Course Title: Develop and document a learning plan and portfolio

Part A: Course Overview

Program: C3233 Certificate III in ESL (Further Study)

Course Title: Develop and document a learning plan and portfolio

Portfolio: DSC Portfolio Office

Nominal Hours: 20

Regardless of the mode of delivery, represent a guide to the relative teaching time and student effort required to successfully achieve a particular competency/module. This may include not only scheduled classes or workplace visits but also the amount of effort required to undertake, evaluate and complete all assessment requirements, including any non-classroom activities.

Course Code	Campus	Career	School	Learning Mode	Teaching Period(s)
GEDU5936	City Campus	TAFE	360T Education	Face-to-Face or Internet	Term2 2012, Term2 2013

Course Contact: Baia Tsakouridou & Bloss Robertson

Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9925 4488

Course Contact Email: baia.tsakouridou@rmit.edu.au & bloss.robertson@rmit.edu.au

Course Description

This unit of competency develops the skills and knowledge to identify and document current skills and plan future skill development to achieve individual objectives. In this unit students will also develop and maintain a portfolio of completed work samples and pathways directions.

Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities

This unit requires participants to use reading and writing skills in English in a wide range of formal and informal situations. The situations in which these skills are applied will be mainly related to vocational or study-related fields.

 

National Competency Codes and Titles

National Element Code & Title:	VBQU130 Develop and document a learning plan and portfolio
Elements:	1Clarify learning goals 2 Clarify factors impacting on own learning 3 Document an individual learning plan 4 Prepare portfolio of completed work samples 5 Monitor and update the individual learning plan

Learning Outcomes

The outcomes described in this unit relate to Employability skills:
Communication, Team Work, Problem Solving, Initiative and Enterprise, Planning and Organising, Self-management.

Performance will reflect the ACSF indicators of Reading and Writing competence at Level 3 of the Australian Core Skills Framework (ACSF) http://www.deewr.gov.au/SKILLS/PROGRAMS/LITANDNUM/ACSF/Pages/default.aspx

 

Overview of Assessment

This course is part of a full-time integrated program. You must demonstrate an understanding of all elements of the competencies in order to be deemed competent. Assessment methods have been designed to measure achievement of each competency in a flexible manner over a range of assessment tasks. You may be assessed by notetaking, summaries,essays, letters and research reports.

Feedback:

Feedback, oral and written, will be provided throughout the semester, through individual and group feedback on practical exercises and by individual consultation.

If you have a long term medical condition and/or disability it may be possible to negotiate to vary aspects of the learning or assessment methods. You can contact the program coordinator or the Disability Liaison Unit if you would like to find out more.

An assessment charter (http://mams.rmit.edu.au/kh6a3ly2wi2h1.pdf) summarises your responsibilities as an RMIT student as well as those of your teachers.
Your courses assessment conforms to RMIT assessment principles, regulations, policies and procedures which are described and referenced in a single document: http://www.rmit.edu.au/browse;ID=ln1kd66y87rc