Course Title: Support community action
Part B: Course Detail
Teaching Period: Term2 2012
Course Code: HWSS5448C
Course Title: Support community action
School: 365T Global Studies, Soc Sci & Plng
Campus: City Campus
Program: C5247 - Diploma of Community Development
Course Contact : Sonia Le Fevre
Course Contact Phone: +61 3 992549914
Course Contact Email:sonia.lefevre@rmit.edu.au
Name and Contact Details of All Other Relevant Staff
Anthony Graham
Program Manager
Community Services
School of Global Studies, Social Science & Planning
RMIT University
City Campus
Tel:+61 3 99254411
Mandy Morrison
Diploma Community Development
Community Services
RMIT University, City Campus
Ph:99254065
Nominal Hours: 90
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 unit describes the knowledge and skills required to support the community to represent their own needs through social and public action.
This unit is intended for application within a community work or community development work context.
National Codes, Titles, Elements and Performance Criteria
National Element Code & Title: |
CHCCD508C Support community action |
Element: |
1.Respond to community needs |
Performance Criteria: |
1.1 Plan and implement appropriate opportunities so that people in the community can promote their issues |
Element: |
2.Support identified community needs |
Performance Criteria: |
2.1 Assess relevance and appropriateness of a range of mechanisms and actions to address community needs |
Element: |
3.Evaluate effectiveness of community action |
Performance Criteria: |
3.1 Evaluate the effectiveness of activities using accepted strategies and mechanisms |
Learning Outcomes
See elements
Details of Learning Activities
Students will study support community action context concepts in the workshop sessions and online (Blackboard discussion) engagement, prescribed exercises and assessment work. These concepts will also be explored through the investigation of appropriate real world and simulated environments.
Teaching Schedule
Workshops will be offered on a monthly basis during the academic year. Workshops are linked to units of competency. An initial upfront assessment will occur with the student that will take into account recognition of current competency and prior learning. The individual student’s knowledge, skills and experience will be considered. Based on this process the student will then have an individual learning plan developed that will highlight the students workshop attendance.
Learning Resources
Prescribed Texts
References
Other Resources
Learning resources such as unit reading, unit references will be provided to all students via their program folders and also placed within the blackboard site as required.
Overview of Assessment
Assessment will be through a mix of in-class tasks, workplace based projects and a workplace assessment. A workplace assessment appointment will be undertaken once per year with each student to allow students to present and discuss workplace evidence.
Assessment Tasks
A student must demonstrate an understanding of all elements of this particular competency and assessment tasks are based on the requirements of the essential aspects of evidence as outlined in the unit of competency: CHCCD508C Support Community Action.
Assessment methods have been designed to measure achievement of each competency in a flexible manner over a range of assessment tasks.
A workplace assessment appointment will be undertaken to allow students to present and discuss workplace evidence: Based on the individual student’s knowledge, skills and experience: an individual learning plan will be negotiated and developed.
Assessment may incorporate a variety of methods including responses to task questions, in class activities, case studies, and the development of project work in consultation with the Course Coordinator ( assessor) and the student’s workplace.
Student will also be asked to complete an evidence portfolio documenting workplace practise as linked to the unit of competency. Students are advised that they are likely to be asked to personally demonstrate their assessment work to their Course Coordinator to ensure that the relevant competency standards are being met.
Assessment Matrix
A combination of assessment activities based on each individual student’s learning plans may be developed as required.
Assessments will be based on the level of the individual student’s knowledge, skills and experience as ascertained at a workplace meeting where workplace evidence is discussed and presented.
At completion of the course an evidence portfolio will validate competence with the assessment task activities’ completed for any competency gaps.
A combination of assessment activities based on each individual student’s learning plans may be developed as required.
Assessments will be based on the level of the individual student’s knowledge, skills and experience as ascertained at a workplace meeting where workplace evidence is discussed and presented.
At completion of the course an evidence portfolio will validate competence with the assessment task activities’ completed for any competency gaps.
| CHCCD508C Support Community Action | Task questions | Case study | Workplace project work | In class activities | Development of an evidence portfolio based on workplace practise |
| Element 1 |
X | X | X | X | X |
| Element 2 |
X | X | X | X | X |
| Element 3 |
X | X | X | X | X |
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