Course Description
The purpose of this course is to develop Therapeutic Recreation resource management skills. Students will explore human and fiscal resource management methods, using frameworks and strategies to solve problems, and will develop a range of writing techniques, using the complete writing process.
Course Content
The following global ideas guide the design and delivery of this course:
Personnel and Volunteer Management
- job analysis and description
- recruitment
- selection
- orientation
- motivation
- recognition
- team building
- evaluation
Fiscal Resource Management
- budget planning
- budget monitoring
- fund raising
- public relations and marketing
Problem Solving
- frameworks and strategies
- conflict resolution
Writing Tasks
- long report/proposal integrating primary and secondary research on selected, focussed topic of
- importance in TR
- transmittal documents
- instructional manuals
- promotional/advocacy materials – press release informative, persuasive brochures, newsletters
- meetings agendas, minutes
Learning Activities
- Lecture/discussion
- Group work
- Demonstrations and practice
- Workshops
Means of Assessment
This course will conform to Douglas College policy regarding the number and weighting of evaluations.
Evaluation is consistent with Douglas College Course Evaluation Policy. An evaluation schedule is presented at the beginning of the course.
This is a graded course.
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Explore ways to manage human resources using frameworks and strategies to solve problems
- Explore ways to manage fiscal resources using frameworks and strategies to solve problems
- Demonstrate middle to exit level standards in gathering, analyzing, evaluating and incorporating data in documents including a variety of reports-progress, proposal
- Use appropriate writing methods and rhetorical strategies for complex workplace writing situations
- Demonstrate professional writing behaviours synthesizing prior and newly acquired knowledge
- Collaborate with instructor and peers at all stages of writing
- planning
- outlining
- judiciously using feedback for editing/revising to ensure highest possible quality of work
- Use correct/precise language in all written assignments
- Demonstrate exit-level standards of interpretation/analysis and problem-solving in complex writing situations
Textbook Materials
A list of recommended textbooks and materials is provided for students at the beginning of each semester.
Resources included:
- Selected readings from a variety of therapeutic recreation practice textbooks
- Selected audio-visual and computer resources
- Selected readings from books and journals
- Selected readings from business communications texts