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ARFC 3003: Anti-racist Micro-facilitation Intensive
Effective date
January 2024
Department
Instructor Education CS
School
Continuing Studies
Description
This course is the final course in the micro-credential program ‘Anti-racist Facilitation Training: Addressing Anti-Indigenous Racism in Adult Learning Environments’.
Building on the core competencies of anti-racist facilitation (the trifecta of knowledge, self-awareness, and skills) developed over the first two courses in the program, this course provides the learners with the opportunity to integrate these competencies into their practice through an advanced micro-facilitation intensive.
Credits
0.0
Year of study
3rd Year Post-secondary
Prerequisites
ARFC 3002.
Corequisites
None
Course Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
- Integrate and apply their anti-racist facilitation competencies, including inter-racial facilitation, and co-facilitation, into practice in dealing with a range of facilitation scenarios.
- Reflect on and adapt strategies and approaches for anti-racist facilitation through structured micro-facilitation sessions.
- Develop a plan for reflective practice to support ongoing growth as facilitators.
Prior Learning Assessment & Recognition (PLAR)
None
Hours
Lecture, Online, Seminar, Tutorial: 40
Total Hours: 40
Total Hours: 40
Instructional Strategies
Grading System
Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory
Passing grade
60% - Students must achieve "S" for each assessment to pass the course.
Evaluation Plan
|
Type |
Percentage |
Assessment activity |
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Reflect |
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In-class reflection - Must participate in reflection activities in large-group sessions of the in-person component as per rubrics. |
|
Assignments |
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Micro-facilitation - Must deliver 3 micro-facilitation “mini-lessons” and adapt their anti-racist facilitation and co-facilitation skills over the 3 iterations using facilitated reflection and peer feedback. Must deliver all 3 mini-lessons to receive S. |
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Participation |
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Feedback to peers - Must participate as learners in the mini-lessons facilitated by their peers and provide written and verbal feedback on their teaching and facilitation. Must participate in 10 out of 12 feedback cycles to receive S. |
Course topics
- • Facilitation skills • Anti-racist facilitation • Anti-racist facilitation competencies • Anti-Indigenous racism • Inter-racial facilitation and co-facilitation • Micro-facilitation
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.