Cluster C Developing Leadership for Desklib

This cluster focuses on developing leadership skills for BSBLED401, CHCMGT003, CHCPRP003. It includes tasks for reflecting on professional practice, mentoring a colleague, and leadership development.

To be completed by learner:
Learnername:
Unit/s of competency:
BSBLED401 Develop teams andindividuals
CHCMGT003 Lead the workteam
CHCPRP003 Reflect on and improve own professionalpractice
Tasks
Task 1 – Improving professional
practice
Task 2 – Supporting professional
practice
Task 3 – Leadership approaches
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To be completed by facilitator:
Learnername:
Unit/s of competency:
BSBLED401 Develop teams andindividuals
CHCMGT003 Lead the workteam
CHCPRP003 Reflect on and improve own professionalpractice
Tasks Satisfactory
date Initial
Task 1 – Improving professional practice
Task 2 – Supporting professional practice
Task 3 – Leadership approaches
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Date competency achieved
(only required if this is the final satisfactory result required for thiscluster-both and WAK tasks have been deemed
satisfactory): / /
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INSTRUCTIONS
CLUSTER C: DEVELOPING LEADERSHIP
BSBLED401 Develop teams and individuals
CHCMGT003 Lead the workteam
CHCPRP003 Reflect on and improve own professionalpractice
due date: Your Facilitator will advise you onwhenyour is due once you
commence this cluster. There is a space to write your due date on the second page ofyour
as a reminder.
Extensions: s must be submitted by the due date or an extension negotiated no later than the day
prior to due date. You will only be granted 2 extensions over the duration of yourcourse. You will need to
contact your Facilitator directly to discuss anyextensionrequests. s
submitted late without prior negotiation may not be accepted and may result in a NYS mark ofthe
.
Response Format:Withinthe there are sections for each of your responses. The size of each
response section reflects the approximate level of detail expected from your response. Some tasks also require
additional documentation to be provided, please attach this to the back ofyour
when submitting. Tocomplete this , you are able to source information from
class texts, handouts, your class notes and any other relevant material sources (including reputable internet
sites). However any such sources must be acknowledged and all direct quotes must be referenced
appropriately.
If evidence of plagiarism is identified, the assessment piece will automatically be marked Not Yet
Satisfactory (NYS) in accordance with information provided in the Learner Handbook.
Resources: Computer (Optional), pen and paper, access to policies, research organisations (internet, library, etc.),
consultation with key stakeholders (workplace colleagues, children, other educators, Government bodies)
To be deemed competent for the units of competency within this cluster, you must be able to demonstrate
your knowledge and skill as detailed in each of the unit criteria below.
The tasksin this are designed to assess your knowledge and theory based performance in
respect of the following unitelements:
BSBLED401 Develop teams and individuals
This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to determine individual and team development needs and
to facilitate the development of the workgroup.
It applies to individuals with a broad knowledge of learning and development who apply their skills in
addressing development needs to meet team objectives. They may have responsibility to provide guidance or to
delegate aspects of tasks to others.
1. Determine development needs
2. Develop individuals and teams
3. Monitor and evaluate workplace learning

CHCMGT003 Lead the work team
This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to undertake supervisory and coordinating activities
in work groups in health and community service organisations.
Workers at this level are team leaders or managers responsible for coordinating and monitoring the activities
and performance of work teams and other service providers.
1. Contribute to and promote effective workpractices
2. Develop and implement staffingprocesses
3. Maintain professional approach to leading work team
4. Promote effective workplacerelations
5. Evaluateplans
6. Review individualperformance
CHCPRP003 Reflect on and improve own professional practice
This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to evaluate and enhance own practice through a process of
reflection and ongoing professional development.
This unit applies to workers in all industry sectors who take pro-active responsibility for their own
professional development.
1. Reflect on ownpractice
2. Enhance ownpractice
3. Facilitate ongoing professionaldevelopment
Reasonable Adjustments: Gowrie Victoria will provide opportunities for flexible assessment. If you believe
you require assessment adjustment which can include things such as allowing additional time, the use of a
computer to respond to written tasks or verbal clarification of written answers etc.
Reasonable adjustments can be made as above and Gowrie Victoria offers learner support in the form of
eLearning resources (eLearn site), study support sessions, Facilitator availability before and after classes,
email/phone correspondence with learners and meetings as required.
Assessments decisions:
l Assessment are marked against a marking guide
l Learner tasks will be marked as either Satisfactory (meeting allunit
requirements) or Not Yet Satisfactory (Not Yet meeting all unitrequirements)
l If is not yet Satisfactory the learner will be provided with a re-submission action plan
and resubmission due date as detailedabove
l Onceall s have been deemed satisfactory, the cluster and associated units will be
deemed as Competency Achieved(CA)
l Facilitators will ensure all assessment work submitted by you meet the rules of evidence (that is it is
valid, authentic, current andsufficient)

