Professional Development Opportunities

Competency Self-Assessment
Professional Development has been defined as a “Personally initiated obligation and right to build discipline expertise, to enhance personal growth, to improve teaching abilities and to contribute to organizational development.”

Professional Development Opportunities with the NDSU Extension Service are developed around five identified basic competencies that are important to be successful in Extension work. You are asked to complete the Competency Self-Assessment to determine the areas that you believe require additional effort for your professional development. The five competencies are:

• Subject Matter
  
  
• Program Development and Educational Design
  
  
• Information and Educational Technology
  
  
• Communication
  
  
• Personal and Organizational Management