1 / 11

Enhancing Generic Competencies for All-round Professional Development

Learn and apply essential knowledge, skills, and attitudes in leadership, problem solving, and more to excel in various disciplines. Compare your competencies using the SAARD QuestionnaireTM and access personalized ePortfolio for self-improvement. Seek guidance from SAO for a holistic development journey.

mieko
Download Presentation

Enhancing Generic Competencies for All-round Professional Development

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Be an All-round Professional Develop Your Generic Competencies Student Affairs Office

  2. Generic Competencies • Knowledge, skills and attitudes (e.g. leadership, EQ, problem solving) that could be learnt in different ways and transferred/ applied to new situations. http://tcgames. wordpress.com/ From finalfantasy-XIII.net

  3. Be an all-rounder : Why important? • Employers and professional bodies nowadays value professional AND generic competencies.

  4. …helps you Organize various Generic Competencies Framework

  5. To understand how well students develop in Generic Competencies whilst studying at PolyU…, • we compare graduates’ self-ratings to the • SAARD QuestionnaireTM during admission • (pre-test) and graduation (post-test).

  6. Abbreviations of Competencies: CO = Communication PS = Problem Solving CreT = Creative Thinking TW = Teamwork GO = Global Outlook CriT = Critical Thinking CA = Cultural Appreciation LL = Lifelong Learning LS = Leadership EQ = EQ & Psychological Wellness IE = Interpersonal Effectiveness HL = Healthy Lifestyle EN = Entrepreneurship SNR = Social & National Responsibility

  7. Summary of Survey Results – • This group of PolyU graduates had relatively GREATER development in: • CommunicationCreative Thinking • Problem SolvingTeamwork • However, their development in the following 3 competencies was SMALLER: • Social & National Entrepreneurship Healthy Lifestyle • Responsibility

  8. All-round Development Report • If you have completed the SAARD QuestionnaireTM during admission, you may also compare YOUR OWN developmental status along 14 Generic Competencies with other PolyU students. • Just use your student ID # and PIN to login your SPECIAL ePortfolio: www.polyu.edu.hk/sao/special/portal • Then choose “All-round Development Report” from the menu bar on the left >>>>>>>

  9. So what? Extra-curricular • After knowing your strengths in Generic Competencies and room for improvement, you may then follow the path embedded in ePortfolio to develop yourself: E- Portfolio Curricular Co-curricular Record & Showcase Achievement Set Goals & Plans Join Activities to Develop Aim

  10. SAO’s counsellors and advisors will provide guidance and encouragement for the pursuit of all-round development. For enquiries and booking: (By phone) 2766-6800 (Walk in) ST314, 3/F., S Core (Via SAMS) www.polyu.edu.hk/sams Our support Enquiries about the SAARD Survey: (By phone) 2766-4250 (email) saphilip@inet.polyu.edu.hk

More Related