Assignment one details
Assignment one details
There are three parts to this assignment. You are required to:
a) develop a centre philosophy statement - (no references in this section. This should be written for everyone who comes into the centre to read and understand)
b) a supporting statement of reflective practice that takes into account key elements of this unit (this is where you write your justifications and decision making for your centre philosophy. Include all references used to write it including data, literature, theories etc.)
c) include an appendix of your Module Book One, Two and Three Topic Activities (A screen shot of your contribution of the labelled Topic Activities underneath the green Module Books eg. Whiteboard, quiz, forum etc.)
a) You are required to develop a centre based philosophy statement. You will undertake drafting, review andpeer feedback throughout the modules with those in your collaborative leadership group to refine your centrephilosophy statement. Undertake the ACECQA self-assessment tool to determine appropriate NQS to follow up for inclusion in your statement.
Give consideration to the impact of learning outcomes for children in relation to the complexity of their social andcultural world, families and learning environments. Include a range of stakeholder perspectives and wayscommunication strategies foster interaction and collaboration for a broad range of learning communities within anearly education and care centre (e.g. leadership, teaching staff, children, parents, community members, legislativeauthority, and transdisciplinary professionals). It is important to keep in mind that this is not the teachers or thestaffs philosophy but the centres philosophy. This means that all parties need to have a voice in the document.The statement must be reflective of the nature and importance of professional advocacy, leadership roles,responsibilities, legislative requirements, and practices early childhood teachers play in the development andmaintenance of a well-managed learning environment in which educators work in collaboration with others.
Give consideration to the following key issues as located in the NQS when developing the philosophy statement: Ways children, families and teachers and their complex social and cultural communities learn in theircomplex learning environments; discourses of professional identity for early childhood teachers professional advocacy, leadership, roles and responsibilities of early childhood teachers in maintaininglearning communities and learning environments. how do teachers, young children, their families and broader community members communicate togetherwith transdisciplinary workers.
The philosophy statement must be reflective of key theories and literature of early childhood education and carebut would not actually refer to these theories and literature.
b) The supporting statement of reflective practice must demonstrate understanding of the above mentioned keytheories and key elements of this unit through the use of early childhood literature drawn from the required text, set readings and other materials presented throughout the semester and referenced in the reference list.
c) Include evidence of your completion of Module Book One, Two and Three Topic Activities as an appendix at the back of your assignment
Word count - 2000 words total. This is entirely up to you to make a professional decision about how you will use the word count. You can choose to do 1000 each, or
a) 800 words centre philosophy
b) 1200 words supporting statement
Other people might like to complete Part A 500 and Part B 1500.
Either way, the total will be 2000 words.
References - expected at least 20 from a variety of sources as suggested throughout this book in Part b regardless of how you choose to break up the word count in Part A and Part B. All ideas from Part A and B must be referenced in Part B.
c) no word count - screen shots
