EDF5688 · Performance management and supervision

Overview

Behaviour analysts are often responsible for teaching others how to implement behaviour interventions/teaching strategies, and for directly supervising aspiring or newly certified behaviour analysts. In this unit, you will learn about applications of behaviour analysis to deliver job training, supervision, and performance management. Topics covered include effective communication, assessing performance, establishing performance expectations and goals, teaching new job skills, monitoring performance, delivering effective performance feedback, using reinforcement in the workplace, and identifying and remediating performance problems using a performance analysis. In addition, you will learn about effective strategies for interdisciplinary collaboration and cultural competence when working with other professionals, such as teachers, school leaders, and allied health practitioners.

Offerings

Assessment

The Handbook does not list a final examination among the assessment items. That is not a guarantee there is none.

Assessment details may change. Please refer to the assessment information in Moodle closer to the start of the teaching period.

Requisites

Learning outcomes

1. describe the components and importance of successful performance management and supervision (and the risks of ineffective performance management) in the professional practice of applied behaviour analysis
2. assess on-the-job performance to create performance goals and expectations
3. use evidence-based staff training and performance management systems to teach personnel to competently perform assessment and intervention procedures
4. identify common performance problems, and implement function-based strategies to remediate performance problems
5. describe strategies for behaviour analysts to effectively collaborate within interdisciplinary teams

Workload

The minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 144 hours per teaching period comprising a mixture of scheduled learning activities and independent study. Usually, you can expect to engage with: • 12 hours of scheduled learning delivered on campus via weekly/regular directed learning activities, plus 33 hours of scheduled learning delivered online via a combination of synchronous and asynchronous directed learning activities and the remaining hours to be allocated towards self-directed/independent study OR • 45 hours of scheduled learning delivered online via a combination of synchronous and asynchronous directed learning activities and the remaining hours to be allocated towards self-directed/independent study^ ^ International students studying in Australia are not permitted to undertake this scheduled learning delivery mode. Scheduled learning activities may include a combination of teacher directed learning, peer directed learning and online engagement.

Student experience, not official rules. Nothing here changes what the Handbook says.