5-day visit

QUALITY AREA 1 – Program and Practice:
·        Coaching, training, and support for your Centre Manager
·        Coaching and support for your Educational Leader
·        Guiding Educators in daily practices
·        Supporting Educators with transitions, daily routines, policies, and procedures for children
·        Supporting and coaching Educators to meet all children’s developmental needs
·        Supporting and coaching Educators in Program and Practice
·        Supporting Educators with engaging with children and creating a language-rich environment
·        Educator evening meeting supporting their understanding of Program and Practice and Preparation for Assessment and Rating
·        Supporting Educators with Embedding Indigenous Culture within the classroom
·        Support with Meeting the National Quality Framework
·        Support with Exceeding the National Quality Framework
·        Discuss children’s voice and how to embed that within the program
·        Communication with families regarding the program
·        Support embedding inclusive practices and procedures within the centre
 
QUALITY AREA 2 – Children’s Health and Safety:
·        Sleep checks, nappy checks, indoor, and outdoor environment check
·        Support on safe SIDS sleeping – 0-2 classrooms
·        Safety Paperwork check
·        Support with Learning Areas and Indoor and Outdoor Environments
·        Training and Coaching for your Educators
·        Auditing of health and safety practices
·        Support guiding Educators on Nappy Changing and Toileting Procedures
·        Support managing illness and accident registers
·        Support with risk assessments
·        Support the team with mandatory reporting and child protection Policies and Procedures
·        Review of menu and nutrition at the service
·        Support on lunch-box policies if food brought from home
·        Supporting Educators to implement physical activity and experiences within the classroom and outdoors
·        Support Educators on interactions with children, and supervision within the classroom and outdoor environment
·        Support for Sun Safety policies and practices
·        Incursions/Excursions audit
·        Support for First Aid for Children
·        Emergency Lock Down and Fire Drill practices audit
·        Compliance Audit
 
QUALITY AREA 3 – Physical Environment:
·        Environment Audit
·        Equipment and resources audit
·        Safety Check Audit
·        Support ensuring that building, resources, and premises are in safe and working conditions
·        Support with Risk Assessments
·        Support with sustainable practices
·        Support Embedding Inclusive Practices within the service
 
QUALITY AREA 4 – Staffing Arrangements:
·        Educator qualifications audit
·        Roster audit
·        Discussions with Educators surrounding consistency of care
·        Support and guiding celebrations of Educators skills and diverse cultural backgrounds
·        Support guiding interactions with colleagues and Educators
·        Support with position descriptions, understanding their roles, the Code of Ethics, and the National Quality Framework
·        Attracting and maintaining consistent Educators for your team
·        Building morale with Educators
 
QUALITY AREA  5 – Relationships with Children:
·        Support with relationships with children
·        Support and guidance to help children to feel safe, secure, and supported
·        Support and guidance to show respectful relationships with children
·        Support with documentation of children’s learning
·        Support and guidance for Educators comforting and supporting children’s strengths, interests, and needs
·        Support and guidance for Educators to enable an understanding of the United Nations Rights of the Child
·        Support and guidance for Educators further developing their understanding of encouraging children to engage in child-directed, spontaneous, and teacher-directed play and learning
·        Support and guidance for Educators to encourage children to regulate their own emotions while encouraging children to feel safe, secure, and supported
 
QUALITY AREA 6 – Relationships with Families and Communities:
·        Support with tours for families
·        Orientation for families
·        Support gathering feedback from families
·        Support guiding strong relationships with families
·        Supporting children’s and family’s individual culture and background
·        Support guiding Educators with family interactions
·        Support guiding Educators to help children feel safe, secure, and supported
·        Supporting the Centre Manager and Educators to build relationships within the local community
 
QUALITY AREA 7 – Governance and Leadership:
·        Support and Guidance writing a Centre Philosophy
·        Support with the Quality Improvement Plan
·        Auditing Educators Records
·        Auditing of children’s records and how long records are to be kept
·        Educational Leadership support, guidance, and auditing of records
·        Responsible Person Log, and auditing of Educator sign in and out records
·        Regulation 168 compliance and policy check
·        Regulation 173 – Prescribed information to be displayed check
·        Support with complaints and grievance procedures
·        Audit of Job Description
·        Implementation of the Code of Ethics
·        Understanding the National Quality Framework, the Early Years Learning Framework and the My Time Our Place Framework
·        Induction of Educators at the service
·        Educator input and feedback regarding the service
·        Self-Assessment from Educators, families, and children
·        Implementing and having a Reconciliation Plan
·        Implementing a Support Inclusion Plan
·        Professional Development for Educators
·        Support with Individual Performance Plans for Educators
·        Support with Individual Appraisals for Educators

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