This document outlines steps for professional development. It recommends setting goals in areas like language skills, organization, and teaching methods. Specific actions are proposed like using a calendar, seeking information online, and practicing hobbies. It also suggests evaluating one's skills and weaknesses, being open to changes in one's field, and making a record of accomplishments. Working as part of a team and enjoying one's work are also emphasized as important for professional growth.

1. My own
professional
development
©Diana Monzón

2. 1. Developing action skills
 To improve your professional development, it is
important to have in mind those things that we
want to reach. In other words, we have to set our
goals, how we want to see ourselves in the future.

3. I would like to…
 Increase my willpower.
 Be more responsible.
 Be more dinamic and positive.
 Be more creative.
 Learn another languages and be fluent
and accurate.

4. I have to…
 Teach with new methods, focused on
technology.
 Be more organized.
 Be more punctual.
 Accomplish my commitments 100 %.
 Take it easy. Stress is not healthy at all!

5. Simple actions (I will…)
 Write down all my tasks and events on a
calendar or agenda.
 Look for information and effective tips
and ideas(on books, Internet, etc.)
 Download apps, read books, watch
movies and take classes of the languages
I want to learn.

6. (I will…)
 Establish time to do every activity by
giving priority to the most important ones.
 Think about my goals and take
responsibility to anything that will help me
to reach them.
 Keep on practicing rock-climbing, and
hiking. Also, I will take a break, read a
book and enjoy nature.

7. 2. Set long terms
goals first
 Am I giving my 100 % at work?
 Am I satisfied with my achievements?
 Do I have the “calling” on what I do?
 Am I applying new ideas on what I
perform?
 How much creative and efficient I
describe myself?
 Is there anything I must change?
 Am I working just for the money?

8. 3. Technical knowledge
 It is necessary to learn as much as we
can. Everyday, the society demands
people with excepcional knowledge and
professional skills. We cannot stay in the
same thing we know since we got
graduated from High School.
“Everyday is an opportunity to learn something
new and useless.” -Josh Stern

9. 4. Developing actions-steps (Concrete
steps to improve as a professional)
 Set your goals, the ones that will help you
to become a professional.
 If it is time to change something in your
life, change it.
 Drop those things that do not help you to
improve.
 Move forward. Hard situations will
appear on your life, but you cannot
stay in there all the time.

10. 5. Make a record of you “pinnacle
moments”
 Create either a digital or physical album
of photos about those moments that
made you feel proud of yourself.
 Your work, recognitions, trips, and all those
special events along your life.
 Intrinsic motivation is important!

15. 6. Evaluate yourself
 Evaluate what are your current skills and
your strengths as well as your weaknesses
in your career or professional development.
 Work especially with the limiting factors by
pursuing academic degrees, certification
programs or self-developing courses.

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17. My weaknesses

18. 7. Explore context
 This section consists in realize all the
changes surrounding us.
 Here, we decide how to act about it. It
can be the way we talk, we think, or the
way we look at different things.

19. 8. Be ready for changes
 Your school, and your work are changing.
You have to be updated and apply all
the new information and ideas you got
into your work.

20. Be ready for changes.
 There many projects where you can help
in order to see what is happening around
you. This will help you to be outstanding in
every area.

21. Be ready for changes.
 Do not be afraid to take as much
opportunities as possible!

22. 9. Make a list of your skills and how to
put them into practice
Skill Opportunities to apply tt
Helpful A student having problems to
understand something.
Eloquent Start a conversation with
someone with fear of speak in
English
Creative Didatic material, projects.
Patient If a student has struggles to
understand any topic.
Responsible Not only in acts, but also in words.
Cheerful Cheer up to someone who I
know is having a hard situation.
Original In strategies, and techniques to
teach.

23. 10. Work in team
 Investigate the Collaborative and
Cooperative skills and work with them.
 Always show your service attitude with
your classmates, family, and coworkers.

24. … be sure you enjoy what you do !