NATIONAL SERVICE TRAINING PROGRAM
PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
Stage 1. Personal Analysis
Strengths
 The ability to partner effectively with other
individuals and organizations, both inside
and outside the community is absolutely
essential to doing what we like to call "the
work" of building healthy communities.
Opportunities
 Outside help with specific actions, such as
action planning or securing resources, is also
a way to support a group's efforts to
transform its community.
Areas for further development
 Collecting and analyzing information
 Defining priorities and setting goals
 Assessing available resources
 Managing programs
Threats
 The threats of our community project is that
we can’t get specific action such as planning
this project.
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PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT

Stage 2. Setting Goals (in Community Engagement). Use a separate sheet if necessary.

What do I want to What support and How will I measure

What do I have to do?
learn? (top 3) resources will I need? success?
1.By setting my goal I
1. I want to learn how
1.I will start to myself 1.Citizens can practice will learn how to
to Improve citizens’
then I will share it to communication and improve their
knowledge and skills in
other people. decision-making skills. knowledge in small
problem solving.
amount of time
2.When people from
2.Groups that feel different areas of the
2.I want to learn how 2.I will use my
ignored can gain community work
to Empower and communication skill
greater control over together, they often
integrate people from to interact with
their lives and their find that they have
different backgrounds. different people.
community. much in common.

3.Allow people to
3.I want to learn how 3.I need people that 3.I will do
express concerns
to create several allow them to express brainstorming with
before problems
opportunities for their ideas/concern other participant I
become too big or out
discussing concerns. regarding this project. this group.
of control.

Stage 3. Personal Objectives (in Community Engagement)

Short Term Goals (next 12 months)

Short-term community participation efforts are typically focused and intense.

Participants are asked to become deeply involved in discussions about a
specific topic so that members better understand waste management issues and
the department better understands the needs of the community.

Medium Term Goals (next 2-3 years)

An improved process and/or plan that maximizes available resources and

reflects the needs of the community.To give the children basic knowledge
regarding values.
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PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT

Longer Term Goals (beyond 3 years)

Improvements to the community’s quality of life and to give the children the
best life they could have. A more efficient process that resulted in an
increasing knowledge of the children.