Course Title: Explore gender equity policy and practice in the workplace
Part B: Course Detail
Teaching Period: Term1 2021
Course Code: HUSO5231
Course Title: Explore gender equity policy and practice in the workplace
School: 375T Vocational Design and Social Context
Campus: City Campus
Program: C0048 - Course in Gender Equity
Course Contact: Bronwyn Tanti
Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9925 9079
Course Contact Email: bronwyn.tanti@rmit.edu.au
Name and Contact Details of All Other Relevant Staff
Nominal Hours: 18
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
VU22770: Develop a gender lens to support gender equity work
Course Description
This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to explore and reflect on the relationship between the external gender equity policy environment and the internal workplace policy and practice applicable to a work context and identify measures for improvement.
No licensing, legislative, regulatory or certification requirements apply to this unit at the time of publication.
This unit supports the attainment of skills and knowledge to review internal workplace policies and procedures applicable to a work context against the external environment, from a gender equity perspective.
It includes scoping the legislation, regulation and workplace standards environment of gender equity policy and practice and then reviewing internal policy and practice applicable to a work context to identify gaps and next steps for incorporating gender equity in the workplace. It also reviews how other policies relating to equity and inclusion may intersect with gender equity policy and practice applicable to a work context.
This unit applies to practitioners and professionals with varying degrees of responsibility working in roles that require an understanding of gender equity. This unit enhances the ability to analyse workplace policy and practice environment within known work environments
This course is delivered and assessed in a cluster with;
VU22772: Communicate effectively to gender equity stakeholders
VU22773: Establish support for gender equity work
National Codes, Titles, Elements and Performance Criteria
National Element Code & Title: |
VU22774 Explore gender equity policy and practice in the workplace |
Element: |
1. Review gender equity policy and practice environment |
Performance Criteria: |
1.1 Identify the gender equity frameworks, regulatory environment and enterprise policy that impacts on workplace gender equity. 1.2 Identify intersecting legislation, regulation and enterprise policy within the workplace. 1.3 Describe the rationale and requirements for gender equity and the intersecting legislative and regulatory compliance that applies in the workplace. |
Element: |
2. Review internal gender equity policy and practice |
Performance Criteria: |
2.1 Identify how the gender equity policy and practice environment aligns with organisational objectives 2.2 Analyse the internal policy and practice applicable to a work context and identify the intersection with gender equity policy and practice environment |
Element: |
3. Document review findings |
Performance Criteria: |
3.1 Identify and document gaps between internal and external policy and practice environments applicable to a work context. 3.2 Identify and document actions for addressing gaps in internal policy environment applicable to a work context in line with the rationale and requirements for meeting gender equity legislative and regulatory compliance. |
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this course you will have developed the skills and knowledge required to demonstrate competency in the above elements.
Details of Learning Activities
This course is delivered using a blended model. There are online readings and activities, an online class weekly with the facilitator and fortnightly face to face workshops to demonstrate skill.
Teaching Schedule
TBC
Learning Resources
Prescribed Texts
References
Other Resources
Overview of Assessment
Assessments will include knowledge questions, a project, communication planning and policy review
Assessment Tasks
Assessment Task 1: Knowledge questions
Assessment Task 2: Stakeholder engagement project
Assessment Task 3: Communication Plan
Assessment Task 4: Policy and Practice Review
Assessment Matrix
Assessment matrix can be found on canvas in the assignmewnt section
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