Module 1: Personal Development

(Activity Sheet)
Written Assignments

This is a checklist of all the written documents for learners to accomplish. The facilitator will put a tick
mark on the submitted outputs and follow-up on those that have not been submitted yet.

 1.1: Examples of Values, Beliefs and Desirable Qualities

 1.2: My Skills and Qualities
 Session 1 Writing Space: Values, Qualities, Skills
 Session 2 Writing Space: Tree Drawing
 Session 2 Writing Space Continued: Community Map
 1.3 Setting and Achieving Goals
 1.4: Steps to Achieving My Goals
 1.5 How do you learn best?
 1.6 Learning My Way
 Session 3 Writing Space: Relating Skills and Other Learnings to daily life

Activity 1: Introductory Activity & Learner’s Reflection

Read the proverb at the beginning of the module. What does it mean?

Read the objectives of the module. How does the proverb relate to the objectives?
 Learner’s Reflection: Module 1 Personal Development

My experience 1 2 4
I don’t have any I have very little 3 I have a lot of
experience doing experience doing this. I have some experience doing
Knowledge, skills and
this. experience doing this.
abilities this.
May kaunting
Wala akong karanasan ako sa Marami
Kaalaman, kasanayan at karanasan sa paggawa nito. Mayroon akong akong
kakayahan paggawa nito karanasan sa karanasan sa
paggawa nito paggawa nito
Identifying my own
strengths, interests &
challenges / Pagtukoy sa
sariling kakayahan,
interes at mga pagsubok

Setting a goal for

myself / Pagkakaroon ng
sariling layunin sa buhay

Making a plan to reach a goal

/ Paggawa ng plano upang
maabot
ang layunin

Following the steps of a

plan / Pagsunod sa
itinakdang plano

Paying attention to
progress on following
the plan and achieving
the goal /
Pagbibigaypansin sa
progreso ng plano para
makamit ang layunin
Understanding different
ways of learning new
skills and ideas /
Pagunawa sa iba’t ibang
paraan upang
matutunan ang mga
bagong kakayahan at
ideya.

Identifying and using

strategies to help me
learn better / Pagtukoy
at paggamit ng mga
pamamaraan para
mapalawak ang
kaalaman
Activity 2: Values, Beliefs & Qualities

Think about someone you respect and who has served as your role model. (A role model is
someone you look up to and whose behavior you would like to imitate.) What makes that
person so special to you?

 Write down the words that describe the person (e.g. passionate, honest, hardworking, committed,
humorous…).

1. Read  1.1: Examples of Values, Beliefs and Desirable Qualities below. There are so
many values, beliefs and desirable qualities that influence the way people behave! These
are just some examples. Are any of the words you wrote to describe your role model on the
list?

2. Fill in the table. First choose the 5 most important personal values for yourself by marking
an X next to the word under the “ME” column. Then choose the top 5 values for your
family/friends in the next column. Finally, choose what you think are the 5 most important
values to employers.
 1.1: Examples of Values, Beliefs & Desirable Qualities

For each column, choose the top 5 values and mark them with an X

VALUES ME FAMILY/FRIENDS EMPLOYER

Acceptance
Accomplishment
Ambitiousness
Attentiveness
Caring
Cautiousness
Commitment
Communication
Compassion
Creativity
Determination
Devotion
Dignity
Empathy
Enthusiasm
Ethics
Fairness
Focus
Friendliness
Goals
Honesty
Inspiration
Intelligence
Involvement
Loyalty
Optimism
Persistence
Respect
Responsibility
Tolerance

Think about it!

This section encourages you to express your opinions to family and friends about a topic. Start a
discussion with them face to face, via text, chat, or whatever means available and comfortable to
you. It is always great to share your ideas and hear more points of view 

1. How do the values that you have compare to those you think are important to
family/friends and employers?

2. Given what you think employers value, how do you think you should behave at work?

3. Think about the things you do on a regular basis. What values are reflected in your daily
activities?

Sharing is caring

Discuss values, beliefs and desirable qualities with others in your household, neighborhood or
community. Who have been their role models and why? What has been their experience related
to values in the workplace?

