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DHHR 0629: Essential Employment Skills Work Experience 2
Effective date
September 2024
Department
Deaf & Hard of Hearing
School
Arts and Sciences
Description
Building on DHHR 0619 and the courses in Term 2, students further develop their professional and communication skills in a second 4-week work experience placement.
Credits
3.0
Year of study
Post-secondary Preparatory
Prerequisites
DHHR 0619.
Corequisites
None
Course Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
- Demonstrate characteristics of professionalism in class and during their work experience
- Engage appropriately in workplace interactions using communication strategies and skills taught in class
- Study policies and procedures as they relate to their work experience
- Demonstrate the ability to collaborate with diverse teams in a workplace setting
- Define work instruction and standards and ask for clarification and repetition as needed
- Discuss, and demonstrate basic conflict resolution strategies
- Demonstrate increasing levels of autonomy and initiative relating to work tasks and responsibilities
- Reflect and discuss ways in which work experience training may apply to future employment
- Demonstrate the ability to incorporate feedback from instructor, supervisor and employer
Prior Learning Assessment & Recognition (PLAR)
None
Hours
Lecture, Online, Seminar, Tutorial: 20
Clinical, Lab, Rehearsal, Shop, Kitchen, Simulation, Studio: 10
Practicum, Self-Paced, Individual Learning: 50
Total Hours: 80
Clinical, Lab, Rehearsal, Shop, Kitchen, Simulation, Studio: 10
Practicum, Self-Paced, Individual Learning: 50
Total Hours: 80
Instructional Strategies
Work experience training on site, instruction and demonstration by staff and employer on site, workshops, meetings, weekly instructor visit and review
Grading System
Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory
Passing grade
S
Evaluation Plan
|
Type |
Percentage |
Assessment activity |
|
Assignments |
40 |
written assignments, weekly reflective assignments, self-assessment, role play practice |
|
Field Experience |
60 |
employer evaluation, instructor evaluation, student self-evaluation |
Course topics
- Work experience evaluations Professionalism Company research Communication strategies
Notes:
- Course contents and descriptions, offerings and schedules are subject to change without notice.
- Students are required to follow all College policies including ones that govern their educational experience at VCC. Policies are available on the VCC website at:
https://www.vcc.ca/about/governance--policies/policies/. - To find out if there are existing transfer agreements for this course, visit the BC Transfer Guide at https://www.bctransferguide.ca.