Re-submissions: You will be permitted one re-submissionofeach task provided that the task was originally
submitted by the due date.Ifan requires a re-submission, your Facilitator
will fill out a re-Submission action plan and will discuss resubmission requirements directly withyou.
This single re-submission must be submitted within the timeframe designated by your Facilitator inthe action
plan. Failure to re-submit by the designated due date will result in (NYS)of that . If
you do not meet the requirements of the re- submission action plan or do not re-submit by the designated date,
you will be required to re-enrol in the unit/s and undergo re-assessment which may incur additional fees as
detailed in the LearnerHandbook.
Appeals: If you are dissatisfied with an assessment outcome, you should discuss the matter with your
Facilitator within 5 working days of receiving the assessment outcome. If you are not satisfied with the
informal review by your Facilitator, you may request a formal review in writing submitted to the Compliance
Manager, this must be submitted within 10 working days of the informal review taking place. For additional
information please refer to the Learner handbook.

Forthis you will be completing tasks for reflecting on your own professional practice,
mentoring a colleague and leadershipdevelopment. The consists of 3
tasks with several parts in eachtask.
Inthis pack there are knowledge-based questions for you to answer, tasks to
complete at your workplace, and spaces for feedback from your workplacesupervisor.
Resources
l National Quality Framework (2018 edition orlater)
l ACECQAwww.acecqa.gov.au
l ECA Code ofEthics
l Early Learning Association Australiawww.elaa.org.au
Instructions
There are 3 tasksinthis :
l Task 1: Improving professionalpractice
l Task 2: Supporting professionalpractice
l Task 3: Leadershipapproaches
l All tasks are to be completed in your owntime.
l Follow the instructions for each task to complete the requiredwork.
l Many of the reference documents and resources are available oneLearn.
l More information is available in the course textbook The Early Childhood Educator for
Diploma, Edition 2, by Lorraine Walker(2016).
l Your Facilitator will advise youwhenyour is due. Write below to ensure
you don’tforget:
Task 1 due on: / /
Task 2 due on: / /
Task 3 due on: / /
Please ensure you complete the coversheet found on the first page. This needs to be
completed and dated the date that you submit allof your work.

To be completed by facilitator:
Learnername:
Unit/s of competency:
BSBLED401 Develop teams andindividuals
CHCMGT003 Lead the workteam
CHCPRP003 Reflect on and improve own professionalpractice
Task Not Yet Satisfactory date
(if applicable)
Initial Satisfactory date Initial
Task 1- Improving professional
practice
Final task outcome (circle): Satisfactory / Not YetSatisfactory
Final taskoutcomedate: / /
FacilitatorName:
Facilitatorsignature:
Comments:

TASK 1: Improving professional practice
Part A: Reflecting on professional practice
For this part you will be reflecting on and assessing your professional practice for working in an
early childhood service. Professional practice might include for example: interactions with children,
team work, following service policy and procedures, supporting children’s play and learning,
communicating with families,etc.
1.
l Discuss your professional practice with your workplacesupervisor.
I have discussed my professional practice as a mentor of the child educators with my supervisors.
Mentoring is the professional practice in which role is to create a synergistic match that could build better
outcomes in the others. As the mentor the role will be to set the achievable goals for the mentees. The
supervisor stated that mentoring an educator is all about establishing the relationship by showcasing the
adequate skills and competencies to support the learning for the educators. The key role of this professional
practice of mentoring is all about the advice, guidance, support and assistance.
l Decide on 1 area of your practice that you both agree needs further
development.
The area of my professional mentoring practice that need further development
is “skill development”.
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2. Describe your chosen
area of professional
practice for
improvement.
For the improvement of my professional practice of mentoring I have
chosen the skills development area. Skills development is key area to be
focused by the me during mentorship to support and help the educators or
mentees to learn specific set of skills in order to develop personal and
professional skill set, add value to the firm or to progress and to progress in
their career path.
3. Why have you chosen
this area of professional
practice?
This area highly import ant as I have zero focus on this area during my mentorship
and I focus more on other factors. Also through I will be able to increase me on
skill set.
4. Refer to the National
Quality Standard.
List the National Quality
Area/s which relate to
your professional
practice area.
Quality Area/s (number and name):
Quality Area 1- Educational program and practice
Quality Area 5- Relationship with children
Quality Area 7- Governance and leadership