Activity 3: We Are All Unique

 Gather a few people nearby and read the following statements. Each person should decide if you
strongly agree, somewhat agree, somewhat disagree or strongly disagree with the statement.

• I believe respect is the most important value. • I want to work in an office.

• I think people should be on time to work. • I like to be a leader.
• Spending time with your family and friends will • I prefer socializing with friends in my
keep you healthy. free time.
• I am a hard worker. • I like action movies.
• I am well organized. • I like to play sports.
• I like to read. • I always respect my elders.
• I want to start my own business. • I am a good problem solver.
• I want to work in construction. • Everybody should be heard.

Share your responses with each other and discuss. What do you notice? Did everybody have the
same responses or were they different?

Continue the discussion with others. Share with each other your thoughts on:

1. Interests
2. Likes
3. Ambitions
4. Perfect leader
5. Principles in life
6. Beliefs
7. Hobbies
8. Talents
9. Person you look-up to as a role model

Activity 4: My Skills and Qualities

Read  1.2: My Skills and Qualities and choose the top 6 skills or qualities that you would like
to use in a job and circle them or write them in your notebooks. Rate yourself for all the 6
skills/qualities that you selected (using the 4 columns in the table). These skills and qualities can
apply to work, to your education, or personal life.

 1.2: My Skills and Qualities

Rate yourself and put an X in the appropriate box.
needs to
 very good Good not so good improve a
lot
Dependable
Patient
Honest
Responsible
Punctual
Courteous
able to work in teams
able to lead others
able to work without supervision
Creative
self-confident
Organized
learn quickly
Hardworking
use money wisely
give advice to people
communicate clearly
make decisions
Write
Supervise
solve problems

 Draw a line down the center of a piece of paper, creating 2 columns. Write Strengths on the
left side and Areas for Improvement on the right side. Look at the 6 items you circled at the
beginning. If you rated yourself as very good or good for a skill/quality, it means it is a Strength.
If you rated themselves not so good or needs to improve a lot, it is an Area for Improvement.
 Answer the following questions after you have completed the worksheet.

1. How did I rate myself in each of the 6 areas that I selected?

2. Which areas were my strengths and which areas do I need improvement in?

3. What skills/qualities can I improve under Areas of Improvement to turn them into
Strengths? How can I do this?

 Choose one of the following activities to do and share with someone in your home or
community:

1. Write an essay. Select three areas for improvement and write about the steps that you will
take to improve oneself.

2. Choose an object that represents yourself and write how that object relates to your skills
and qualities.
 Session 1 – Writing Space
Use this space to complete any of the written assignments above or write any thoughts or ideas that
have come to mind on values, qualities and skills.

Activity 5: Introduction & Process for Setting and Achieving Goals

Think about the values and skills you identified in the last activity. How can you apply these
values and skills to your future?

 Go to the writing space at the end of Session 2. Draw a large tree that includes the roots, trunk,
major branches, smaller branches, leaves, flowers and thorns.

 Write two short term goals and two long term goals. Use the information and examples
to make sure they are SMART. Share them with someone in your house or community.
Short Term Goals: Long Term Goals:

1. 1.

2. 2.

Select one of your goals and think about:

- What steps do I need to take to reach my goal?

- What abilities and experience do I already have that I can use?

- By when do I need to achieve each step?

- What do I need to achieve each step? Skills, capital, people’s support…

 Fill out the table in  1.4: Steps for Achieving My Goals that will lay out the steps you need to
take, the time frame for each step and the resources you need to be able to carry out each step.

Let’s Exercise!

Read the statements one by one and decide if the goals are reachable or not reachable. Circle your
answer per statement. Then, beside the statements you selected as not reachable, edit the statement
to make it reachable.

