Best Progress Report: How-to's + Free Samples [The Complete List]

A progress report is prepared to show an individual’s progress towards developing the right set of competencies and skills he is supposed to have. It may also be a documentation of how a particular project or tasks are being carried out and completed.

Types of Progress Reports Part 1
Samples and Templates: Free Download Part 2
Additional Sources Part 3
How to dramatically reduce the time you spend creating reports Part 4

Part 1

Progress report for an individual is usually written to document how a student, an intern, or an employee are gradually learning and how they were able to apply the knowledge and skills they acquired in executing tasks and solving problems. The main types of these reports are:

Internship/Student Progress Reports

An internship progress report discusses learnings and accomplishments made by the intern. It basically outlines a description of the intern’s job, identifies the skills and knowledge he used to perform the necessary tasks during his internship, and a discussion on how the trainee performed the duties and how he was able to apply his knowledge and show his capabilities.

It includes a short introduction to the organization or the company where the internship was performed, the period covered by the report, and a summary of the activities and tasks he performed, as well as his first job responsibilities and how his job scope changed throughout the internship period.

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Employee Progress Report

Employee’s progress report presents employee’s developments in terms of acquiring skills, competencies, and mastery necessary to perform his job. Most of the time, this type of report is made by an employee who is on a probationary status. When someone has been appointed as an employee on a probationary status, he is considered to be capable of meeting the standard performance, given sufficient time to learn and be exposed to the job. Therefore, he is expected to completely acquire the required level of competencies for his job during his probationary period, and his developments are recorded through this report.

Aside from documenting an employee’s development, this report also helps them and their supervisor determine their strengths and areas for improvement. It can also be used as a guide in providing training interventions for the said employee, in order to further help them develop the competencies needed for the job.