The Educational Leader

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The Educational Leader

This document provides questions, ideas and strategies to think through with regard to the Educational Leader.

Management committee meetings

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Management committee meetings

Four things management committees need to do before a meeting.

Occupational Workplace Violence

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Occupational Workplace Violence

This resource is designed to support educators and service leaders to identify situations that may place children, and particularly the staff of an education and care service, at risk of workplace aggression or violence.

Developing Policy

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Developing Policy

An essential part of the operation of any education and care setting is the development and implementation of policy for the community of children, families and staff. Here is a broad overview of, and introduction to, the policy planning process and some initial considerations to be made.

The Nominated Supervisor

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The Nominated Supervisor

All services are required to have a Nominated Supervisor under the National Quality Framework. This role is very similar to the role of Authorised Supervisor under previous NSW Regulations.

Self-Assessment

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Self-Assessment

Self assessment is an integral component of quality improvement and allows education and care services to evaluate their current practices through self-assessment against the National Quality Standard; and identify the practices they can or should improve.

Preparing for an Emergency

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Preparing for an Emergency

Emergency and incident management is vital to protect the health and safety of children, staff and families in early education and care services.

Preparing Educators for Assessment

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Preparing Educators for Assessment

Talking about the quality of your education and care service is one topic that all educators and staff should be effective in communicating; whether this is with families, children, the community, management or an Authorised Officer. We need to be able to identify what quality means in our individual service and how this is reflected in the education and care we provide.

Suggested Questions for Reviewing Your QIP

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Suggested Questions for Reviewing Your QIP

Continuous improvement is important. Ensure you have an effective self-assessment and quality improvement process in place.

Developing a Philosophy

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Developing a Philosophy

The philosophy provides a comprehensive statement reflecting long-term considerations, purpose, values, and beliefs of the education and care setting.

Writing Policy

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Writing Policy

Structure, plain language, short sentences, good grammar, lack of clichés, active voice, passive voice, terminology and jargon, headers, footers, drafting, adapting, colloquial and formal.

The Responsible Person

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The Responsible Person

There must be a responsible person present at a centre-based service at all times that the service is educating and caring for children.

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