Course Title: Plan and conduct group activities

Part A: Course Overview

Program: C4352 Certificate IV in Youth Work

Course Title: Plan and conduct group activities

Portfolio: DSC Portfolio Office

Nominal Hours: 50

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.

Terms

Course Code

Campus

Career

School

Learning Mode

Teaching Period(s)

EMPL5720C

City Campus

TAFE

365T Global, Urban and Social Studies

Face-to-Face or Internet or Workplace

Term1 2015

Course Contact: Dianne Mackay

Course Contact Phone: 9925 4454

Course Contact Email: dianne.mackay@rmit.edu.au



Course Description

In this course you will develop the knowledge and skills required to participate in, establish, and lead a range of informal and formal groups in a variety of settings

This course addresses two units of competency:
- Plan and conduct group activities CHCGRP002
AND
- Work Within a community development framework CHCCDE003

Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities

Not applicable.
 



National Competency Codes and Titles

National Element Code & Title:

CHCGROUP403D Plan and conduct group activities

Elements:

1. Address resourcing issues for group activities

2. Coordinate a group planning process

2. Coordinate a group planning process

3. Manage group processes including responding to conflict

4. Evaluate group activities


Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this course you will have developed and applied the skills and knowledge required to demonstrate competency in the above elements.


Overview of Assessment

Students will undertake three assessment tasks for this course:

  1. Week 2: Write a funding letter (undertaken in class)
  2. Week 6: Group presentation of a hypothetical group activity which is prepared during class time
  3. Two weeks after final class:  Written evaluation report based around the group presentation given in the last class.