VCE VM Personal Development Skills Units 3 and 4

TERTIARY & CAREERS PATHWAYS 

For students seeking a pathway to indirect university entry, Technical and Further Education (TAFE), apprenticeships / traineeships or employment.

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‍UNIT 3  - Leadership and Teamwork

This unit considers the role of interpersonal skills and social awareness in different settings and contexts. Students will examine leadership qualities and the characteristics of effective leaders and how these qualities can be applied to the achievement of goals within personal and community contexts. They will explore key components of effective teamwork and reflect on how to lead and contribute within a team context through a collaborative problem-solving activity. Students will evaluate individual contribution as well as the overall effectiveness of the team.

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Key Skills:

• describe concepts relating to social awareness and interpersonal skills
• compare and analyse characteristics, influences and settings, and contexts relating to social awareness and interpersonal skills
• apply and evaluate strategies relating to social awareness and interpersonal skills when using digital technologies
• demonstrate the skill of leadership in communication, critical thinking, problem-solving, decision-making, planning and metacognitive skills when working independently and/or collaboratively to demonstrate social awareness and interpersonal skills in a real-life scenario or simulation.

UNIT 4 - ​​Community Project

This unit focuses on student participation in an extended project relating to a community issue. Students will identify environmental, cultural, economic and social issues affecting the community and select one for an extended community project. They will look at past approaches to the selected issue in Australia and elsewhere, consider how they will research information, and formulate an objective to achieve. Students will reflect on how community awareness of a selected issue can be improved. Students will engage in a process of planning, implementing and evaluating a response to a selected community issue. They will conduct research, analyse findings and make decisions on how to present work. Students will consider the key elements (such as emotional intelligence and effective team practices) and considerations (such as safety and ethics) when implementing a community project. Students will present projects to an appropriate audience of peers or community members and evaluate the effectiveness of chosen response to the issue.

Key Skills:

• outline and explain concerns of significance to a local, national and/or global community
• analyse considerations that influence the selection of an area of concern to address in a community project
• identify, describe and develop elements of the design process for a community project
• apply communication, critical thinking, problem-solving, decision-making, planning and metacognitive skills when working independently or collaboratively to plan and design a community project in an appropriate format document and communicate the community project design in an appropriate format.

Assessment:

• Task 1 - 14 Day Challenge (Unit 3 Outcome 1)
• Task 2 - Team Challenge (Unit 3 Outcome 3)
• Task 3 - Primary School Leadership (Unit 3 Outcome 2)
• Task 4 - Community Project (Unit 4 Outcome 1 & 2)