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ELT700 - Education Business Planning and Capacity Building

Year:

2022 unit information

Important Update:

Unit delivery will be in line with the most current COVIDSafe health guidelines. We continue to tailor learning experiences for each unit to achieve the best possible mix of online and on-campus activities that successfully blend our approaches to learning, working and research. Please check your unit sites for announcements and updates.

Last updated: 4 March 2022

Enrolment modes:

Trimester 1: Cloud (online) 

Credit point(s):1
EFTSL value:0.125
Unit Chair:Trimester 1: Mark Donehue
Prerequisite:

Nil

Corequisite:

Nil

Incompatible with:

Nil

Typical study commitment:

Students will on average spend 150-hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit.

Scheduled learning activities - cloud:

Learning experiences are via CloudDeakin. Students will undertake online exercises, case studies, debates (using technology-based mediums) and student-led discussions

Content

Although most education settings are not-for-profit organisations, business planning is as important in this context as in profit-driven corporations. This unit focuses on essential educational determinations in developing business plans for schools. Educational business planning and capacity building discusses the rationale and objectives for education business plans and investigates how these can be used as a tool for organisational capacity building.

The unit aims to be practical and of immediate relevance, where participants tie together the vision and mission statements, strategic goals and budget considerations and think about how all this is going to be achieved within their actual school context.

ULO These are the Learning Outcomes (ULO) for this unit. At the completion of this unit, successful students can: Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes
ULO1

Critically reflect on the importance of the alignment and cohesion of vision and values statements, strategic planning and business plans for educational outcomes

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities

GLO2: Communication

ULO2

Critically analyse theories and practices relating to complex issues encountered in building the capacity of people, environment, assets and time to support the educational business agenda

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities

GLO4: Critical thinking

ULO3

Communicate required theory and practice across an EBL context that guides the positioning, branding and marketing of an education setting

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities

GLO2: Communication

ULO4

Apply frameworks and strategic models to identify and resolve problems in setting targeted education priorities

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities

GLO4: Critical thinking

GLO5: Problem solving

These Unit Learning Outcomes are applicable for all teaching periods throughout the year

Assessment

Assessment Description Student output Grading and weighting
(% total mark for unit)
Indicative due week
Assessment 1 - Written  Report: Comparative analysis of business planning practices 2500 words 50% Week 6
Assessment 2 - Presentation (video) 15-20 minutes 50% Week 12

The assessment due weeks provided may change. The Unit Chair will clarify the exact assessment requirements, including the due date, at the start of the teaching period.

Learning Resource

The texts and reading list for the unit can be found on the University Library via the link below: ELT700 Note: Select the relevant trimester reading list. Please note that a future teaching period's reading list may not be available until a month prior to the start of that teaching period so you may wish to use the relevant trimester's prior year reading list as a guide only.

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