Create a Professional Development Plan. Developing your plan requires that you consider your philosophy of education, your goals within the field, as well as your plan for achieving these goals. As you consider your goals, please consider both short and long-term professional goals. Short term goals have a window of less than one-year in terms of a time frame, while long-term goals typically have a time frame of three to five years. Your plan needs to include each of the following components. After you consider your long and short term goals, write a 1-2 page essay that responds to each of the following questions: Do your goals and your plan reflect your needs? Does your plan involve new learning and growth, not just time and effort? Are your goals clear? What do you see as your current strengths and challenges? How does your plan reflect support for each of these? Does your plan include time for reflection followed by appropriate adjustments?