Schedule

Assessment
The Student Assessment Guide and Learning Plan describes the evidence required to be competent in this unit.  

You can track your progress by comparing it against unit requirements and at every stage of your learning and study you can get support from your iTAFE mentor and advisor.

Assessment here

Study Guide
There are many ways that you might choose to make your way through the unit. The diagram and suggested sessions (below) will help to plan your learning through the Develop Work Priorities unit. The sessions outlined below are a suggestion only - you may have another way that you prefer to study.

 

Session 1 – The Planning Process – Pink Tiles
This includes:

• Why Plan?
• How good is your time management

A few points to think about for your blog:
Why Plan? – What are the advantages of planning to
You – individually
The – organisation
The – family
The – community
The industry that you work in

What skills to you need to improve on to manage your time more efficiently?

Session 1 – The Power of the Paradigm - Blue tiles
This includes:

• Understanding your paradigms
• Personal SWOT Analysis
• Understand your organisations values and priorities

A few points to think about for your blog:
What is your understanding of a paradigm?
Why might the discussion of a paradigm be important as part of this unit?

Session 2: Seven Habits of Highly Effective People – Red tiles
This includes:

• Time Management
• To do Lists
• Time Matrix
• Mission Statement

A few points to think about for your blog:

What are some things you can do to take more control of your life?
What is your mission statement?

• What really does matter to you?
• Do you work to live or live to work?
• Can you effectively balance your work and life?
• What are your values?
• What motivates and drives you?
• What principles do you work and live by?
• What are the principles/values that drive your personal leadership?

How do you priortise tasks in your workplace?
How could you apply the “Win Win” philosophy to your advantage?
What are the advantages of being an active listener?
Do you allow for creative compromise in the workplace or is your way the only way?
How do you reenergize?

Session 3: Set and Meet own Schedule – Yellow tiles
This includes:

• Personal Goal Setting
• Managing Interruptions
• Delegation
• Become aware of tools (technological) that can be used effectively to help manage your work priorities and commitments

A few points to think about for your blog:
How do you balance work and family demands?
Will you still need to manage interruptions when you are working from home?
How do you decide which work to delegate?
What technology have you used in your workplace to efficiently and effectively manage and monitor planning completion and scheduling of task? How have you used it effectively?

Session 4: Performance Feedback and Professional Development – Aqua tiles
This includes:

• How to gather feedback on your performance
• Personal SWOT Analysis
• Develop a Professional Development Plan

A few points to think about for your blog:
Why is professional development important?
What’s changed to make it critical?
So what is in it for you ?
What makes you a competent person?
What is competence?
What skill gaps do you or the organization have?


Would you like to attend some online courses for this unit?

We've planned some web conferences for this unit. Details of time and date are on the VET Open Online Course (VOOC) page of this blog.