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Please utilize the template provided below and input your responses. The plan is a document you compose (with feedback from your Faculty Advisor) that addresses the following components to the best of your current understanding:\nRequired elements of the attached plan: See template below.\nDepth: Your plan should be the equivalent of 3-4 pages, double-spaced. Please stick to the prompts and avoid unnecessary filler/boiler plate information.\nFaculty Advising: You are encouraged to work closely with your Faculty Advisor in an iterative manner to brainstorm, draft, and revise the plan.  Students are also encouraged to take advantage of peer review, providing and receiving feedback from other EPM students on their plan.\nSubmission and Review: The plan should be saved as “First name, Last name, Professional Development Plan”.\nOnce you and your Faculty Advisor agree that your plan is complete:\nThe student should email the plan (PDF format) to the Graduate Coordinator and the Faculty Advisor, stating: “Please find attached my completed draft plan as approved by my Faculty Advisor.”\nThe Faculty Advisor should then reply-all to that email (to the Graduate Coordinator and student) stating that the draft plan has been reviewed and approved: “I have approved the attached draft plan.”\nDeadline: No later than the last day of instruction in the Spring quarter of your first academic year. The plan is then reviewed and approved by the Comprehensive Exam Committee (CEC).\n\u000f\nPROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN TEMPLATE\n(Copy and paste the template below into a new document)\nProfessional Development Plan\nName:\nQuarter and year:\nFaculty Advisor:\nTrack (12-month or 2-year):\n1. Summary.  Provide an “elevator speech” version of what your field of interest and goals are (i.e. for someone who doesn’t know you).  Describe your career objectives and focal area of interest (be specific) including your specialization if you plan to complete one.\n2. Career Objectives.  Describe what job position(s) that you see yourself in, the institution, and what topic you are interested in working on. Example: 1) Consultant with a (2) private consulting firm, in (3) renewable energy project siting [with description].\n3. Practicum.  Describe your ideal practicum, and how it would support your career goals. If you have already secured a practicum, describe the institution and position description, and how it will support your career goals.\n4. Specialization.  If you plan on completing an EPM specialization, specify the specialization and how it will help further your career goals.\n5. Electives.\nCompleted: List completed electives including the quarter/year completed and a brief description.\n{Example: Transportation Policy & Planning TTP 220 (Spring 2018) Covering roles of federal, state, regional and local government in transportation policy and planning.}\nProjected: List projected electives that would help support your career goals, including the quarter/year anticipated and a brief description.\n6. Networking & Mentoring. Identify and describe professional networks and/ or mentors that are already or may soon support your career goals. Briefly describe completed or intended efforts to engage these networks and/or mentors. What meetings or events have you attended? What informational interviews have you completed or intend to complete. (Note that meetings with junior personnel (5-10 years ahead of you) can be just as helpful as those with senior personnel.)\n7. Policy Clinic (optional). 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