Course Title: Maintain and enhance professional practice
Part B: Course Detail
Teaching Period: Term1 2020
Course Code: BUSM8808C
Course Title: Maintain and enhance professional practice
Important Information:
In order to successfully undertake assessment of this unit you need access to a workplace.
School: 375T Vocational Design and Social Context
Campus: City Campus
Program: C5354 - Diploma of Training Design and Development
Course Contact: Mark Mossuto
Course Contact Phone: 9925 4929
Course Contact Email: mark.mossuto@rmit.edu.au
Name and Contact Details of All Other Relevant Staff
Office Administrator:
Raja Manchikanti
Tel: +61 3 9925 4933
Nominal Hours: 45
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.
Pre-requisites and Co-requisites
None
Course Description
This course covers the performance outcomes, skills and knowledge required to manage personal professional performance and to take responsibility for professional development in relation to the provision of training and/or assessment services.
This course includes a work integrated learning experience in which your knowledge and skills will be applied and assessed in a real or simulated workplace context and where feedback from industry and /or community is integral to your experience.
National Codes, Titles, Elements and Performance Criteria
National Element Code & Title: |
TAEPDD501 Maintain and enhance professional practice |
Element: |
1. Model high standards of performance |
Performance Criteria: |
1.1 Incorporate individual responsibilities and accountabilities into personal work plans in accordance with organisational and legal requirements 1.2 Model appropriate professional techniques and strategies 1.3 Apply ethical and inclusive practices in professional practice |
Element: |
2. Determine personal development needs |
Performance Criteria: |
2.1 Assess own knowledge and skills against relevant benchmarks to determine development needs and priorities 2.2 Seek input from other relevant personnel about own development needs and priorities 2.3 Identify ways to update and maintain currency of vocational competency, and prepare a vocational currency plan 2.4 Identify ways to update, and maintain, vocational education and training (VET) knowledge and skills, as well as trainer and assessor competence, and prepare a VET currency plan 2.5 Combine the vocational currency plan and VET currency plan into an overall professional development plan |
Element: |
3. Collaborate with peers in professional development |
Performance Criteria: |
3.1 Observe facilitators in facilitation practice and provide them constructive feedback 3.2 Invite peers to observe and provide constructive feedback on own facilitation practices 3.3 Interview assessors in relation to the judgements they make in their assessment practices, and provide them constructive feedback 3.4 Invite peers to question own judgements in assessment practices, and provide constructive feedback |
Element: |
4. Participate in professional development activities |
Performance Criteria: |
4.1 Select and implement development opportunities to support continuous learning and maintain currency of professional practice 4.2 Participate in professional networks to support continuous learning and maintain currency of professional practice 4.3 Engage in processes that include observing peers in training and assessment practices, and providing them with feedback 4.4 Invite peers and others to observe, and provide feedback, on own training and assessment practices 4.5 Use technology to maintain regular communication with relevant networks, organisations and individuals |
Element: |
5. Reflect on and evaluate professional practice |
Performance Criteria: |
5.1 Research developments and trends impacting on professional practice and integrate information into work performance 5.2 Use feedback from colleagues and clients to identify, and introduce, improvements in work performance 5.3 Document professional development activities, learning and planned changes in behaviours, in accordance with the organisation’s systems and processes |
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course you will be able to:
. model high standards of performance
. determine your personal development needs
. collaborate with peers in professional development
. participate in professional development activities
. reflect upon and evaluate your professional practice
Details of Learning Activities
This course is online. Activities may include:
- Online activities which includes a weekly webinar which is recorded for those that don't attend live.
- keeping an online reflective journal
- analysis/critique of relevant reading material
- individual or group projects conducted through electronic media
- peer teaching and workshop presentations
- online research
- Third-party feedback from a work supervisor/employer
Teaching Schedule
This course is taught over 3 sessions in semester one. In every session various elements will be covered from the unit.
Note: While your teacher will cover all the material in this schedule, the order is subject to change depending on class needs.
Session 1:
Assess own knowledge and skills against relevant benchmarks to determine development needs and priorities; Seek input from other relevant personnel about own development needs and priorities; Identify ways to update and maintain currency of vocational competency, and prepare a vocational currency plan; Identify ways to update, and maintain, vocational education and training (VET) knowledge and skills, as well as trainer and assessor competence, and prepare a VET currency plan; Combine the vocational currency plan and VET currency plan into an overall professional development plan.
