SELF-DEVELOPMENT ON A SHOESTRING

What are your goals?

Promotion Expanded Capabilities

Life-long Learning

Competencies

• KSA’s or KSAA’s • Skills and behaviors that can be observed • What a person is, knows, and does that is causally

related to superior performance. McEvoy et. al 2005 • Situationally-defined performance criteria

• Adaptability • Attention to Detail • Change Leadership • Collaboration • Coaching

• Continuous Learning • Drive for Results • Influence • Initiative • Innovation

Competency Exercise • Negotiation • Organizational Understanding • Planning and Organizing • Problem Solving • Technical Expertise

Critical for success Important Not as important

Skills Inventory

• Adaptability • Attention to Detail • Change Leadership • Collaboration • Coaching

• Continuous Learning • Drive for Results • Influence • Initiative • Innovation

Competency Exercise • Negotiation • Organizational Understanding • Planning and Organizing • Problem Solving • Technical Expertise

http://humanresources.syr.edu/careers/professional-development/performance-partnership/competency-library/

I’m good at this! I’m ok at this. I’m not so good at this.

Now what?

Bridging the Gap

• Cross-training • Informal Learning • Formal Learning

Free or Low-Cost Formal Learning

CPTP

Computer Training

MOOCs

Badges

Badges

Resources URLS

CPTP - http://www.civilservice.louisiana.gov/Divisions/Training/Default.aspx Microsoft Office Training - http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/training/ Adobe - http://tv.adobe.com/ State Library of Louisiana - http://www.state.lib.la.us/public-libraries/training EBR Parish Library - http://www.ebrpl.com/LibraryServices/ProgramsClassesEvents.html Coursera - https://www.coursera.org/ edX - https://www.edx.org/ More MOOCs – https://www.mooc-list.com/ Open Badges http://openbadges.org/ More badges http://www.dontwasteyourtime.co.uk/awards/open-badges-badges-for-learning/