Schedule

Schedule

AssessmentThe Student Assessment Guide and Learning Plan describes the evidence required to be competent in this unit. You can track your progress by comparing it against unit requirements and at every stage of your learning and study. You can also get support from your iTAFE mentor and advisor.


Study Guide
There are many ways that you might choose to make your way through the unit. The diagram and suggested sessions (below) will help to plan your learning through the Promote children’s agency unit. The sessions outlined below are a suggestion only - you may have another way that you prefer to study.

Topic 1
• National Quality Framework
• National Quality Standards
• The Early Years learning Framework
• Organisational standards, policies and procedures
• Provide opportunities for children to plan and/or modify their indoor and outdoor environments
• Design indoor and outdoor environments that are vibrant, flexible and support children’s learning
• Provide materials and resources that are natural and familiar
• Give children access to materials and resources that provoke interest

Topic 2
• Allow children to direct their own play and leisure experiences with peers
• Create possibilities for peer scaffolding
• Encourage children to gain skill and competence by persevering with a developmentally significant activity
• Create opportunities for learning through play and intentional teaching
• Support play experiences initiated by children

Topic 3
• Use children’s observations and their views to guide the program
• Design and implement learning experiences to foster learning and development, and to reflect children’s interests
• Ensure the program is sufficiently flexible to respond to unplanned children’s interests
• Assess and evaluate planned and unplanned teaching and learning
• Ensure the program provides opportunities to follow-up activities of high interest

Topic 4
• Acknowledge each child’s uniqueness in positive ways
• Support children’s efforts, assisting and encouraging as appropriate
• Develop awareness and respond to children who may require additional support or attention
• Encourage each child to participate in a variety of experiences
• Demonstrate respect for a child’s choice not to participate