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Employee Development Plan

This learning contract outlines a process for employees to develop individualized learning plans to accomplish professional development goals. It describes how employees will identify goals to be achieved within 6-12 months related to improving job skills or career development. Employees will determine objectives, learning strategies, evidence of accomplishment, verification methods, and timelines. Managers will meet regularly with employees to review progress and evaluate final work. The contract provides examples of learning resources like training, reading, observing colleagues, and interviewing experts. It includes a template for documenting the objective, resources, evidence, verification, and timeline for goals.

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Employee Development Plan

This learning contract outlines a process for employees to develop individualized learning plans to accomplish professional development goals. It describes how employees will identify goals to be achieved within 6-12 months related to improving job skills or career development. Employees will determine objectives, learning strategies, evidence of accomplishment, verification methods, and timelines. Managers will meet regularly with employees to review progress and evaluate final work. The contract provides examples of learning resources like training, reading, observing colleagues, and interviewing experts. It includes a template for documenting the objective, resources, evidence, verification, and timeline for goals.

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LEARNING CONTRACT

PURPOSE AND SCOPE


This learning contract is an agreement that describes how an employee will accomplish his or
her professional development goal(s). This is a self-directed, individualized learning plan
created by the employee in partnership with his or her manager. This agreement allows an
employee to be actively involved in his or her own professional and career development.
PROCESS
Identify at least one goal that can be accomplished within the next six-to-twelve
months.
The goal(s) can be related to:
o Improving job skills related to your current role
Examples: Improving customer service skills, business writing skills,
clinical or call handling skills, etc.
o Career development
Examples: Non-management level employee gaining management skills,
service center employee working on presentation and training skills, etc.
The contract is created by you with support from your manager. You will determine
your learning objective(s), strategy, timeline and evidence of accomplishment. Your
manager will meet with you regularly to review your progress and evaluate your final
work based on the guidelines you developed in your contract.
RESOURCES
Here are some learning resources you can use or feel free to select your own.
Work with a mentor

Read a book or journal article

Listen to best practice calls

Attend a training or conference

Shadow or observe a colleague

Interview an expert

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NOVEMBER 2013
BELITSKUS

EXAMPLE OF LEARNING OBJECTIVE, RESOURCES, EVIDENCE, VERIFICATION AND TIMELINE

Learners
Objective(s)
(What I propose to
learn.)

Learning Resources
and Strategies
(Resource(s)/
experience(s) I will
use to learn this.)

Evidence of
Accomplishment
(How will I know
I have learned
this?)

Verification
(How I will verify I
have learned this.)

Timeline

1. I want to learn
more about alcohol
abuse so I can
improve my
assessment skills.

1. I will attend a
training on alcoholism
diagnosis and
treatment.

1. I will be able to
describe the
typical behaviors,
symptoms, and
treatment options
of alcohol abuse
in a brief (2-page)
paper.

1. I will present the


training certificate of
attendance and a
written summary of
what I learned to my
manager.

1. Due
12/15/13

2. I will interview one


of the Clinical
Managers about best
practices in substance
abuse assessment.

2. I will take at
least one of the
best practice tips I
learn from the
Clinical Manager
and write a brief
summary of how I
could apply this to
my work.

2. Due
1/30/14

2. I will discuss with


my manager my
written summary of
how I can apply what I
learned to my work.

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BELITSKUS

LEARNING CONTRACT
Employee Name:
Employee ID#:
Date:
Manager Name:

Learners
Learning Resources
Objective(s)
and Strategies
(What I propose to
(Resource(s)/
learn.)
experience(s) I will
use to learn this.)

Signature of Employee:

Evidence of
Accomplishment
(How will I know
I have learned
this?)

Verification
(How I will verify
I have learned
this.)

Timeline

Signature of Manager:

*This contract is not binding and may be negotiated at any time by the employee and the
manager.

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BELITSKUS

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