EDF5688 Performance management and supervision
Faculty of Education
EDF5688 Performance management and supervision is a level 5, 6-credit-point, postgraduate unit from the Faculty of Education, offered in 2025 in Semester 2 at Clayton. It has no prerequisites.
- Credit points
- 6
- Offered in 2025
- Semester 2
- Clayton
- Assessment
- No exam
- 3 tasks
- Workload
- 144 hours
- per semester
This is the 2025 handbook entry. See the 2027 entry.
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Requisites
Before EDF5688
Prohibitions
You can't enrol if you have passed any of these.
After EDF5688
No unit lists EDF5688 as a prerequisite in the 2025 handbook.
Enrolment rules
Must be enrolled in a graduate course owned by the Faculty of Education
Overview
Behaviour analysts are often responsible for teaching others how to implement behaviour
interventions/teaching strategies, and for directly supervising aspiring or newly certified behaviour analysts. In this unit, you will learn about applications of behaviour analysis to deliver job training, supervision, and performance management. Topics covered include effective communication, assessing performance, establishing performance expectations and goals, teaching new job skills, monitoring performance, delivering effective performance feedback, using reinforcement in the workplace, and identifying and remediating performance problems using a performance analysis. In addition, you will learn about effective strategies for interdisciplinary collaboration and cultural competence when working with other professionals, such as teachers, school leaders, and allied health practitioners. This unit primarily aligns to section 2I of the BACBs 5-th Edition task list.
Offerings in 2025
| Teaching period | Campus | Mode |
|---|---|---|
| Second semester | Clayton | Flexible |
Assessment
- Performance checklist (1600 words or equivalent)Written40%
- Staff training plan (2400 words or equivalent)Written60%
- Directed online learning activitiesExerciseCompetency hurdle-
Learning outcomes
When you finish this unit, you should be able to:
- 1
describe the components and importance of successful performance management and
supervision (and the risks of ineffective performance management) in the professional practice of
applied behaviour analysis - 2
assess on-the-job performance to create performance goals and expectations
- 3
use evidence-based staff training and performance management systems to teach personnel to
competently perform assessment and intervention procedures - 4
identify common performance problems, and implement function-based strategies to remediate
performance problems - 5
describe strategies for behaviour analysts to effectively collaborate within interdisciplinary teams
Workload and teaching
- Tutorials24 hours
- Teaching approachActive learning
The minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 144 hours per teaching period comprising a mixture of scheduled learning activities and independent study.
Usually, you can expect to engage with:
• 12 hours of scheduled learning delivered on campus via weekly/regular directed learning activities, plus 33 hours of scheduled learning delivered online via a combination of synchronous and asynchronous directed learning activities and the remaining hours to be allocated towards self-directed/independent study
OR
• 45 hours of scheduled learning delivered online via a combination of synchronous and asynchronous directed learning activities and the remaining hours to be allocated towards self-directed/independent study^
^ International students studying in Australia are not permitted to undertake this scheduled learning delivery mode.
Scheduled learning activities may include a combination of teacher directed learning, peer directed learning and online engagement.
You will be provided with the opportunity to engage with relevant literature and resources. Further, you will be encouraged to deepen your understanding of topic areas through, collegial discussion and debate, and by participating in activities designed to extend your understanding.
Learning resources
Recommended resources
Please visit the unit Moodle site for further information.
Contacts
- Unit Coordinators
- Dr Brad Bloomfield
- Chief Examiners
- Dr Brad Bloomfield
Common questions
What are the prerequisites for EDF5688?
EDF5688 has no prerequisites, but enrolment rules apply.
When is EDF5688 offered?
In 2025, EDF5688 runs in Semester 2 at Clayton.
How much work is EDF5688?
The handbook expects about 144 hours of study across the semester. No students have rated its difficulty yet.
Does EDF5688 have an exam?
No. EDF5688 has 3 assessment tasks and no exam.