5. For your chosen area of
professional practice,
describe what are you
doing well; what are
your achievements?
For my professional practice the chosen area learning and development of the children
regarding skill development by building relationship of engagement and trust. In this I am
good at building the relationship with the mentees with trust and honesty. Also for that I
have achieved the respectable and equitable relationships with the educators that is
meaningful. Also the I am doing well in building trusting relationship with effective
engagement and support towards each student.
6. In this area of your
professional practice,
what are some of your
challenges or
difficulties?
In this area I was facing some challenges such as:
I was not able to take decisions that contribute in the learning and development of the
mentees.
I was facing issue in the communication with the educator.
There was the challenge of response from the mentees in terms of open ended questions,
feedbacks and interaction.
I faced challenge regarding the effective self-assessment and quality improvement process
in the professional practice.
I also encountered the challenge regarding the clarity of my goals and objectives in
educating a mentee as I was not well versed with my roles and responsibilities as a mentor
that also diminished my proficiency in decision making and operations of the services.
7. Reflect on your personal
values, beliefs and
behaviour. How do they
influence your
professional practice?
I personally have a belief that for me to become a good mentor firstly I must be an effective
listener and good communicator to the others as this will help me to build a trust in my
mentees.
I also believe that in this professional practice my mentorship and leadership must promote
the positive organizational culture for the others to learn and develop fast.
I highly value governance of this professional practice as guides all aspects of the services
and operations of this professional practice.
I also value the right of participation among the children or the mentee as the mentorship is
the collaborative partnership.
I value the parent’s views and family support, cultures, decision making in children’s
wellbeing. This help me in my professional practice in building a supportive relationship
with the mentees.

8. Discuss your chosen
professional practice
area with another
co-worker.
Ask them for their
opinions and feedback
about:
 your strengths,and
 ways you could
improve in your area of
professional practice
Co-worker name:John Smith
Discussion date:25-03-2022
Outline of opinions and feedback given:
As per my co- worker my communication skills are my key strength. In order to
improve in skills development of mentees and the build relationship and
engagement with trust the co-worker suggested me to use my strength of
commination skill in interacting with the mentee and also through I must reach
them in effective manner more as a supporter. Also it was suggested that I should
reinforce active collaborative learning and development of skills as through this
learning becomes interesting.

Part B: Improving practice
Use your reflections in Part A above and the feedback from your workplace supervisor and
co-worker to identify possible improvements you can make to your area of professional
practice.
Complete your responses in the table below:
1 Based on your
reflections and the
feedback you
received, list 2
improvements you
could make in your
area of professional
practice.
1. I could improve my collaborative and relationship management skills.
2.I could also improve my leadership skills.
2 Identify 2 networks,
internal and external, or
organisations that could
you support you.
1. Internal network: I could take support from my co- workers and workplace
supervisor.
2. External network: National Quality Standard Professional Learning
Program.

3 Identify professional
development or training
that will support you to
achieve your
improvements.
(You could consider the
networks listed above for
specific training
opportunities.)
Training offered relevant to your needs:
Topic: Mentoring: relationship and engagement to build trust
Training organisation/presenter:
Date/s of training (if applicable): Venue
(e.g. suburb):
Cost:
Weblinks (if available):
4 Refer to the NQS
Quality Area relevant to
your professional
practice. (Part A, 4)
Identify 1 Element in
this Quality Area.
Describe how you meet
the Element
requirements in your
professional practice.
NQS Element:
In reference to the NQS quality area that requires an improvement in relation
to the professional practice of mentoring the element in this quality area is 1.3
Assessment and Planning. In my professional practice through assessment and
planning cycle the learners or the mentee’s will be assessed for the learning
and development. Also this element of the quality area is used in the
professional practice for the progress of the child.
5 Identify another
Element in the same
Quality Area.
Describe how you
could improve your
professional practice to
meet the Element
requirements.
NQS Element:
Under this quality improvement area another element 1.1 Program is helpful in
improving my professional practice of mentoring an educator by approved
learning framework and curriculum. Also through child centered program that
have foundation of fostering knowledge, strengths, ideas, culture will help me
to meet the requirements of the this element of my quality area of improvement.
6 Access the weblink.
a) Select 1 of the early
childhood initiatives that
links to your area of
professional practice.
https://www.education.gov.au/early-childhood-workforce-initiatives-0
Initiative:In the early childhood initiatives I have taken an initiative of
improving through continuous development plan which is considered as the
snack learning. This links to my professional practice of mentorship as for the
mentor I must focus on this area during learning and development of the
educator.

b) Identify 2 aspects in
the initiative and how
these will support you to
improve your practice.
1. the skills development through personal development plan is one of the
aspect in the initiative that will support in improving my mentorship practice by
providing me skill development.
2. The another aspect of this initiative is about the continuous learning as in
this professional practice of mentoring the improvement will be gained.
7 Access the ECA Code of
Ethics.
Select 2 dot points
from any of the
commitments in the
Code that relate to your
area of professional
practice. Describe how
you demonstrate these
points in your current
practice.
Point 1:ECA code of Ethics: reflects current pedagogical research and
practice, providing a framework for reflection about the ethical responsibilities
of early childhood professionals who work with or on behalf of children and
families in early childhood settings.
Point 2:Promote and support ongoing professional development within my
work team.

