Enhanced quality practices
This 246 page toolkit contains 40 resources designed to facilitate a structured and comprehensive self-assessment approach across all six quality elements in Quality Area 2, enabling services to identify strengths and areas for improvement in their practices.
Improved collaboration
Through collaborative reflection using the toolkit, teams can engage in discussions, share insights, and collectively develop strategies for enhancing quality practices, fostering a collaborative learning culture within the service.
Alignment with standards
Helps services align their practices with the National Quality Standard (NQS) and Quality Improvement Plan (QIP) requirements, ensuring compliance and continuous improvement in quality early childhood education and care.
Efficient self-assessment
Provides tools for varied depths and modes of reflection, including check-in forms that streamline self-assessment, allowing educators to regularly evaluate their strengths, areas for development, and strategies in a concise and efficient manner.
Encourages teams to engage in critical reflection on specific quality elements, enabling focused discussions and targeted improvement strategies tailored to each element.
Provides educators with a variety of reflection tools, including guided reflection activities, journal prompts, and mind map templates, catering to diverse learning preferences and enhancing critical thinking skills.
Self-Assessment Check-in Forms
The toolkit offers self-assessment forms for each of the six quality elements in Quality Area 2. These forms enable educators to reflect on their strengths, areas for improvement, and potential strategies specific to each element.
Quick Check-in Forms
These summarised forms allow educators to perform a rapid self-assessment of their strengths, areas for improvement, and strategies related to each element. It facilitates quick reflection and incorporation of regular self-assessment into everyday practice.
Strengths and Strategies Mind Map Templates
Editable PDF templates that serve as visual aids for educators to self-assess their practices. These mind maps help in visually organising strengths and strategies aligned with each quality area.
Goal Setting and Action Planning Forms
These forms guide educators in setting SMART goals based on their self-assessment findings. They facilitate the creation of clear action plans for implementation and ongoing review of strategies and goals.
Guided Reflection Activities
Resources for reflecting on various Early Years Learning Framework (EYLF) and My Time Our Place (MTOP) outcomes. These activities guide educators in assessing the alignment of their practices with the principles of the learning frameworks and the relevant quality elements.
Detailed Reflection Journal
The included 68 page journal encourages critical reflection on programming and practices, specifically focusing on Element 2.2.3 - Child Protection and related articles of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. It provides educators with a comprehensive space for in-depth reflection on child protection practices.