RDF Planner Session Slides

8/12/2019 RDF Planner Session Slides

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Professional development

planning using the Vitae RDFand RDF Planner

Jen Reynolds, Partnerships Manager


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Objectives

A recap about PDP and the RDF and how they

can be used to:prepare for one-on-one reviews with your supervisor or principal

investigator about your development as a researcher

identify your strengths and areas for further development

provide a language to evidence your skills to current and future

employers

Ways to make the most of the RDF and RDF

Planner

Vitae, The Careers Research andAdvisory Centre (CRAC) Limited


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Are you engaged in PDP?

PDP is

A structured and supported

process undertaken by an

individual to reflect upon their

own learning, performance

and/or achievement and to plan

for their personal, educational

and career development.



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PDP cycle


REFLECTIdentify

strengths

PLANPlan actions

DOCarry outactions

REVIEWReview

achievements

RECORDCreate portfolio

of evidence

REPORTReport onprogress


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What are the advantages of

PDP?



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Benefits of reflective practice

Reflective practice can lead to deeper levels of

learning (Barrett, 2004) and is a central element of

effective professional development.

Reflective learners are likely to be more self-critical,self-aware, independent in their learning, motivated,

self-managed and open to feedback and different

approaches.

Your level of achievement can be raised by

engaging with reflection (Becta, 2007).References:

Barrett, H. (2004) Electronic Portfolios as Digital Stories of Deep Learning: Emerging Digital Tools to Support Reflection in

Learning-Centered Portfolios. [Online] Available at: http://electronicportfolios.org/digistory/epstory.html

Becta (2007) Impact of e-portfolios on learning. [Online] Available at:

http://partners.becta.org.uk/index.php?section=rh&catcode=_re_rp_02&rid=14007

http://electronicportfolios.org/digistory/epstory.htmlhttp://partners.becta.org.uk/index.php?section=rh&catcode=_re_rp_02&rid=14007http://partners.becta.org.uk/index.php?section=rh&catcode=_re_rp_02&rid=14007http://electronicportfolios.org/digistory/epstory.html


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What makes a successful

researcher?What:Knowledge

Skills

Qualities

Behaviours

Etc

would they exhibit?



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Researcher Development

Framework (RDF)RDF is a framework for planning, promotingand supporting the personal, professional and

career development of researchers

How was it created?

Core of the framework consists of data drawn

from over 100 interviews

Phenomenographic method identified over1,000 characteristics and their variants

Input from experts, specialists and stakeholders

Clustered into the 4 main areas or DomainsVitae, The Careers Research and

Advisory Centre (CRAC) Limited


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www.vitae.ac.uk/rdfVitae, The Careers Research andAdvisory Centre (CRAC) Limited
http://www.vitae.ac.uk/rdfhttp://www.vitae.ac.uk/rdf


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Vitae, The Careers Research and



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http://www.rdfplanner.net/http://www.rdfplanner.net/


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Strengths of the RDF

By researchers for researchers

Use of a common language

National consistency

International competitiveness

Independent resource

Highlights value of developmental opportunities

Supports you to take control



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How the RDF can help you

Personal and professional development

Understand your strengths

Identify areas for development

Set goals

Self-assessment and review

Job applications

Thinking about promotions

Transferable skills

Broadens your view of available career options



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Ive always thought of myself as being quite ambitious, driven

and focussed on what I want, but the framework made me

realise I can have a much larger visions.

It was very good for me to reflect.

I realised that nothing is stopping

me but myself. The sky is thelimit.

Think about staging the

targets; what can I do

smarter, what training do

I need to request and

what do I need someone

else to facilitate so that I

can move forward

I now have a path that I

would like to follow

I would see this [RDF] as abarometer...to give me a bit

more clarity about what areas I

could develop and what might

be most important. Its

something I could keep

returning to

It put career development back into the forefront

of my mind as it can often slip back when youreengaged in what youre doing day to day.

The RDF identified areas for

me that I needed to hone and

really made me think about my

career development. Ive

highlighted things now that I

know I need to do.

What weve always tried

to do with the postdocs

[in Edinburgh] is say

'look this is your career

and its your

responsibility'.

Read it carefully and be

honest about where you

are. You dont always

have to aim for phase 5 -

identify shorter term goals

that are more achievable.

The RDF will encourage me to be

more proactive about my career

development as it provides me with aframework (list of milestones).



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What are your priorities?

Which areas do you consider to be most

important for your immediate

development?

Select ONE domain per groupSort into important and not important

Select top 3 descriptors as a group

Consider which phase most applies to you

right now


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Prioritisation through your

aspirationsIn groups pick a role from the selectionthat you might aspire to

Map the job specification to the RDF

Have you developed these areas

already?

Are there areas you need to work on?

Do these areas match those youpreviously picked?


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RDF lenses


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Articulating your evidence

Why is this important?

Where would you need to

do it?

Which resources wouldyou draw on?

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Articulating your evidence

Pick a descriptor

Articulate skills (STAR)

Encourage better answers

Critical & constructive

feedback

Understandable?

Confident?

Waffle?

Jargon?

Improvements?

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STAR

SituationHow, when, where, with whom?

Task

Describe the situation or the task you

were faced with

Action

What action did YOU take?

ResultWhat results did you

achieve/conclusions did you

reach/learn from the experience?



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Action planning

Where am Inow?

Where do Iwant to be?

Whatsstopping me?

How do I getthere?

How will Imeasure myprogress?

Taking action


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SMART

Specific exactly what you need to achieve

Measurable

includes a quality or quantity measure

Achievable

can be challenging but must be achievable

Realistic

do you have enough resources/time/help to make it happenTimebound

clear end point or timescale given



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What now?


Top tips

Dont wait for anyone else (!), build in time for

you. PDP is YOUR priority!

Use the toolkit weve been through today:

Prioritise areas, discuss, explore and benchmarkwith colleagues

Understand where you currently are, note and

create great examples to use in future

Plan, take action, and reflect! Again and again


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Further information

RDF Planner: www.vitae.ac.uk/rdfplanner

RDF: www.vitae.ac.uk/rdf

RDS: www.vitae.ac.uk/rds

RDF profiles: www.vitae.ac.uk/rdfprofiles

Contact: [email protected]

http://www.vitae.ac.uk/rdfplannerhttp://www.vitae.ac.uk/rdfhttp://www.vitae.ac.uk/rdshttp://www.vitae.ac.uk/rdfprofilesmailto:[email protected]:[email protected]://www.vitae.ac.uk/rdfprofileshttp://www.vitae.ac.uk/rdshttp://www.vitae.ac.uk/rdfhttp://www.vitae.ac.uk/rdfplanner

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