Professional Growth Plan

Bibi Mangar

New Jersey City University

Believing in your potential and calling upon your courage to change will fuel your professional growth and help you accomplish goals.”
― John Manning

What I Want To Be as an Educational Leader:

It is my goal as an Educational Leader to improve my career. I am looking forward to moving away from bedside nursing into a full-time faculty position in nursing academia. My experience and skills as a practicing nurse and adjunct educator would enable me to make this transition easy. These assets would allow me to become a transformational leader in nursing academia and assist prospective nursing students to become comfortable using technology to improve healthcare. My strengths include a clear understanding of evidence-based practices, excellent knowledge of instructional approaches, and strong communication and interpersonal skills. These strengths would be advantageous to me on my journey to become an effective Educational Technology Leader.

My Educational Leadership Philosophy:

My Educational Leadership philosophy is based on helping/mentoring novice nurses. Encouraging them to use critical thinking skills to solve problems would enable them to evaluate results as well as improve the quality of health care by making strategic changes. Influencing people towards achieving an effective goal is the practice of leadership (Northhouse, 2013). Even though I have an extensive amount of experience in the field of nursing, I am still learning how to incorporate technology into my Educational Leadership philosophy. “The leader wonders about everything, wants to learn as much as he can, is willing to take risks, experiment and try new things. He does not worry about failure but embraces errors, knowing he will learn from them (Bennis, 2014).

My philosophical aspiration is to continue into a new phase by surrounding myself with professionals who are as passionate as I am to further their education and ultimately make an impact on future nursing education. Using the skills approach of leadership, I hope to continue influencing groups of nursing faculty and students to work together to achieve a common goal. As an Educational Technology Leader, the skills approach would provide opportunities for the development of skills, the inclusion of multiple components of the curriculum, and inclusion of all levels of skills rather than focusing only on individual skills (Northhouse, 2013).

Vision

As an Educational Technology Leader, my vision is to empower others, inspire innovation and challenge traditional practices of healthcare institutions by using technology. Building relationships between faculty and students would allow the delivery of safe and high-quality care using technology.

How am I making it manifest

I will manifest my vision by seeking a full-time faculty position at a University/College. I would always be prepared to promote learning by using new technologies in the learning environment.

Are you enjoying the process of becoming a leader?

Furthering my education and career has always been my dream. I am excited as well as nervous as I begin my journey to becoming a leader. Being a passionate proponent of advancing one’s education and career, I am honored to set an example for my children. I feel proud as a doctoral student, especially when I showed my family and colleagues our cohort picture. Everyone is overjoyed at my achievement at this stage of my life. I am aware that my journey would be challenging but I am determined to succeed. In three years, all the hard work will be behind me and I will be very proud to be called Dr. Bibi Mangar.

Short Term Goals and Long Term Goals:

2019 – 2020

Continue to communicate and work collaboratively with my Cohort members (done)
Stay in constant communication with my professors in regards to course work and volunteer opportunities (yes)
Remain as an adjunct faculty at the NJCU/Eastern International College (currently employed as an adjunct)
Attend NJEA convention in November 2019 in Atlantic City, NJ
Co-present with cohort 5 members at Ed Tech Fest in Hunterdon County (done)
Present Webinar at NJCU Ed-Tech (done)
Participate in various webinars about COVID-19 and health implications (done)
Complete my course work for NJCU – year 1 (done)
Be part of Girls in Technology (canceled due to COVID-19).

2020 – 2021

Continue to work collaboratively and communicate with my cohort members and professors.
Collaborate with educators at Eastern International College on integrating technology into lessons for nursing students
Complete my course work for NJCU – year 2
Participate as a secondary coder for member of Cohort 5 (done).
Present at the ISTE Conference 2020 in San Antonio, TX (not met due to COVID-19)
Continue to be a part of Girls in Technology (cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic)
Publish a Journal article (not met due to illness from COVID-19)
Engage in Re-opening plan for safe-return to school (done)
Obtain re-certification in CPR, PALS ACLS (done)
Obtain renewal of Professional License (done)
Present up-to-date information to families regarding COVID-19
Resign from bedside nursing (working part-time)

2021 - 2022

Graduate with my doctorate in Educational Technology Leadership
Present for my college and beyond
Training to Prevent Opioid Overdose, Save Lives
Go to a much-deserved vacation.

References:

Bennis, W. (2014). Lessons for leadership guru Warren Bennis. Retrieved from

https://www.inc.com/will-yakowicz/7-leadership-lessons-from-late-warren-bennis.html

Northouse, P. (2013). Leadership: theory and practice (6th ed.) Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.