Course Title: Reflect on and improve own professional practice

Part A: Course Overview

Program: C4420 Certificate IV in School Based Education Support

Course Title: Reflect on and improve own professional practice

Portfolio: Vocational Education

Nominal Hours: 120

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)

BUSM8835C

City Campus

TAFE

535T Social Care and Health

Distance / Correspondence or Face-to-Face or Internet or Workplace

Term1 2023,
Term2 2023,
Term1 2024

Course Contact: Jacqui Cheng and Melanie Reynolds

Course Contact Phone: +61 3 99254918; 99254059

Course Contact Email: jacqueline.cheng@rmit.edu.au; melanie.reynolds@rmit.edu.au



Course Description

In this course you will work on the knowledge and skills needed to reflect on yourself, evaluate your own work, be able to seek opportunities for improvement and development. This means that you will understand how to do this within the parameters of ethical and legal requirements. 

 

This course is delivered over 2 semesters and clustered for delivery in Semester 2 with Work effectively with others (BSBTWK201) 

 

Assessment for this course includes a knowledge task, Research report, feedback and personal development plan. 

Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities

None



National Competency Codes and Titles

National Element Code & Title:

CHCPRP003 Reflect on and improve own professional practice

Elements:

1. Reflect on own practice

2. Enhance own practice

3. Facilitate ongoing professional development


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

This unit is part of an integrated program. You must demonstrate the specified essential skills and knowledge to demonstrate competence in this unit. 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: 
• Oral or written questioning 
• oral presentations 
• Assignments and projects 
• Direct observation of actual work practice 
• Presentation of a portfolio of evidence which may comprise documents, and/or photographs and/or video and audio files 
• Work-based activities 
• Third-party feedback from a work supervisor/employer 
Feedback will be provided throughout the semester in class and/or online discussions, 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 manager or the Equitable Learning Services if you would like to find out more.