For example:

I will be the first Filipino to go to outer space. reachable or not-reachable

_____________________________________________________________________

I will become an SK leader in 5 years. reachable or not-reachable

_____________________________________________________________________
1. I will become a painter someday. reachable or not-reachable
______________________________________________________________________

2. I will earn more money for my family. reachable or not-reachable

______________________________________________________________________

3. I will learn to cook adobo by next week. reachable or not-reachable

______________________________________________________________________

4. I will work in Jollibee this summer. reachable or not-reachable

______________________________________________________________________

5. I will buy my parents a house when I grow older.

reachable or not-reachable
______________________________________________________________________

1.4: Steps for Achieving My Goals

Goal in 1 year from now: By When: What do I need?:

Steps:

1.

2.

3.

Activity 6: Mapping Workplaces in your Community

 Write down some examples of different workplaces in your community.

 Let’s Apply!

Before we go to any workplaces or talk to anyone, we

need to identify the places where we can go. Often,
there are workplaces right in front of us that we do not
even think about.

Now you will draw a map. You will draw your local community.

Go to the writing space at the end of Session 2. Start by

drawing the main roads and the small roads. On your
map, add all of the businesses you see – large, small,
formal and informal. If you are able, go outside to look
and see to help you do the drawing.

Think about the mapping process. What did you learn about your community?

In what workplaces would you like to do observations or talk to someone?

Which workplaces are related to your personal goals?

 Let’s Exercise!

Let’s count jobs! You have 15 minutes to count how many jobs you can see. (For example
shopkeeper, bank teller, security guard.) If you are able to leave your home, walk around your
community and write down all the jobs you see. If you cannot, do it from memory.

Total number of jobs:

Activity 7: Session 1 & 2 Review & Application – Values, Skills, Goals & Planning

Think about all the main topics you have covered since the beginning of the module. What have
you learned so far?

 Continue identifying your goals and the steps to reach them. You may have a long term goal that
requires reaching several small term goals to achieve it. Use the template in 

1.4: Steps for Achieving My Goals to continue planning. You can use the Writing Space at the
end of the module if you need more room.
Another option, if you are feeling creative, is to create a collage of cutouts (pictures, words)
from old magazines and newspapers that represent your goals and the steps you need to take
to reach them.
 Session 2 – Writing Space

Use this space for your tree drawing.

 Session 2 – Writing Space Continued

Use this space for your community map.

Activity 8: Learning Style Assessment

Think about a time when you learned something new. How did you learn it? Were you alone or
with other people? What helped you to learn? What was challenging in the process?

 1.5: How Do You Learn Best?

Put check marks next to the items that apply to you.

Listening
 I like to listen to people talk about things.
 I usually remember what I hear.
 I learned more in school by listening to the teacher's explanation rather than by
reading the textbook.
 I prefer listening to the news on the radio than reading the newspaper.
 I prefer that someone tells me about a meeting than reading an announcement.

 Observing/Seeing
 I get pictures in my head when I read.
 I remember faces better than I remember names.
 When I have to concentrate on spelling a word, I see that word in my mind.
 I remember what pages in a book look like.
 I remember events in the past by seeing them in my mind.

 Doing
 It's hard for me to sit still and study.
 I prefer learning by doing something with my hands than reading about that same thing in
a book.
 I like to make models of things.
 When I see something new and interesting I usually want to touch it in order to find out
more about it.
 I prefer going out with friends than staying home and reading a book.

 Writing
 I write down things that I need to remember.
 I make fewer mistakes when I write than when I speak.
 I like it when people explain something to me by writing down the main points.
 When I read, I take notes to better understand the ideas I've read.
 After I take notes, I rewrite my notes to remember better.
 Reading
 I like to read in my free time.
 I usually remember information that I read better than information that I hear.
 I prefer reading the newspaper than watching the news on TV.
 I can learn how to put something together by reading the instructions.
 I like it when teachers write on the board, so that I can read what they write.

 Speaking
 When I have a problem to figure out I often talk to myself.
 I remember things better when I say them out loud. For example, if I have to
learn a new phone number I repeat it again and again to myself.
 I communicate better by speaking than by writing.
 I enjoy talking on the phone.
 I learn best when I study with other people, and we discuss new ideas or concepts.

