PDP

From the second semester of the first year until your final semester, you will write and deliver a personal development plan (PDP) for every semester. The deadlines for this academic year are given in the Year Planning (on the Download page). You can also find the guidelines for writing the PDP on the Download page.

The PDP is a tool to support your development. It is a written document for continuously planning and directing your competency development by formulating goals based on your reflection on learning experiences. A PDP is not a fixed document; you can update it along with your development.

Formulating goals provides your learning with a direction and makes it possible to evaluate and monitor your progress. In general, goals need to be meaningful and relevant for your competency development. Also, goals need to be formulated as concrete as possible. A tool to formulate goals effectively is SMART. You can find more information about SMART goals in the PDP guidelines.

The professional idenitity and vision that you develop and refer to in your PDP becomes your point of reference and gives a specific focus when performing learning activities during the semester. You will use your PDP as a tool to direct your long-term (professional identity, vision, expertise areas) and short-term development (learning objectives in a course or project). Based on the long-term and short-term goals in your PDP various learning activities are selected and what you want to achieve in a particular activity is made concrete. 

It is important to discuss the content of your PDP with your teacher coach. It is also the assessor’s point of reference when he or she assesses your overall development and growth as a designer at the end of your bachelor program.

Bring a printed version of your PDP to your teacher coach meeting and by email if requested. You will also upload your PDP in the PDP assignment on your squad's Canvas page (second and third year bachelor students) or on the DPB100 Project 1 Design Canvas page (first year bachelor students).