Create a Professional Development Plan

Learn how to create a professional development plan to track your goals and activities in PEARS.

A development plan helps you organize your professional growth by selecting a focus area, core competencies, and the opportunities or activities that support your goals.

TIP: The red asterisk * next to the heading of a field indicates that the field is required.

1

Navigate to Professional Development

From the PEARS homepage, hover over the Plan menu and click Professional Development.

2

Click Add Development Plan

Click the Add Development Plan button to open the development plan form.

Screenshot: The Professional Development page showing the Plans tab with the Add Development Plan button highlighted

3

Select a Program Area

In the Program Area field, select the program area that represents the focus of your development plan.

4

Select Core Competency

In the Core competency to focus on this year field, select the competency that you want to develop or strengthen through this plan.

5

Select a Reporting Period

In the Reporting Period field, select the reporting period for this development plan.

6

Select Events (optional)

In the Events field, select from approved professional development events that you have registered for or plan to attend. These are events that have been approved through the proposal workflow.

7

Add Other Activities (optional)

If you have development activities outside of PEARS events, click Add Another Activity to add them. For each activity, enter a Name that describes the activity. You can add multiple other activities as needed.

8

Save the Development Plan

Click Save to create your development plan.

Screenshot: The development plan form showing the Program Area dropdown, Core Competency dropdown, Reporting Period dropdown, Events multi-select field with approved events, Other Activities section with Add Another Activity button, and the Save button

TIP: You can update your development plan at any time to add new opportunities or activities as they become available.

NOTE: Only approved events appear in the Opportunities field. If you do not see an event you are looking for, confirm that the event proposal has been approved.