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  Developing an effective professional development program takes a lot of comprehensions and requires fundamentals from many different areas. The challenge that PD sessions usually have are that comprehension of the essentials that go into a productive PD seminar. The essentials of effective professional development can be organized into six imperative components: integrated goals, assessment, preparation, embedded-ness, the ongoing cycle of learning, and culture (Rast, 2014). The first component is incorporating all of the agency and personal goals into one prioritized general goal set. The second section is the ongoing assessment this includes fidelity, process and outcome data, employee self-assessment and input from others. This assessment is the foundation for the third component: wraparound style plans developed collaboratively with the manager/supervisor (Rast, 2014). These strategies have goals and short-term purposes which are regularly evaluated, reflected on, and are the root for ongoing modification of the proposal. The fourth component focus on the whole professional development process being embedded in job responsibilities, agendas, and events. The fifth component is developing the whole procedure as an ongoing cycle of learning, performance improvement, and individual development. Professional development involves alterations in attitude and principles based on experience using ongoing learning opportunities (Rast, 2014). And as stated by Dr. Jim Rast, in his article, “The final component is that the professional development system is an integral part of the learning organization expectations, structure, and process. An agency environment that provides a positive climate and support for learning – including a focus on professional development, coaching, peer-to-peer learning, team learning, and time to practice and reflect – is a primary determinant of the success of staff development, staff engagement, and staff retention” (Rast, 2014). Most people think about professional development as training sessions, but they are actually lessons for growth and expansion in the business world.
            Reframing the PD seminars or sessions will get people intrigued to attend instead of being forced. Some people view the professional development session as a mandatory training session that is boring and won’t help them expand in the workplace. A way that can help reframe this session is making sure that everyone contributes to the session; you can teach, and others can put in their opinions as a teaching mechanism as well; to see the different point of views. Another way is to make everyone feel welcomed. Everyone should be respected for what they know and for what they bring to the development process. The PD sessions should be designed so that people feel intelligent and simultaneously stretch themselves to become superior (Zuieback, 2012). Besides all the interaction and deliverance of information in a productive, fun, enthusiastic way—a form of feedback from the trainees should be established so you can see if they have learned something about themselves as well as the seminar. Referring to the “How do you create a compelling professional development session?” article, the author explains, “Training needs to be engaging and exciting. Just about the easiest way to do this is to design the training with multiple ways in which people learn about themselves. This can be done through inventories, questionnaires, feedback and through conversation processes. Professional development should always provide direct opportunities for knowledge and professional development and personal growth” (Zuieback, 2012). If I had a PD seminar, I would make it as fun as a possible—flamboyant and interactive session, with an intelligent, people-friendly, enjoyable spokesperson, and stupendous refreshments.





Works Cited

Rast, J., Dr. (2014, May 28). The Components of an Effective Professional Development Process. 
Retrieved from http://vroonvdb.com/the-components-of-an-effective-professional-
development-process/

Zuieback, S. (2012, October 26). How do you create a compelling professional development 
session? Retrieved from https://stevezuieback.com/blog/how-do-you-create-a-
compelling-professional-development-session/

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