Unit of competency details
CHCECE038 - Observe children to inform practice (Release 1)
Summary
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| 1 1 (this release) |
20/Jul/2021 |
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Unit of competency
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Training packages that include this unit
Qualifications that include this unit
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Classification history
| ASCED Module/Unit of Competency Field of Education Identifier | 090503 | Children’s Services | 20/Jul/2021 | |
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Unit of competency
Modification History
Release 1. CHCECE038 Observe children to inform practice supersedes and is equivalent to CHCECE013 Use information about children to inform practice.
Application
This unit describes the performance outcomes, skills and knowledge required to identify and gather information about children from observation and other sources as part of a collaborative process and as a basis for curriculum planning.
This unit applies to educators who contribute to the curriculum planning process under the guidance of others in regulated children’s education and care services in Australia.
The skills in this unit must be applied in accordance with Commonwealth and State/Territory legislation, Australian standards and industry codes of practice.
No occupational licensing, certification or specific legislative requirements apply to this unit at the time of publication.
Pre-requisite Unit
Nil
Competency Field
Early Childhood Education and Care
Unit Sector
Children’s Education and Care
Elements and Performance Criteria
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ELEMENTS
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PERFORMANCE CRITERIA
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Elements describe the essential outcomes
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Performance criteria describe the performance needed to demonstrate achievement of the element.
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1. Observe and interact with children.
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1.1. Identify children’s interests, ideas, knowledge, skills and strengths based on observation and interactions.
1.2. Investigate and understand a range of observation techniques and their application in the workplace.
1.3. Seek guidance from colleagues about observation tools and processes.
1.4. Select appropriate observation technique according to the context of the observation.
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2. Seek information from secondary sources.
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2.1. Use information from children’s records and family to assist in curriculum planning.
2.2. Collaborate with others to collect information about each child’s needs, interests, skills and cultural practices.
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3. Record and communicate information.
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3.1. Observe the child and accurately record meaningful information according to service policies and procedures.
3.2. Discuss information gathered with relevant people to inform planning.
3.3. Discuss and record information in ways that are free from bias and negative labelling of children.
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4. Analyse and interpret information and observations.
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4.1. Reflect on information gathered from observations and secondary sources.
4.2. Identify and use opportunities to discuss reflections with colleagues and gain their perspectives.
4.3. Identify learning and development aspects of the child based on gathered information.
4.4. Determine and document links to the approved learning framework.
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5. Contribute to curriculum planning.
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5.1. Use information gathered and own reflections about the child to contribute to the planning of programs that promote children’s learning, development and wellbeing.
5.2. Use information gathered about the child to support interactions that are responsive and respectful of individual needs.
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Foundation Skills
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Foundation skills essential to performance in this unit, but not explicit in the performance criteria are listed here, along with a brief context statement.
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SKILLS
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DESCRIPTION
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Reading skills to:
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- interpret service policies and procedures
- interpret children’s records.
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Writing skills to:
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- record information and observations according to service procedures.
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Oral communication skills to:
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- ask open and closed questions and actively listen to seek information and confirm understanding
- interact and engage with children and families to build rapport.
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Initiative and enterprise skills to:
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- determine appropriate strategies to support children’s individual needs
- identify and evaluate relevance of various sources of information for curriculum planning.
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Technology skills to:
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- record information according to service policies and procedures using digital media.
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Unit Mapping Information
Release 1. CHCECE038 Observe children to inform practice supersedes and is equivalent to CHCECE013 Use information about children to inform practice.
Links
Companion Volume implementation guides are found in VETNet - https://vetnet.gov.au/Pages/TrainingDocs.aspx?q=5e0c25cc-3d9d-4b43-80d3-bd22cc4f1e53
Assessment requirements
Modification History
Release 1. CHCECE038 Observe children to inform practice supersedes and is equivalent to CHCECE013 Use information about children to inform practice.
Performance Evidence
Evidence of the ability to complete tasks outlined in elements and performance criteria of this unit in the context of the job role, and:
- gather, document, reflect on, and use information about three different children between the ages of birth and six years, one of whom must be under 23 months, to inform curriculum planning for each of the three children
- when completing the above tasks, for each child:
- gather information using at least three different observation techniques
- use at least two secondary sources
- communicate a perspective about:
- aspects of child’s development
- individual interests and learning
- explain links to approved learning framework.
Knowledge Evidence
Demonstrated knowledge required to complete the tasks outlined in elements and performance criteria of this unit:
- requirements of the following National Quality Standard and related regulations and laws applicable to this unit, including:
- collaborative partnerships with families and communities
- educational program and practice
- relationships with children
- stages of child development and how they are used in curriculum planning
- stages of the curriculum planning cycle:
- gathering information
- questioning and analysing information
- planning
- implementation
- review and reflection
- key considerations for collecting information:
- confidentiality and privacy requirements
- changes in child or family circumstance
- what information is important and why
- different types of information – primary and secondary sources
- importance of using a strengths-based approach to children’s learning and development
- communication techniques for:
- collaboration
- questioning
- ways of gathering information and who may be involved
- range of observation techniques
- appropriate application of different techniques
- stakeholders
- children
- family
- educators
- carers and significant adults
- community
- other relevant professionals
- how to make and document meaningful observations:
- subjective vs objective language
- avoidance of labelling
- past and present tense
- avoidance of bias
- ways of questioning and reviewing information to gain better understanding of children’s needs and learning opportunities
- how individual educators can contribute to the planning stage based on information collected
- reflective practice:
- what is reflection
- why and how educators use reflection
- what is meaningful reflection
- service standards, policies and procedures for:
- collaborative partnerships with families and communities
- educational program and practice
- relationships with children.
Assessment Conditions
Skills must be demonstrated in a regulated children’s education and care service in Australia:
- performance evidence may be collected through authenticated third-party reports
- third-party reports must be supplemented by other forms of evidence
- interactions with children must be supervised by an approved early childhood educator.
Assessment must ensure access to:
- observation-recording tools
- children’s records (real or simulated)
- information technology for recording information
- National Quality Framework:
- National Quality Standard
- the relevant approved learning framework
- service standards, policies and procedures for:
- collaborative partnerships with families and communities
- educational program and practice
- relationships with children
- educators for guidance and collaboration
- children between the ages of birth and six years in a regulated education and care service in Australia.
Assessors must satisfy the Standards for Registered Training Organisations’ requirements for assessors.
Links
Companion Volume implementation guides are found in VETNet - https://vetnet.gov.au/Pages/TrainingDocs.aspx?q=5e0c25cc-3d9d-4b43-80d3-bd22cc4f1e53
