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Resources for creating an Individualized Development Plan
Organized in the order of how I would recommend you learn about creating an IDP
Individual Development Plan Resources, Graduate School, UW-Madison
- A good overview of the goals and benefits of creating an IDP. Watch the video and read the tips.
My IDP, Science Careers, American Association for the Advancement of Science
- Probably the most applicable IDP self-assessment tool for Texas ChE grad students (and it's free!).
Mentoring Resources, Graduate Mentoring Guidebook, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
- Although these are actually worksheets to draw the most out of a mentoring relationship, they will help you think through your strategy for thriving during and after graduate school
Individual Development Plan, Department of Science, Purdue College of Science
- A worksheet designed to help you create your IDP.
Adviser, Teacher, Role Model, Friend: On Being a Mentor to Students in Science and Engineering, National Academy Press (1997)–I
- I recommend chapters 3 & 4. While quite outdated and geared towards faculty, this resource is a fast read and can help you better understand some of the larger skills you need to develop during a graduate program.
S.G. Brainard and L. Ailes-Sengers, "Mentoring Female Engineering Students: A Model Program at the University of Washington," Journal of Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering 1 (1994): 123-135
- Also geared towards faculty, this article, though old, can help to articulate some of the specific needs of women in the program.
Barbara E. Lovitts, Making the Implicit Explicit: Creating Performance Expectations for the Dissertation (Sterling, VA: Stylus), 2007.
- This is a great resource for so many reasons. Parti