Students will participate in a non-paid field placement for 4 days a week, inside or beyond the GTA community in nongovernmental, nonprofit, governmental or community settings to take on leadership roles and responsibilities as a Community Development Worker in-training. Field Placement opportunities include a variety of international field placement experiences, where students can learn about community development work from a different global context.
Course Learning Outcomes
- Execute the roles and responsibilities required of a CD practitioner within the expectations of a community agency
- Perform self-evaluations and self-appraisals related to the execution of CD roles and responsibilities and the advancement of professional development goals
- Apply CD concepts and principles ethically through the planning, implementing and evaluating of CD related projects and activities
- Identify how CD work based on research related to the theory and practice of the CD field improves practice
- Establish and maintain professional, ethical and respectful working relationships with diverse individuals and group in the community
- Prepare a professional career portfolio that incorporates ways to market oneself and identifies areas and settings of interest for employment in the community
- Prepare a formal work-related report that meets the expectations of a community agency
