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1.   | Analysis and reflection on early childhood policies, systems and practices supporting quality, ethics and professional practice, advocacy, policy, and legal frameworks to develop their general capabilities. |
2.   | Critically analyse the early years setting context to enable child agency, culture, diversity, and inclusion to empower all learners. |
3.   | Demonstrate critical decision making that influence gathering evidence to enhance teaching methods and strategies by documenting observations, curriculum, planning, programming and evaluation and assessment, and pedagogical reflections including child development areas, care and diversity, difference, and inclusivity. |
4.   | Demonstrate early childhood contemporary theories and practice, play-based pedagogies, child development and care, guiding and engaging young learners and interactions across ages birth to 35 months and 3-5-year olds in childcare. |
5.   | Assess and reflect on the child health, wellbeing, and safety to develop child, family and community partnerships and how this influences quality provision of programs. |
6.   | Demonstrate a reflective analysis of management, administration, and educational leadership systems, including ICT and effective communication skills and knowledge enabling team leadership, advocacy, sustainability, and professional knowledge. |
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| | Assessment Task | Value (of total mark) | Related Learning Outcome/s |
1.   | Pre-placement quiz (20 questions) (Hurdle) | P/F | |
2.   | Reflective situational analysis (1,000 words) (Hurdle) | P/F | |
3.   | Learner focus portfolio (1,000 words) (Hurdle) | P/F | |
4.   | Reflective journals (500 words) (Hurdle) | P/F | |
5.   | Mentor teacher reports plus compulsory 20 days professional experience (Hurdle) | P/F | |
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