Professional development often refers to skills required for maintaining a specific career path or to general skills offered through continuing education, including the more general skills area of personal development. It can be seen as training to keep current with changing technology and practices in a profession or in the concept of lifelong learning. Developing and implementing a program of professional development is often a function of the human resources or organization development department of a large corporation or institution. This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Continuing education is an all encompassing term within a broad spectrum of post-secondary learning activities and programs. ... Personal development (also known as self-development, self-improvement or personal growth) comprises the development of the self. ... Lifelong learning is the concept that Its never too soon or too late for learning, a philosophy that has taken root in organisations such as the UK Governments Department for Education and Skills. ... This article is about human resources as it applies to business, labor, and economies. ...

Overview

In a broad sense professional development may include formal types of vocational education, typically post-secondary or polytechnical training leading to qualification or a credential required to get or retain employment. Informal or individualized programs of professional development may also include the concept of personal coaching. A blacksmith is a traditional trade. ... Post-secondary education is a form of secondary education that is taken after first attending a secondary school, such as a high school. ... The term polytechnic, from the Greek πολύ polú meaning many and τεχνικός tekhnikós meaning arts, is commonly used in many countries to describe an institution that delivers vocational or technical education and training, other countries do not use the term and use alternative terminology. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... A coach is a person who supports people (clients) to achieve their goals, with goal setting, encouragement and questions. ...

Professional development on the job may develop or enhance process skills, sometimes referred to as leadership skills, as well as task skills. Some examples for process skills are 'effectiveness skills', 'team functioning skills', and 'systems thinking skills'. Some examples of task skills are computer software applications, customer service skills and safety training.

Examples of skills relevant to a current occupation are leadership training for managers and training for specific techniques or equipment for educators, technicians, metal workers, medical practitioners and engineers. For some occupations there is a provision for accreditation tied to "continuing professional education" and proving competence regulated by a professional body. A profession is an occupation, vocation or career where specialized knowledge of a subject, field, or science is applied. ... A technician is generally someone in a technological field who has a relatively practical understanding of the general theoretical principles of that field, e. ... Metalworking is the craft and practice of working with metals to create parts or structures. ... For other uses, see Doctor. ... Look up engineer in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... A professional certification, trade certification, or professional designation (often called simply certification or qualification) is a designation earned by a person to assure that he/she is qualified to perform a job or task. ... Look up competence, incompetence in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

Specific Professional Development requirements in the United States

In the United States, many states have professional development requirements for school teachers pre-kindergarten through grade 12. For example, in New Jersey, state regulations mandate that all active teachers and educational services personnel in New Jersey complete 100 hours of professional development every five years, consistent with the New Jersey Professional Development Standards. In the state of Florida, instructional personnel must earn 120 inservice hours or 2 college courses every 5 years in each area of certification.

Professional development standards are becoming a legislated mandate in a number of states in the USA. In the state of Florida, each district is reviewed every three years to ensure that professional development meets standards in the areas of planning, delivery, follow-up and evaluation.

See also

• Apprenticeship
• Career
• Core competency
  • Competency evaluation
• Induction training
• Mentor
• Organizational Dissent
• Profession
• Vocational education
• Training and development
• Learning & Development

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External links

• The UK Initial Professional Development (IPD) Forum
• Welcome to Professional Development - How 2