Plan and Implement Children’s Education and Care Curriculum

1. Seek information to inform curriculum design.

1.1. Seek feedback from colleagues, children and families on current curriculum and learning environments using formal and informal communication methods.

1.2. Identify and reflect on how practices, resources philosophy and policies of the service may impact curriculum design and adaptation.

1.3. Establish current strengths and goals for improvement from information gathered.

2. Design curriculum.

2.1. Identify and access information from observations and analysis that will inform design.

2.2. Clarify specific objectives, learning environments and educator roles using the approved framework’s learning outcomes, principles and practices.

2.3. Design curriculum and environments that foster holistic learning and provide continuity of learning and transitions.

2.4. Provide the opportunity for scaffolding learning and development.

2.5. Integrate a balance between child-initiated and educator-led learning.

2.6. Plan monitoring and assessment of children’s learning consistent with principles and practices of the approved framework and allow for planned and unplanned experiences.

2.7. Document curriculum according to service guidelines and the requirements of the National Quality Framework.

3. Implement curriculum.

3.1. Identify and access required materials for learning opportunities.

3.2. Set up the physical environment according to requirements of learning experiences, ensuring accessibility for all children.

3.3. Use techniques and intentional teaching to co-construct meaning with children and ensure there are sustained interactions.

3.4. Provide opportunities for children’s collaborative learning.

3.5. Scaffold learning in ways that support children’s development over time.

3.6. Identify spontaneous teachable moments as they occur and use them to build on children’s learning.

3.7. Model and promote positive learning dispositions.

4. Evaluate teaching and learning.

4.1. Monitor children’s learning and use critical reflection of outcomes and own pedagogical practices for continuous refinement.

4.2. Identify and use opportunities to share information and gather feedback from colleagues, families and children.

4.3. Use and expand on children’s ideas and skills to refine curriculum.

4.4. Evaluate and critically reflect on planned and unplanned teaching and learning, in the context of the approved frameworks.

4.5. Make evaluation a regular collaborative activity, and document outcomes according to service guidelines.

4.6. Use evaluation outcomes to influence the design of future curriculum.