship. It should be submitted to your advisor with your paperwork for graduation.

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The Professional Development Plan (PDP) is meant to serve as a guide for the new graduate after completing the degree program, reflecting the depth and breadth of the candidate as a self- evaluation and an awareness for future growth. It should also reflect the AECT standards for educational technology and the practical performance requirements found or anticipated in the workplace.

Candidates will complete the worksheet below to begin work on the PDP. The candidate will then use those notes to prepare a three-to-five page personal professional development plan covering the areas where the candidate sees a need for continual development, spots an area of weakness, or recognizes a strength that might lead to a specialization that makes the candidate a leader in the field. There should be at least one specific objective for each of the five main domains. Complete details on the domains and sub-domains can be found from the AECT SPA website at http://ncate.org/public/programStandards.asp?ch=4#AECT

Professional Development Plan Worksheet

Domain Domain Overview Candidate Notes

Design Candidates demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and dispositions to design conditions for learning by applying principles of instructional systems design, message design, instructional strategies, and learner characteristics.

Development Candidates demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and dispositions to develop instructional materials and experiences using print, audiovisual, computer-based, and integrated technologies.

Utilization Candidates demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and dispositions to use processes and resources for learning by

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Management Candidates demonstrate knowledge, skills, and dispositions to plan, organize, coordinate, and supervise instructional technology by applying principles of project, resource, delivery system, and information management.

Evaluation Candidates demonstrate knowledge, skills, and dispositions to evaluate the adequacy of instruction and learning by applying principles of problem analysis, criterion- referenced measurement, formative and summative evaluation, and long-range planning.

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