Choosing Professional Development Options
The CSU approach to structuring good development incorporates three key elements:
Experience
There are a number of key strategies that can be used to structure developmental activities from on-the-job experiences. When planning for development needs, it is important to consider how these strategies can be used. These include:
- Secondments (from this link scroll down to Secondments)
- Job rotation and job changes
- Projects
- Committee participation
- Problem solving
- Job experiences and day-to-day tasks
- Special assignments and challenging tasks
- Delegation of responsibility
- Collaboration on tasks
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Exposure
This describes the development that occurs as a consequence of the interaction with others. It is the learning that occurs as a result of exposure to information, feedback and from observing and working with role models. A number of strategies are appropriate here including:
- Forums and networks
- Mentoring
- Coaching
- Shadowing and observing others
- Communities of practice
- Action learning sets
- Knowledge sharing through discussion and dialogue
- 360 degree feedback
- Working with leaders and peers