ALL celebrants (independent civil and religious) OPD feedback & recommendations

As the Civil Celebrations Network (CCN) Inc. Delegate to the Coalition of Celebrant Associations (CoCA Inc), the peak body for celebrants, we seek your help regarding Ongoing Professional Development (OPD) for ALL marriage celebrants (ie independent civil and religious celebrants).

CoCA seeks from all celebrants, feedback (positive and negative) and any other information that would assist CoCA in advising the AG & OPD providers on ways to improve their offering and delivery of OPD currently and post 2013.

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SURVEY:

Date of Appointment:

Marriage Celebrant Civil [ ] Religious [ ]

Training and Qualifications- Celebrancy and other:

For celebrancy related training, which RTO or training organization?

Celebrant Association Membership if any


CURRENT OPD FEEDBACK

(1A) 2010 OPD : Did you do OPD Face-to-face [] Online [] Distance []

If face to face, was the OPD sponsored by a Celebrant Association YES [] NO []

Attached to a Conference YES [] NO []

Name of Provider:

Topics Covered:


(1A) How satisfied are you personally with the OPD offered by the 3 OPD providers that you have undertaken?

OVERALL: Not at all [ ] Just Satisfied [ ] Satisfied [] Very Satisfied [ ]

Any specific comments (if none, leave blank) on

a. the Compulsory OPD topic?

b. range of topics?

c. value for money?

d. style of delivery?

e. the workload of distance education?

f. expertise of trainers (their personal knowledge of Marriage Celebrancy)?

g. class size for OPD classroom courses?

h. interaction during workshops?

i. facilities:?

2011 OPD : Did you do OPD Face-to-face [] Online [] Distance []

(1B) If face to face, was the OPD sponsored by a Celebrant Association YES [] NO []

Attached to a Conference YES [] NO []

Name of Provider:

Topics Covered:


1B) How satisfied are you personally with the OPD offered by the 3 OPD providers that you have undertaken?

OVERALL: Not at all [ ] Just Satisfied [ ] Satisfied [] Very Satisfied [ ]

Any specific comments (if none, leave blank) on

a. the Compulsory OPD topic?

b. range of topics?

c. value for money?

d. style of delivery?

e. the workload of distance education?

f. expertise of trainers (their personal knowledge of Marriage Celebrancy)?

g. class size for OPD classroom courses?

h. interaction during workshops?

i. facilities:?


(2) For the OPD topics you were able to attend, did the OPD
a. improve your performance as a marriage celebrants?

Yes [ ] No [ ] If not, why not.

b. increase your knowledge as related to your performance as a marriage celebrant?

Yes [ ] No [ ]

If not, what topics?

If not, why not?

c. increase your skills as related to your performance as a marriage celebrant?

Yes [ ] No [ ]

If not, what topics?

If not, why not?


FUTURE OPD:

(3) When considering all aspects of your role as a community marriage celebrant, to improve your performance

a. what new or extended knowledge would assist you ?

b. what new or extended skills would assist you ?

c. what new or extended support services would assist you ?

d. what topics do you consider important for the Compulsory components of the annual OPD?

(4) Do you have any suggestions about how OPD could be delivered differently?

EG. Include opportunities for assessment/ feedback on knowledge and/or skills; Units of the Certificate IV in Celebrancy; Units of other VET Courses; Workshops and conferences by local Community Education Colleges, Local CAEs, Universities; Continuing Education programs, experiential workshops and / or involvement with relevant associations such as Toastmasters, Drama groups etc





(5) Any other comments, suggestions and controversy?



PLEASE FILL THE ABOVE IN AND RETURN TO Rona Goold CCN INC/ CoCA Delegate
1. By copy and pasting your responses above in an email to rona@accn.com.au OR
2. By attaching this as a WORD FILE to an email to rona@accn.com.au OR

3. Print out and post to Rona Goold CoCA Delegate PO Box 3113 Robertson NSW 2577
NB CONFIDENTIALITY of posted OPD feedback will be guaranteed.