Optional Self Assessment and Development Plan. A. The self assessment and development plan is an optional tool which an employee may use for self improvement. Under this plan the employee assumes responsibility for his own development. This plan is focused on the development of an individual’s job-related skills and is not a vehicle for achieving promotion. The Agency recognizes its responsibility to help employees raise their level of competence and is committed to support employee self development plans within available Agency resources such as time, money, etc. An employee self development plan is not meant to supersede the provisions for employee development spelled out in Article 32: Employee Development. Rather, it is meant to encourage current-job performance-related communication between the employee and his supervisor.
