Course Title: Work in partnership with industry, enterprises and community groups
Part B: Course Detail
Teaching Period: Term2 2014
Course Code: TCHE5868C
Course Title: Work in partnership with industry, enterprises and community groups
School: 360T Education
Campus: City Campus
Program: C5321 - Diploma of Training Design and Development
Course Contact : Program Adminstrative Officer
Course Contact Phone: 99254933
Course Contact Email:trainme@rmit.edu.au
Name and Contact Details of All Other Relevant Staff
Peter Murphy
ph 99254343
peter.murphy@rmit.edu.au
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.
Pre-requisites and Co-requisites
None
Course Description
This unit describes the performance outcomes, skills and knowledge required to work in partnership with industry, enterprises and community groups to provide a range of learning and development services. It covers preparing for the partnership as well as negotiating, implementing, maintaining, evaluating and reviewing the partnership arrangement
National Codes, Titles, Elements and Performance Criteria
National Element Code & Title: |
TAEICR501A Work in partnership with industry, enterprises and community groups |
Element: |
1. Prepare for partnership with the organisation |
Performance Criteria: |
1.1 Determine RTO readiness for engagement with the organisation, in line with the RTO’s strategic plan 1.2 Identify skills needed by RTO staff to work effectively with the organisation, as determined by the requirements of the organisation 1.3 Conduct an RTO skills analysis to determine if the RTO staff have required skills or need further development prior to engaging with the organisation |
Element: |
2. Negotiate the partnership |
Performance Criteria: |
2.1 Identify and set objectives for the partnership in line with the strategic direction and plan of both the RTO and the organisation 2.2 Determine and act on the likely strengths and weaknesses, opportunities and threats of the partnership arrangement 2.3 Come to a common agreement with the organisation about the services and responsibilities of the RTO and organisation 2.4 Analyse resources needed for the partnership arrangement and determine what resources both parties will be contributing to the partnership 2.5 Facilitate the drawing up and signing of a contract or agreement by appropriate personnel in both organisations |
Element: |
3. Implement the partnership |
Performance Criteria: |
3.1 Design organisational processes in consultation with relevant RTO and partner organisation personnel 3.2 Establish reporting and recordkeeping processes in accordance with RTO and partner organisation requirements 3.3 Set the parameters for quality assurance of the service offered to the organisation 3.4 Develop a learning and development strategy in consultation with relevant RTO and organisation personnel 3.5 Contextualise the learning and development service as required by the organisation 3.6 Provide the learning and development service required by the organisation |
Element: |
4. Maintain the partnership |
Performance Criteria: |
4.1 Use appropriate communication and interpersonal skills to develop and maintain a professional relationship with the organisation 4.2 Provide support for own staff when providing the service to the organisation 4.3 Encourage organisation to provide support for their own staff when undergoing training, development and assessment |
Element: |
5. Evaluate and review the partnership |
Performance Criteria: |
5.1 Evaluate the recipients’ reaction to the learning and development service 5.2 Evaluate the development in terms of the application of new skills, knowledge and attitude to the workplace 5.3 Analyse the changes the learning and development service has made to the organisation 5.4 Set up review criteria and review the partnership arrangement, in consultation with the organisation 5.5 Use evaluation and review processes to make suggestions for improving existing and future partnership arrangements, and report to relevant personnel |
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course you will be able to:
. prepare for partnership with an organisation
. negotiate a partnership
. implement a partnership
. maintain a partnership
. evaluate and review a partnership
Details of Learning Activities
Learning activities are dependent upon the mode of delivery. In this case delivery is online so activities may include but are not limited to:
• blog/wiki discussion and participation
• participation in online discussion boards/threads
• 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
• other online activities as decided by the facilitator
Teaching Schedule
February and July intakes
Sem1, Weeks 1 & 8
Week 1: Prepare for the partnership with the organisation
Week 8: Negotiate and implement the partnership
Sem 2, Week 1
Week 1: Maintain, evaluate and review the partnership
Note: While your teacher will cover all the material in this schedule, the order is subject to change depending on class needs and availability of speakers.
Learning Resources
Prescribed Texts
Hill, D., Hill, T. and Perlitz, L. (2013) Professional Training and Assessment, McGraw-Hill Education, Sydney. This is available in both paperback and e-book versions. |
9781743076156 |
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 myRMIT Studies.
Overview of Assessment
During the program you will complete assessment tasks which are listed, in detail, at the beginning of the course. These tasks include:
- Workplace based projects
- Contributions to online discussion forums
- A professional conversation
An assessment policy summarises your responsibilities as an RMIT student as well as those of your teachers.
Your courses assessment conforms to RMIT assessment principles, regulations, policies and procedures see http://www1.rmit.edu.au/students/assessment
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 coordinator or the Disability Liaison Unit if you would like to find out more.
Assessment Tasks
To demonstrate competency in this course, you need to complete to a satisfactory standard the two assessment tasks outlined below .
To demonstrate competency in this course, you need to complete each one of the following pieces of assessment to a satisfactory standard.
- do Assessment 10.2 (workplace project) as described on pp 335-6 of the prescribed text
- do Assessment 10.1 as described on pg 335 of the prescribed text
In completing the above tasks please also follow any extra instructions provided by your facilitator.
Submission deadline:
Feb intake: midnight Sunday July 20, 2014
July intake: midnight Sunday June 14, 2015
Grades used in this unit are as follows:
CA Competency Achieved
NYC Not Yet Competent
DNS Did Not Submit For Assessment
Assessment Matrix
The assessment matrix demonstrates how the assessment task(s) aligns with the relevant unit of competency and can be found on pp 337-9 of the prescribed text.
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
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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