Activity 9: Learning Strategies

Read the scenario below and think about the approach to learning you might take if you were the
new caterer.

Scenario: You were recently hired in a food catering business. There are many new things you
need to learn – policies, procedures and protocol at work; the use of utensils, equipment and
kitchen tools you have not operated before; and the processes involved in preparing and
preserving food, etc.

Given your learning style, what strategies will you use to learn all of these new things?

Activity 10: Module 1: Personal Development Review

Reflect on what you have learned in this module. What lessons did you learn from each session?

Let’s Apply!

Read the scenarios below and write an ending to the story. The ending should lead to the achievement
of a certain goal in the story. You should also incorporate general styles of learning into the story.
Scenario 1:
Julius, a young father, has a long term goal of getting a certificate in plumbing in one year. With the
certification, he will get more work and receive a higher pay that could help him send his son to a pre-
school. What short term goals should Julious have to help him achieve his long term goal?

Scenario 2:
Marian is a very hands-on learner. She could quickly learn by observing and doing. As her supervisor is
getting ready to leave, he quickly gives her instructions on how to use a new saw and asks her to cut
some pieces of wood for the next day. Marian is worried that she will not be able to cut the pieces
properly. What should Marian do?

Scenario 3:
To be a teacher is Bea Elaine Quicho’s biggest dream. With her parents’ seasonal income and Bea’s 5
younger siblings who are their priority, she accepted the fact she really cannot proceed to college. Upon
learning about a free skills training, she immediately grabbed it and enrolled in the food processing
course. She passed the NC2 assessment and got her certificate. With newly gained confidence after
receiving her certificate, she thinks about her dream of becoming a teacher. What short term goals
could Bea set to help her achieve her long term goal of becoming a teacher?

Session 3 – Writing Space

One never stops learning. Based on that, it is helpful to take some time to reflect and ask
ourselves what we learned in this module:

1. How do the skills and other things I learned relate to my daily life?
2. How can the skills and what I learned help me work better?
3. What steps can I take to improve any of the skills or attitudes that I learned more about?
 Use this space to answer these questions and reflect about your ongoing learning.

Module 1: Personal Development

Circle an answer for each statement.

English Tagalog
1. Identifying one’s values, strengths, challenges, 1. Ang pagkilala sa mga paniniwala, kakayahan,
opportunities and interests are part of personal hamon, oportunidad, at interes ay bahagi ng
development. pansariling pagunlad.

a. True a. Tama
b. False b. Mali
2. Your values are reflected in the following: 2. Nasasalamin ang mga paniniwala mo sa
sumusunod:
a. Your interests
b. How you spend your time a. Mga hilig
c. Choices you make b. Mga pinagtutuunan ng panahon
d. All of the above c. Mga pasya
d. Lahat ng nabanggit

3. Values and skills are the same thing. 3. Ang mga paniniwala at mga kakayahan ay
pareho.
a. True
b. False a. Tama
b. Mali

4. An example of a clear personal development 4. Halimbawa ng isang malinaw na pansariling

goal is: layunin ang:

a. I want to find work a. Gusto kong makahanap ng trabaho

b. I want to work in my district b. Gusto kong magtrabaho sa
c. I want to work with people distrito ko
d. I want to find a construction job in my c. Gusto kong makipagtrabaho sa mga
district over the next three months tao
e. all of the above d. Gusto kong makahanap ng trabaho sa
construction sa distrito ko sa loob ng
sunod na tatlong buwan
e. lahat ng nabanggit

