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Title: The Individual Development Plan IDP: Creation and Sustainability


1
The Individual Development Plan (IDP)Creation
and Sustainability
  • Denise M. Douglas, Ph.D.
  • Associate Dean
  • Rachel Begley, Manager
  • Postdoctoral Affairs
  • Office of Postdoctoral Affairs School of
    Graduate Studies

2
Discussion Topics
  • Why is an IDP important?
  • Postdoc Responsibilities
  • Taking Control of Your Career
  • Next Steps-Developing Your IDP
  • Sample IDP

3
Why is an IDP Important?
  • Helps you to identify both short-term and long
    term goals
  • Milestones along the way can be acknowledged and
    celebrated
  • Serves as a communication tool between postdoc,
    faculty mentor, and others

4
NSF Mentoring Requirement for Postdocs
  • For proposals submitted after Jan 5, 2009 that
    request funding to support postdoctoral
    researchers there is additional information
    required on mentoring activities
  • Mentoring activities include career counseling,
    training in preparation for grant proposals,
    publications and presentations, guidance on ways
    to improve teaching and mentoring, etc.

5
Sigma Xi Postdoc Survey
  • In 2005, Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research
    Society, conducted a landmark postdoc survey
    designed to improve the training and research
    environments for postdocs by providing a better
    understanding of their experiences.
  • Information was gathered from 7,600 postdocs at
    46 American research institutions on such issues
    as pay, working hours, benefits and many other
    factors.

6
Survey Findings
  • Among other things, survey data suggest that
    administrative oversight and structured training
    can significantly enhance the quality of
    postdoctoral experiences and may bring about
    increased research productivity.
  • Research/career plans for postdocs provide a
    framework of accountability and responsibility,
    and indeed, Sigma Xis survey data showed that
    postdocs with such plans were considerably more
    productive than those without.
  • Source Geoff Davis, Principal Investigator,
    Sigma Xi Postdoc Survey

7
Postdoc Responsibilities
  • Obtain the experience necessary to advance in
    your career
  • Contribute through your research accomplishments,
    publications, presentations, etc.
  • Take charge of your own professional development
    actively seek opportunities outside the
    laboratory (e.g. professional development
    seminars and workshops in oral communication,
    scientific writing, and teaching) to develop the
    full set of professional skills necessary to be
    successful for your chosen career.
  •  Communicate!

8
Intentional Change Theory
The Ideal Self
The Real Self
Practicing new behaviors
Strengths where my Ideal Self and Real Self
overlap
Trusting Relationships that help. support, and
encourage each step in the process
Experimenting with new behaviors
Gaps where my Ideal Self and Real Self differ
My Learning Agenda building on strengths while
reducing gaps
Richard E. Boyatzis, 2001.
9
Taking Control of Your Career Self Assessment
  • Ideal Self
  • Real Self
  • Strengths
  • Gaps

10
Self Assessment Ideal Self
  • How you view your knowledge, skills and abilities
  • Values, philosophy, purpose and aspirations (what
    you want out of life)
  • Sometimes based on facts that you collected
    along the way
  • Lack of self-awareness may cause inflation or
    deflation of the ideal self

11
Real Self
  • How others view your knowledge, skills and
    ability
  • Receive this type of feedback through performance
    reviews and other assessment opportunities
  • Seek out feedback from others

12
Strengths/Gaps
  • Strengths where your ideal self and real self
    are similar
  • Gaps where your ideal self and real self are
    different
  • When setting goals, balance is important

13
Defining Goals
  • Meaningful to you
  • Have concrete action steps
  • SMART (Specific, Measurable, Attainable,
    Realistic, Timeframe)

14
Defining SMART Goals
  • Specific be able to answer who, what, where,
    when, why
  • Measurable establish a criteria for measuring
    progress
  • Attainable if it is important to you it becomes
    attainable
  • Realistic Are you willing and able to work on it
  • Timeframe Helps you establish and endpoint

15
Defining Goals
  • Common Roadblocks
  • What if you dont accomplish the goals you
    established?
  • What if I dont like to write things down?
  • Is this really useful beyond my postdoc position?

16
Developing Your IDP
  • Opportunity to create a sustainable document
  • Useful practice in all industries
  • Helps you to articulate to others who may be
    interested (networking tool)

17
Sample IDP
  • Handout Discussion

18
The Office of Postdoctoral Affairs
  • Denise M. Douglas, Ph.D.
  • Associate Dean
  • denise.douglas_at_case.edu
  • Rachel Begley
  • Manager, Postdoctoral Affairs
  • rachel.begley_at_case.edu
  • Nord Hall 6th Floor
  • 216-368-4390
  • http//www.case.edu/provost/gradstudies/postdoc.ht
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