Select and implement development opportunities to support continuous learning and maintain currency of professional practice; Participate in professional networks to support continuous learning and maintain currency of professional practice; Engage in processes that include observing peers in training and assessment practices, and providing them with feedback; Invite peers and others to observe, and provide feedback, on own training and assessment practice; Use technology to maintain regular communication with relevant networks, organisations and individuals.
Session 2:
Incorporate individual responsibilities and accountabilities into personal work plans in accordance with organisational and legal requirements; Model appropriate professional techniques and strategies; Apply ethical and inclusive practices in professional practice. Observe facilitators in facilitation practice and provide them constructive feedback; Invite peers to observe and provide constructive feedback on own facilitation practices; Interview assessors in relation to the judgements they make in their assessment practices, and provide them constructive feedback; Invite peers to question own judgements in assessment practices, and provide constructive feedback
Session 3:
Research developments and trends impacting on professional practice and integrate information into work performance; Use feedback from colleagues and clients to identify, and introduce, improvements in work performance; document professional development activities, learning and planned changes in behaviours, in accordance with the organisation’s systems and processes
Learning Resources
Prescribed Texts
References
Other Resources
At the beginning of the course students will be directed to various web-based material and/or electronic copies of learning resources.
Electronic resources are located on the Canvas LMS
Overview of Assessment
During the program you will complete assessment tasks which are listed, in detail, at the beginning of the course. These tasks may include:
- Workplace based projects
- Online assessment (eg discussion forum, blog, wiki, quiz)
- Professional conversation
- Third-party reports
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 manager or the Equitable Learning Services if you would like to find out more.
Assessment Tasks
To demonstrate competency in this course you will need to complete all of the following tasks to a satisfactory standard.
You will receive written feedback on all assessment tasks.
Task 1: Plan a program of professional development (PD) activities
Assess your own professional development needs, research and identify current and credible references to inform professional practice and then plan suitable activities to maintain and enhance both vocational and educational competency.
Task 2: Participate in professional development activities
Implement your PD plan, engaging in PD in addition to working with peers through networks and observations and using technology. Reflect on successes and areas for improvement.
Task 3: Practical teaching and assessing observations - self and others
This task enables you to enhance your skills through ‘collaboration with peers’ as a form of professional development. This task requires you to document, reflect and discuss with peers:
- Feedback from at least 10 hours of facilitation
- interviews with assessors covering at least the assessment of 10 candidates enrolled in VET programs.
Further details of the above assessment tasks will be provided in session 1, semester 1 via the Canvas LMS
Submission deadlines
- Task 1 needs to be submitted by midnight Friday March 27 2020
- Task 2 and 3 need to be submitted by midnight Friday July 10 2020
It is a requirement of the Dip Training Design and Development (TAE50216) program that all assessment work be submitted electronically in Canvas. You are asked to submit any workplace projects as a single Word or PDF file which must include a signed RMIT Cover Sheet; multiple project files will not be accepted.
Grades used in this unit are as follows:
- SA Satisfactory / NYS Not Yet Satisfactory
- CA Competency Achieved / NYC Not Yet Competent
- DNS Did Not Submit For Assessment
Assessment Matrix
A detailed assessment matrix is available through the Canvas LMS site.
Other Information
Attendance/Participation
Your course involves participating in all online activities as directed by your facilitator. It is strongly advised that you do participate in order to engage in the required learning activities, ensuring the maximum opportunity to successfully complete this course.
Student Progress
Monitoring academic progress is an important enabling and proactive strategy to assist you to achieve your learning potential. Student program policy
You will be asked to participate in discussions with relevant teachers and your Program Co-ordinator. Such discussions may be conducted in a number of ways eg face-to-face, via telephone, using Skype or Google Hangout, etc. They are an important way of giving you feedback and supporting you by monitoring your academic progress.
Special consideration policy (Late submissions)
All assessment tasks are required to be completed to a satisfactory level. If you are unable to complete any piece of assessment by the due date, you will need to apply for an extension.Extension
Special consideration is an assessment adjustment for unexpected circumstances that are outside your control, which:
• have a significant adverse impact on your performance in assessment or
• prevent you from attempting or submitting the assessment. Special Consideration
Appeals
RMIT appeals process is available on the Appeals webpage www.rmit.edu.au/students/appeals
Academic Integrity and Plagiarism
RMIT University has a strict policy on plagiarism and academic integrity. Please refer to the Academic Integrity and Plagiarism policy
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