5. You have a long term goal of getting a certificate 5. Mayroon kang pangmatagalang layunin na
in plumbing in one year. With the certification makatanggap ng sertipiko sa pagtutubero sa
you will get more work and receive a higher loob ng isang taon. Dahil sa sertipiko,
pay. Select examples of short term goals that makakukuha ka ng mas maraming trabaho at
may help you achieve your long term goal. makatatanggap ng mas malaking kita. Pumili ng
mga halimbawa ng madaliang layuning
makatutulong sa iyo upang makamit ang
a. Identify a training program in my district pangmatagalan mong layunin.
that offers plumber’s certification
b. Talk with experienced plumbers in the a. Tumukoy ng isang training program sa
area to find out what they did to distrito ko na nagbibigay ng sertipiko
become good plumbers. sa pagtutubero
c. Find an opportunity to apprentice with b. Kumausap ng mga beteranong tubero
an experienced plumber by visiting sa lugar para alamin ang ginawa nila
youth employment agencies or asking para maging magaling na tubero.
plumbers directly.
c. Humanap ng oportunidad na
d. All of the above maturuan ng isang beteranong tubero
sa pagpunta sa mga youth
employment agency o sa direktang
pagtatanong sa mga tubero.
d. Lahat ng nabanggit

6. Once you write a personal development plan, you 6. Matapos mong makasulat ng isang plano para sa
should stick to it and not change it until you personal nap ag-unlad, kailangan
have reached your long-term goals. mo itong panatilihin at hindi ito binabago
hanggang sa makamit mo ang mga
pangmatagalan mong layunin.
 a. True
b. False a. Tama
b. Mali

7. Everyone has the same way of learning new skills. 7. Pare-pareho lang ang paraan ng lahat ng tao sa
pagkatuto ng mga bagong bagay.
a. True
b. False a. Tama
b. Mali

8. You are a very hands-on learner, learning best by 8. Nakapaka-hands-on mo sa pag-aaral, mas
observing and doing. As your supervisor is mabibilis kang natututo kapag nanonood o
getting ready to leave, he quickly gives you gumagawa. Nang pauwi na ang supervisor mo,
instructions on how to use a new saw and asks mabilis ka niyang tinuruan kung paano gumamit
you to cut some pieces of wood for the next day. ng isang bagong lagari at sinabihan kang
You want him to show you how to use it but he magputol ng mga kahoy kinabukasan. Gusto
seems like he is in a hurry to leave. What do you mong ipakita niya sa iyo kung paano iyon
do? gamitin, pero mukhang nagmamadali siya. Ano
ang gagawin mo?
a. Hope you will remember what he said to
do to run the saw. a. Manalig na maaalala mo ang sinabi niya
b. Thank him for the information and tell kung paano gamitin ang lagari.
him you have understood. b. Pasalamatan siya sa impormasyon at
c. Ask him if he has the time to show you sabihing naintindihan mo.
before leaving or if there is someone else c. Tanungin siya kung may oras siyang
who can show you how to run the saw so ipakita sa iyo ang paggamit bago siya
you are sure you have understood. umalis o kung may ibang taong
d. Ask a co-worker to do the work for you puwedeng magpakita sa iyo kung paano
while you continue with another task. gamitin ang lagari, para makasigurado
kang naiintindihan mo.
d. Makisuyo sa isang katrabahong gawin
para sa iyo ang iniutos habang
ipinagpapatuloy mo ang ibang gawain.

9. The best way to learn something new is to: 9. Ang pinakamabuting paraan para matuto ng ibang
bagay ay:
a. Read about it and memorize the
information a. Magbasa tungkol dito at sauluhin ang
b. Follow the instructions of the instructor impormasyon
c. Talk about it and work together with b. Sundin ang itinuro ng guro
others c. Pag-usapan ito at makipagtulungan sa
d. Practice it ibang tao
e. Watch someone else doing it d. Magsanay
f. All of the above e. Panoorin ang ibang taong gawin
ito
f. Lahat ng nabanggit

10. If you do not like learning in a certain way (for 10. Kung hindi mo tipong mag-aral sa isang paraan
example, through reading or writing), you should (halimbawa, sa pagbabasa o pagsusulat),
avoid it as much as you can. kailangan mong iwasan iyon hangga’t maaari.

a. True a. Tama
b. False b. Mali