PPD FOUNDATION DEGREE summer term session 1

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PPD FOUNDATION DEGREEsummer termsession 1

• Jacqui Adams,
• Yvonne Halloran,
• Roger Rees

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Aim of this session is to

• support you in the final submission for the PPD
  assignment
• consider how you might link this assignment to
  finding opportunities (for work placement, career
  options)
• build confidence in using this assignment as a
  basis for effective self promotion
• inform your strategy for surviving and thriving
  beyond this year

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Outcomes By the end of the session you will
have

• ideas on improving your assignment for final
  submission (therefore improving your grade)
• identified puzzles and potential pitfalls
  regarding interview and self promotion
• examples to inspire your final submission which
  focus on depth and connections
• some useful tips on improving your interview
  skills

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A session of 2 halves-

• 1st part looking at the assignment
• 2nd part looking at preparing for interviews

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Learning Outcome 4 ( LO4)

• Collect and present evidence of competencies and
  skills

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An example of a weakness / goal - time management

• Im not very good at time management so I will
  start my assignments earlier
• Good start but now needs to have more depth and
  make connections

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An example of a weakness giving depth and
making connections

• Im not very good at time management and I yet
  know from my research on work placement, from
  talking to xyz and by looking at job descriptions
  on the Skillset website that it is a requirement
  of being an editor to be able to manage time
  effectively in order to successfully meet
  editorial deadlines and work effectively with
  others.( connection) Therefore I will help myself
  by using a wall planner/colour stickers/ask a
  friend to text me each week to keep me on
  target/talk to others about what they do/seek
  advice or support form my peers and tutors in
  order to develop a useful strategy (depth)
• Also I know that it is a requirement for
  successfully running a shooting schedule which is
  a requirement for next years programme when I
  will need to be handing in assignments, doing
  practical work and organising work
  experience/networking (connection)

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Example from Roger

• I want to improve my time management and hand
  everything in on time. I am therefore aiming to
  finish projects ahead of time. This involves
  planning projects more carefully including how I
  will use my time and use to keep on track. I have
  realised that I often think I am doing well with
  a project until near the end, so I dont think
  about time, so I get caught up in less important
  things. I will try to overcome this by having a
  more realistic plan and reviewing it every week.
  Also I will try to choose from my ideas more
  carefully.

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An example of a strength- team work - From Self
evaluation

• I work well in teams
• Good start but now needs to have more depth and
  make connections

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An example of a strength giving depth and
making connections

• I work well in teams - an example was being a
  member of a team of 5 for xyz assignment where
  the objective was to.. The outcome of this
  project was(range). I understand from
  researching my long term career goal to be a
  camera operator through asking questions and
  observing on a recent placement, that team work
  is crucial.( connection) The roles I take in a
  team are sometimes to take the lead and other
  times to be the thoughtful and reflective one,
  asking useful questions. ( depth) An example of
  leading a team was (range) A challenge that I
  found working in a team included where 2 members
  were unwilling to attend meetings- What I
  suggested was(depth)

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Points for improving your submission

• Add more examples (range) and give them more
  depth
• Make connections between your skills/strengths,
  weaknesses to your career goals
• Research career ideas

• Plan clearer and more concrete steps within your
  short, mid and long term goals
• Imagine you are using this as a basis for a CV /
  Interview preparation
• Share with a mate!

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Improving your Reflective Commentary

• I took the role of producer for this project and
  ran 3 productive meetings where roles were
  assigned and ideas discussed and agreed. In
  running meetings I ensured that everyone had the
  chance to put forward their ideas and each one
  was discussed. This wasnt as easy as I expected
  and it helped me to see that listening sometimes
  takes more skill than talking but is a vital part
  of communication. One of the difficulties was
  that everyone had a very different views on what
  we should do and how we should do it. Although
  this was difficult to manage we were able to work
  successfully together. This experience helped me
  gain confidence in working with a range of
  people. My enthusiasm was important in motivating
  the rest of the group and I also kept going and
  worked even harder when things went wrong

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Interviews

• Applying this to interviews

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Challenging interview questions

• In small groups
• Make a note of any questions you think you may
  be asked in an interview that would be
  challenging for you.
• Nominate someone to feed these back to the rest
  of the group when we get back together
• Work together for 10 minutes
• then we will come up with smart answers.

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Everything you wanted to know about interviews
but too scared to ask

• For the next session
• Come prepared with any questions at all about
  interviews that you would like to know.
• You will be asked to write them down on a post it
  note