Wednesday 15th - Thursday 16th March 2023 - 9:30am - 2:30pm Live AEDT (Sydney/Melbourne/Canberra)
(Recorded sessions sent to you the following Monday for convenience)
  • Multiple examples on how to ‘Meet’ the National Quality Framework Element
    • Examples on how to ‘Exceed’ the National Quality Framework Element
    • This course is designed specifically for Outside School Hours Care/Out of School Hours
    • Detailed tasks to help you to achieve the above.​
    • ​$180 for the 2-days.
​QUALITY AREA 1 – Program and Practice:
  • We cover the 7 Quality Area in the National Quality Framework; Early Childhood Development; Theorists; Inclusion Support Plans; Reconciliation Action Plans; Embedding Indigenous Culture within the Program; Writing a Quality Improvement Plan
    • We cover the below and so much more throughout the 2-day course to help support, train, and guide you. ​
    • Paperwork, attachments, and focus sheets to support you and your team
  • Coaching, training, and support for your Centre Co-ordinator
  • 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
  • Supporting Educators and 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
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    QUALITY AREA 2 – Children’s Health and Safety:
  • Bus checks, and bus policies
  • indoor, and outdoor environment check
  • Safety Paperwork 
  • Support with Learning Areas and Indoor and Outdoor Environments
  • Training and Coaching for your Educators
  • Health and safety practices
  • 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 during Vacation Care
  • 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 
  • Support for First Aid for Children
  • Emergency Lock Down and Fire Drill practices 
  • Compliance 
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    QUALITY AREA 3 – Physical Environment:
  • Environment 
  • Equipment and resources 
  • Safety Check 
  • 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
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    QUALITY AREA 4 – Staffing Arrangements:
  • Educator qualifications 
  • Roster 
  • Discussions implementing 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
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    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
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    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
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    QUALITY AREA 7 – Governance and Leadership:
  • Support and Guidance writing a Centre Philosophy
  • Support with the Quality Improvement Plan
  • Educators Records
  • Children’s records and how long records are to be kept
  • Educational Leadership support, guidance, and records
  • Responsible Person Log, and Educator sign in and out records
  • Regulation 168 compliance and policy 
  • Regulation 173 – Prescribed information to be displayed 
  • Support with complaints and grievance procedures
  • 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