SISOABL002 — Facilitate adventure-based learning activities
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What an assessment for SISOABL002 must cover
82 assessable components: 6 elements (26 performance criteria), 16 performance evidence and 34 knowledge evidence requirements, plus 6 foundation skills. An audit-defensible tool maps every question and task back to these — that mapping is the coverage matrix Auditori generates alongside the assessment.
Elements & performance criteria
1 Prepare for program delivery.
- 1.1Identify, from program plans, participant characteristics, learning needs and any barriers to learning.
- 1.2Interpret program plan, objectives, learning outcomes, session plans and facilitation techniques.
- 1.3Refine learning activities according to needs of individual participants, within scope of responsibility or refer for authorisation.
2 Prepare participants.
- 2.1Advise participants on how learning during activities can transfer to life and work circumstances.
- 2.2Guide and support participants to set realistic individual and group goals consistent with activity learning outcomes.
- 2.3Negotiate individual and group guidelines to inform participant action and behaviour.
- 2.4Brief participants on known and anticipated risks, safety procedures, safe behaviour, safe areas and boundaries.
3 Manage adventure-based learning activities.
- 3.1Communicate activity instructions and ideas clearly and constructively to engender participant confidence.
- 3.2Encourage questions and advice before and during activity and provide ongoing feedback.
- 3.3Implement facilitation approaches that allow individuals to share in the responsibility of their learning and safety.
- 3.4Reinforce the value of individual differences to stimulate and encourage contribution, cooperation and collaboration.
- 3.5Implement strategies which develop trust between individuals within the group and with leaders.
- 3.6Monitor and maintain compliance with agreed individual and group guidelines.
- 3.7Monitor individual and group progression throughout activities.
- 3.8Re-evaluate participant needs and session outcomes; modify activities to ensure participant engagement and challenge.
4 Manage participant safety and well-being during activities.
- 4.1Monitor activity conditions, hazards and the physical and emotional safety of individuals and the group.
- 4.2Respond immediately to adverse participant reactions and hazardous situations.
- 4.3Complete ongoing risk assessments to minimise distress or injury to participants and others.
- 4.4Amend activities if risk is unacceptable; cease activities when required.
5 Debrief with participants.
- 5.1Encourage participants to identify achievement of individual and group goals.
- 5.2Provide constructive feedback on individual actions and group interaction, and collaboratively evaluate individual and group outcomes.
- 5.3Facilitate individuals and group to identify how learning can be transferred, and their future learning needs.
- 5.4Use a suitable facilitation activity to develop personal and group action plans.
6 Evaluate learning sessions.
- 6.1Debrief with team members to identify successes, problems and difficulties.
- 6.2Evaluate feedback from participants on their challenges and achievements.
- 6.3Self-evaluate sessions against learning objectives achieved, own performance, and identify areas for future improvement.
Performance evidence
- facilitate three different adventured-based learning sessions for a group of participants according to predetermined program and session plans
- during each session consistently:
- monitor individual and group progression
- monitor and maintain group cohesion
- manage participant adherence to safety procedures
- across the three sessions, collectively use four different experiential facilitation techniques to be chosen from the following list:
- funnelling
- cognitive hierarchy
- challenge by choice
- working agreements
- isomorphic framing
- indirect frontloading
- after each session, facilitate a debrief with participants and participate in a team member debrief
- utilise options provided in Assessment Conditions to:
- determine a total of three required activity modifications to suit participant capabilities and responses
- manage a total of three incidents involving the physical and emotional safety of participants during activities.
Knowledge evidence
- principles and theories of experiential learning in the context of adventure-based learning:
- the transfer of learning from one context to others
- sequencing of activities to achieve effective staged learning outcomes
- key features and phases of the adventured based learning cycle:
- ice breaking and briefing
- goal setting
- development of trust
- adventure activity participation
- processing and debriefing
- transfer of learning
- key features and phases of different adventure-based experiential learning models:
- linear
- cyclical
- spiral
- nested loop
- key principles and theories of a range of facilitation techniques used in adventure-based learning activities:
- funnelling
- cognitive hierarchy
- challenge by choice
- working agreements
- isomorphic framing
- indirect frontloading
- for each of the above techniques:
- advantages, disadvantages and limitations
- appropriateness for a range of ages, learning needs and learning abilities
- ethical issues related to their use
- principles and theories of group formation and stages of group development
- techniques used to:
- build group cohesion
- motivate and encourage participants to keep them engaged and challenged
- key principles of group dynamics and techniques used to manage positive group dynamics
- signs, stages and levels of conflict within groups and techniques used to resolve at various stages of escalation
- format and inclusions of program and session plans
- methods and tools used to monitor individual and group development during programs.
Foundation skills
- Reading skills to:: • interpret sometimes unfamiliar and potentially complex information about participant characteristics, learning programs and session plans.
- Writing skills to:: • refine session plans incorporating correct terminology and jargon for activities and experiential facilitation techniques.
- Oral communications skills to:: • provide information to participants about conceptual ideas using language and terms easily understood.
- Learning skills to:: • review own performance and comments from others to identify skills that need development.
- Teamwork skills to:: • pro-actively and cooperatively work within teams of facilitators to deliver effective outcomes for participants.
- Planning and organising skills to:: • manage own timing and that of participants to complete sessions within organisational service times.
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Questions about assessing SISOABL002
What does an assessment tool for SISOABL002 need to cover?
To satisfy the Principles of Assessment and Rules of Evidence, an assessment for SISOABL002 needs to address all 82 unit components: 6 elements with 26 performance criteria, 16 performance evidence requirements, 34 knowledge evidence requirements, and the foundation skills. A coverage matrix mapping each question and task to these components is what an auditor looks for.
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