Activity 1

1. Below are a list of skills and abilities. Complete an audit of where you are now. Record this in your learning journal/portfolio.

Rate yourself (1=Not very well developed; 3=very well developed)

Skills and Abilities	1	2	3
Self-confidence			✔
Take risks		✔
Organise and plan		✔
Manage Time		✔
Make presentations			✔
Act as a leader		✔
Listen to others			✔
Debate formally and informally		✔
Take notes			✔

Although it is important to identify where we are now, it is not enough to stop there. We need to reflect upon how we can develop the skills where we are less confident and how we can transfer the skills in which we are confident and competent.

Activity 2

Complete the audit below, using the information from the table above.

Recognition	Reflection	Action
Skills already developed	How will I use these	How do I know (evidence)**
Self-confidence	To push forward my ideas even if I have some doubts about their effectiveness.
Make Presentations	To help present my ideas both in a classroom setting or in a group discussion setting.
Listening to others	To help develop my own ideas and to learn new ideas / theories from other people’s experiences.
Takes notes	To note down others opinions to strengthen my own or formulate new opinions

** This section should be completed as you identify when/where/how you have used/developed these skills.

Part B – Activity 1

Recognition	Reflection	Action
Skills not yet developed	How will I develop these	How do I know (evidence)**
Time Management	Planning events more carefully and also planning timescales around those events
Act as a leader	I will try and take a more active leadership roll within my group or whatever setting I am placed in