Unit Outline

Research suggests that leaders play a critical role in the ongoing development of their staff when it comes to improving complex organisations in times of rapid and disruptive change. Leaders in many organisations now hold identified and specific accountabilities for the ongoing development of their staff. This unit examines some of the links between leadership on the one hand, and personal and organisational learning on the other, and looks at the role data can play in developing professional cultures in complex organisations that enable them to focus on ongoing development and improving staff capability through individual, group and organisational learning.

Intended Learning Outcomes

As per the Assessment and Results Policy 1.3, your results will reflect your achievement against specified learning outcomes.

On completion of this unit, you will be able to:


1	Critically examine current issues pertaining to leadership for learning within the national and international contexts.
2	Demonstrate mastery of contemporary literature to assess how leadership can and should impact on learning in organisations.
3	Evaluate how data/information/knowledge can be used constructively to enhance workplace learning.
4	Apply new knowledge and understandings in a critically analytical way to practice.

Requisites


REQUISITE TYPE	REQUISITES
Anti-requisite (mutual excl)	ESH708

Alterations as a result of student feedback

How will I be Assessed?

For more detailed assessment information please see MyLO.

Assessment schedule


ASSESSMENT TASK #	ASSESSMENT TASK NAME	DATE DUE	WEIGHT	LINKS TO INTENDED LEARNING OUTCOMES
Assessment Task 1:	Reflection	Week 6	30 %	LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4
Assessment Task 2:	Case Study	Week 12	50 %	LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4
Assessment Task 3:	Reflection	Week 13	20 %	LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4

Assessment details

Assessment Task 1: Reflection

Task Description:

Assessment Task 1: Reflection

Evaluate a less than ideal professional development/professional learning experience you either facilitated or engaged with in your organisational context. Describe the who, what, why and how of the experience giving most attention to the how, i.e, how the learning was/wasn’t enacted in the light of criteria you deem significant for effectiveness drawing on the set readings and other literature within the unit. What are two key lessons that can be distilled from this experience for yourself as a current/future planner or leader of PD/PL?

Task Length:

1200

Due Date:

Week 6

Weight:

30 %

CRITERION #

CRITERION

MEASURES INTENDED

LEARNING OUTCOME(S)


1	Identification of specific professional development/ learning experience and description of context and key players	LO1
2	Identification and justification of criteria of effectiveness of PD/PL in the light of experience and set readings/ literature	LO1, LO2, LO3
3	Critical analysis and evaluation of literature (including set readings) related to the PD/PL	LO1, LO2, LO3
4	Justification and explanation of key lessons learned for leaders / planners of PD/PL informed by set readings and other literature	LO2, LO3
5	Presentation of ideas - follows specified genre/ structure and APA convention for academic writing	LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4

Assessment Task 2: Case Study

Task Description:

Assessment Task 2: Case Study
Clearly describe your work context and evaluate the type of learning culture that exists for staff. Identify a specific type of learning strategy (e.g., peer coaching program, professional learning community, etc) that could be implemented to improve the learning culture. Utilising insights from the literature (including set readings), provide a rationale and set of criteria for the implementation of this learning strategy for your context. Discuss some key issues/contextual considerations for leaders who will be charged with the implementation. Identify two measures that could be used to determine the effectiveness of the learning strategy.

Task Length:

2000

Due Date:

Week 12

Weight:

50 %

CRITERION #

CRITERION

MEASURES INTENDED

LEARNING OUTCOME(S)


1	Description of work context and evaluation of learning culture	LO1
2	Knowledge, understanding and analysis of the learning strategy	LO1, LO2
3	Development of a rationale and criteria for implementing the learning strategy in the work context in the light of relevant literature including set readings	LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4
4	Identification and discussion of key issues/considerations (including measures of effectiveness) for leaders supported by relevant literature (including set readings)	LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4
5	Presentation of ideas - follows specified genre / structure and APA convention for academic writing and referencing	LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4

Assessment Task 3: Reflection

Task Description:

Assessment Task 3: Reflection
This task requires you to complete two inter-related activities culminating in a final reflection. First, you are required to engage in the Discussion Forum questions that are set for each of the four modules in EDP717 by posting a comment to present your viewpoint, and/or responding to another's comment in a constructive and reflective way. You are required to complete a minimum of 1 discussion forum post per module (total 4 posts). The second task requires you to write a short reflective essay based on one discussion forum post written by a peer. Provide a rationale for choosing this particular discussion post and evaluate the ideas/reflections made by your peer in the light of your experience and the set readings from EDP717 (plus other literature).

Task Length:

800 words (for second task)

Due Date:

Week 13

Weight:

20 %

CRITERION #

CRITERION

MEASURES INTENDED

LEARNING OUTCOME(S)


1	Demonstrate relevant and constructive insights in response to discussion forum questions	LO1, LO4
2	Provide a rationale for selecting the particular discussion post	LO1
3	Evaluation of ideas/reflections made by a peer in the light of your own experience and set readings (plus other literature)	LO2, LO3
4	Presentation of ideas - follows specified genre / structure and APA convention for academic writing and referencing	LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4

How your final result is determined

To pass this unit, you need to demonstrate your attainment of each of the Intended Learning Outcomes, achieve a final unit grade of 50% or greater, and pass any hurdle tasks.

Academic progress review

The results for this unit may be included in a review of your academic progress. For information about progress reviews and what they mean for all students, see Academic Progress Review in the Student Portal.

Submission of assignments

Where practicable, assignments should be submitted to an assignment submission folder in MYLO. You must submit assignments by the due date or receive a penalty (unless an extension of time has been approved by the Unit Coordinator). Students submitting any assignment in hard copy, or because of a practicum finalisation, must attach a student cover sheet and signed declaration for the submission to be accepted for marking.

Academic integrity

Academic integrity is about acting responsibly, honestly, ethically, and collegially when using, producing, and communicating information with other students and staff members.

In written work, you must correctly reference the work of others to maintain academic integrity. To find out the referencing style for this unit, see the assessment information in the MyLO site, or contact your teaching staff. For more detail about Academic Integrity, see Important Guidelines & Support.

Requests for extensions

If you are unable to submit an assessment task by the due date, you should apply for an extension.

A request for an extension should first be discussed with your Unit Coordinator or teaching support team where possible. A request for an extension must be submitted by the assessment due date, except where you can provide evidence it was not possible to do so. Typically, an application for an extension will be supported by documentary evidence: however, where it is not possible for you to provide evidence please contact your Unit Coordinator.

The Unit Coordinator must notify you of the outcome of an extension request within 3 working days of receiving the request.

Late penalties

Assignments submitted after the deadline will receive a late penalty of 5% of the original available mark for each calendar day (or part day) that the assignment is late. Late submissions will not be accepted more than 10 calendar days after the due date, or after assignments have been returned to other students on a scheduled date, whichever occurs first. Further information on Late Penalties can be found on the Assessments and Results Procedure.