Proactive, personalised and insight generating - the personal development plan for apprentices is a survey that apprentices take at regular intervals throughout their time with us. It helps us understand what apprentices’ needs are.
No one feels confident about all areas of academic and student life at first. It's normal to want to find out more about different aspects of support and to make the most of the services available to them, as and when they need them – which is where the Personal Development Plan (PDP) comes in.
The Personal Development Plan allows apprentices to maximise their success, realise their potential and achieve their goals. The PDP consists of a series of questions to help assess their areas of need, with a bespoke action plan generated once they have submitted their responses.
Apprentices don't have to complete it all in one go, and they can update it at different times during their apprenticeship journey, so their plan grows and develops as they do.
How to complete the PDP
To access the Personal Development Plan:
- Apprentices to log in to their MyAccount (if they haven't already done so)
- select the 'MY SUPPORT' tab from the top of the MyAccount homepage
- select the 'Get what you need: Personal Development Plan' panel
- from here, they will be able to complete the survey questions or update their existing answers and save their changes.
The PDP survey is divided into three sections:
- About you
- Strengths and areas for development
- Your goals.
Each section of the survey contains a series of statements for apprentices to respond to, from 'strongly agree' to 'strongly disagree'. Once they have submitted their responses, they will be able to view their Personal Development Plan. This might include links to helpful resources, or a task to book an appointment with one of our teams.
Apprentices will also be able to see responses summarised in a personal development chart, which is a handy way to see how confident they are in each area, as well as how this might change over time.