Course Title: Reflect and improve upon professional practice

Part A: Course Overview

Program: C6054

Course Title: Reflect and improve upon professional practice

Portfolio: DSC

Nominal Hours: 120.0

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)

HWSS5334C

City Campus

TAFE

365T Global Studies, Soc Sci & Plng

Face-to-Face or Workplace

Term2 2010

Course Contact: Mary Collins

Course Contact Phone: +61 3 99254598

Course Contact Email: mary.collins@rmit.edu.au


Course Description

In this unit you will develop knowledge and skills in evaluation of your own work, continuing self development and effective supervision within an ethical code of practice.


Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities

Students are assumed to be experienced disability staff working in the disability or community services fields.



National Competency Codes and Titles

National Element Code & Title:

CHCORG28A Reflect and improve upon professional practice

Elements:

1. Reflect upon own practice
2. Ensure continuing self support and supervision
3. Operate within an agreed ethical code of practice/ethics


Learning Outcomes

By completing this unit you will achieve and demonstrate competence in the following elements:

  1. Reflect upon own practice
  2. Ensure continuing self support and supervision
  3. Operate within an agreed ethical code of practice/ethics


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.