Course Title: Plan and conduct group activities

Part A: Course Overview

Program: C5247 Diploma of Community Development

Course Title: Plan and conduct group activities

Portfolio: DSC Portfolio Office

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.

Terms

Course Code

Campus

Career

School

Learning Mode

Teaching Period(s)

EMPL5720C

City Campus

TAFE

365T Global, Urban and Social Studies

Face-to-Face or Internet or Workplace

Term1 2012,
Term2 2012,
Term1 2014,
Term2 2014,
Term1 2015

Course Contact: Mandy Morrison

Course Contact Phone: +61 3 99254914

Course Contact Email: mandy.morrison@rmit.edu.au



Course Description

This unit describes the knowledge and skills required to participate in, establish and lead a range of informal and formal groups in a variety of settings.

This unit may be applied to group work in a range of community service settings.

Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities

None



National Competency Codes and Titles

National Element Code & Title:

CHCGROUP403D Plan and conduct group activities

Elements:

1. Address resourcing issues for group activities

2. Coordinate a group planning process

3. Manage group processes including responding to conflict

4. Evaluate group activities


Learning Outcomes

See elements


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.