Individualized Professional Development Plan

Name Major:

Cole Graverson Human Movement and Health Science Education Major

Start with your WHY: Why are you pursuing this degree? What do you want the outcome to be? How are you
going to work toward making that outcome possible? **Is the outcome directly related to your WHY?
WHY: Driven by a relentless work ethic and guided by humility, my goal is to make a lasting difference in the world. My

early entrepreneurship experiences have cultivated leadership, innovation, and adaptability skills since I started at age 13.

My professional identity centers around unwavering determination, a passion for wellness, and a sincere desire to inspire

and empower others. I see every opportunity as a platform for learning, growth, and positive contributions. I hope to use

my experiences to have a meaningful impact in this world.

What: I wish to own my own baseball training facility through the training business that I have started called Develop

Rising Talents (D.R.T.) Training. I currently train and develop 35 athletes through pitching lessons, with aspirations to

expand the operation to the field of strength and conditioning as well.

How: I am going to continuously learn and make connections with as many people as possible. I want to make myself an

invaluable asset to my athletes that see me as a worthy investment for their sports endeavors.
TIMEFRAME Personal goals: Professional goals:

(e.g. Positional goals, membership to organizations, (e.g. Gaining further skills, advancing knowledge is
exploring opportunities, etc) specific areas, Memberships in Professional
Associations etc)

Next Semester

Complete my internship through Marian University in their Complete my C.S.C.S certification in strength and
Strength and Conditioning Department conditioning. Graduate from Butler with my undergraduate
degree.
Go to the Big East Conference Championship

Next year

Make further connections with other surrounding strength Continue to train athletes and build the Develop Rising
coaches and utilize my current strength coach to learn how Talents (D.R.T.) business. Find a set place to compete the
to periodize, train, and run a weight room with athletes. foundations of the business.

Build the foundation for the rest of my life with a family,

home, and community in Indiana.

Individual Professional Development Plan Template

Assets and Provocations
Planned Activities Objective of Alignment to Vision, How activity impacts
Development Activity Mission, Core Values, student learning
Major, or Minor

Required
knowledge/skills
Read chapter every Growing knowledge in my The challenge of Having more knowledge for
Consider: week of field of study and preparing integrated practice and my athletes if they want the
NCSA Strength and for the CSCS exam that I collaboration science behind what they are
●required Conditioning Textbook. can take at the end of doing.
competencies: like (Best compiled book senior year.
for strength and Being able to accurately
COE Core Value
conditioning). Grow knowledge in prescribe training and
 Proficiencies, Training athletes different areas of strength optimize strength
Professional through my business. and conditioning that I am development because of
Standards for your not familiar with. acquiring knowledge and
content or licensure, experience on how to
Gain invaluable experience integrate textbooks into real
with athletes. life scenarios.

Assets/Strengths

Consider: Internship directly tied Gaining more knowledge The love of learning and Being able to connect to all
to athlete development. in other types of training how to better myself and types of athletes will make me
●your views Will be working with besides baseball. others. a way better coach. Could be
500+ student athletes training 30+ athletes at a time,
●recent assessments weekly. Use my strength of a big everyone learns and responds
family and differently.
●other people’s views Work with my younger being able to meet my
siblings that are siblings at all their different Having knowledge in all types
starting to train ages to my athletes. Some of sports trainings will make
athletes respond differently me way better as a coach and
Figuring out my own and have varying levels of can reach more athletes
strengths and best experience.
ways to read types of
athletes that respond to
different types of
coaching

Provocations/Growth

Consider: Intern next spring to See different coaching Help kids achieve their
Becoming responsible for
gain invaluable styles and how they my learning dreams and life out to their
●gaps in information on teaching periodize lifts fullest potential.
knowledge/skills styles and new Diversity of individuals
information from Becoming a more
knowledgeable person in capacity to train and learn
●opportunities on the conferences and
books. the business world.
horizon
●what specific actions Business plan and
will help you to orientation of training
 progress in your role? facility. Reading book
on business strategy
and development.

Individual Professional Development Plan Activity Log

(1) (2) (3)

Description of professional development Timeframe
Connection to your stated objective
activity completed

1. Strength and Conditioning Volunteer Jan. 16, 2021- May 1, 2021 Growing knowledge and experience and strength and
conditioning field. Real world coaching experience.
18 hours

2. Butler Athletics Clinic Jan. 8, 2021 Learning from head athletic training and multiple staff
on how a sports performance team is run.
4 hours

3. Develop Rising Talents (D.R.T.) June 1, 2023- Present Invaluable coaching experience and functional business
Training model.
103 hours of training

Total PD Hours 125 hours