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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Devise strategies for facilitation of participatory planning and learning
   • Identify and assess a range of participatory planning and learning facilitation strategies
   • Identify and profile client group
   • Clarify planning and learning objectives and outcomes
   • Assess resources required to conduct participatory planning and learning
   • Identify appropriate venue or learning environment for client group and activities
   • Select participatory planning and learning strategies which enable and encourage relevant groups or people to be involved
   • Prepare and circulate program and logistical details to interested parties
   • Review legislative and organisation requirements to ensure strategies meet all criteria
2. Carry out participatory planning and learning activities
   • Prepare learning activities information which is clear and appropriate to the needs of participants and other parties involved
   • Brief all participants and people involved in facilitating participatory planning and learning activities on the processes of delivery
   • Provide information to participants and other people involved at an appropriate time and place
   • Implement access and equity requirements in the participatory planning and learning activities
   • Carry out community participatory planning and learning activities to ensure compliance with designated timeframe
   • Carry out participatory planning and learning activities in a manner that ensures participation in decision-making, considers needs of participants and canvasses all points of view
3. Report on and review participatory planning and learning
   • Collect and collate feedback from participants to facilitate analysis
   • Incorporate appropriate suggestions for improvements to the activities into future participatory planning and learning activities plans
   • Provide summaries of responses and adopted amendments to interested parties
   • Direct other issues raised during participatory planning and learning to relevant people for response and follow up
   • Prepare an accurate report on participatory planning and learning activities
   • Review and evaluate the overall effectiveness of participatory planning and learning activities

Range Statement

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Performance Evidence

The candidate must be assessed on their ability to integrate and apply the performance requirements of this unit in a workplace setting. Performance must be demonstrated consistently over time and in a suitable range of contexts.

The candidate must provide evidence that they can:

devise strategies for facilitating participatory planning and learning

facilitate group processes in an engaging and inclusive way

conduct participatory planning and learning activities

communicate with people of a wide diversity of ages and socio-economic or cultural groups

review and report-on participatory planning and learning

coordinate and brief team members

problem-solve and build group dynamics

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Knowledge Evidence

The candidate must demonstrate knowledge of:

permaculture principles and practices

learning styles and methodologies, including accelerated and experiential learning

strategies for facilitation of participatory planning and learning

participatory planning and learning activities and processes, such as:

team building – ice breakers, trust games, creative and social activities, goal-setting, celebration and cultural activities

creative expression – wild design, mime, performing and visual arts, story telling

problem solving – brainstorming, mind mapping, random-input processes, PMI, SWOT, Six Thinking Hats, theming and chunking, affinity matrix, modelling

experiential – visualisation, affirmation, role play, cultural mapping, 6 senses, modelling, simulations, educational and experiential games

information gathering – group and individual research and observation activities, sharing information, questioning, resource and skills mapping, surveys, field trips

Negotiation – open forum, active listening, prioritisation, consensus building, win-win.

Dynamic Groups, Dynamic LearningÔ facilitation skills and methodology (Robin Clayfield)

conflict resolution and strategies to deal with strong personalities

codes of conduct and ethical behaviour

group presentation methodology

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