Part C: Setting professional goals
In this part you are required to develop goals and strategies to support improvements in your
professional practice.
l Choose 1 of your improvement ideas from the above table (Part B,1).
l Complete the table below to develop practical goals that you will be able to achieve in
yourpractice.
1. What is your chosen
improvement idea?
I want to improve my leadership skills therefore this chosen as my improvement
idea for my professional practice of mentoring.
2. Outline a realistic goal
to improve your
practice.
In order to improve leadership skills for my improving my mentoring practice
for this I will set clear goals which will include development of communicating
effectively, positive attitude to change, developing common goals, support
professional development and affirming and challenging.
3. List 2 strategies that
will support you to
achieve your goal.
1. To develop effective leadership skills I have strategy of building and
promoting the continuous improvement of my skills.
2. T improve my leadership skills my key strategy will be know my audience
by listening to their advice and opinions by improving the critical thinking
and decision making skills.
4. What is a realistic time
frame for you to achieve
your goal?
The realistic time framework for this area of improvement of my own leadership
skills is the one year as through my whole session.
5. How will you know you
have achieved your
goal? E.g. What can be
seen/heard/read to
demonstrate that your
goal was achieved?
In order to identify or know whether I have achieved my Goal I will be using
techniques like benchmarking and KPIs that will help me to evaluate my new
skills with the earlier ones. Through my effective collaboration with the learners
I will be able to see my achievement of gaining the leadership skills.
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6. Describe 2 ways you
could regularly upgrade
your skills and
knowledge in your
professional practice
area.
1. With the help of the continuous development plan technique I will be able
to regularly upgrade your skills.
2. With the personal development plan I will upgrading my skills.
7. Consider your own
health and wellbeing.
What are 2 ways you can
take care of your health
and wellbeing to assist
you in achieving your
goal.
1. To take care of my own health and well being I will be regularly setting my
routine in order to stay determined for my goal.
2. For my own health and well beingI will be more focused towards my eating
habits and also I will meditate to increase my concentration level.
8. Identify any additional
support that would
benefit your health and
wellbeing. (Internal
and/or external
supports.)
The external institutions that take care of the health and well being of the professional
practitioners. Also the motivating factors such as support of Co workers are there that
help in to increase my health and benefit.

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To be completed by facilitator:
Learnername:
Unit/s of competency:
BSBLED401 Develop teams andindividuals
CHCMGT003 Lead the workteam
CHCPRP003 Reflect on and improve own professionalpractice
Task Not Yet Satisfactory date
(if applicable)
Initial Satisfactory date Initial
Task 2- Supporting professional
practice
Final task outcome (circle): Satisfactory / Not YetSatisfactory
Final taskoutcomedate: / /
FacilitatorName:
Facilitatorsignature:
Comments:

TASK 2 – Supporting professional practice
For this task you are required to support an educator to improve their professional practice. You will
be determining their learning needs and creating a suitable learning plan for them.
Ensure you are maintaining confidentially and professionalism at all times.
Instructions:
l Discuss this task with your workplace supervisor so they can support and guide you.
l Ask your workplace supervisor about an educator you can work with to support their
professionalpractice.
l Obtain the educator’s verbal permission for you to work with them to support their
professionalpractice.
l Allow the educator to see the tasksinvolved.
Part A: Coaching and mentoring principles
1. Research the GROW principles of professional coaching. Describe these
principles and the coaching stepsbelow:
The GROW model is the professional coaching framework used during the conversation, conferences and meetings
and for daily leadership to grab different potential and possibilities(THE GROW MODEL, 2021). This is the famous
model for the coaching framework to resolve problem, set goals and performance improvement. With the assistance
of transformational coaching framework the GROW model is powered.
Grow model is the most finest coaching model that is been considered by the coaching community it is the top
leadership tool that effectively works across all the disciplines and cultures it comprises of the four coaching steps
and grow has proved to be successful or across the coaching and mentoring program. It forms the backbone of
mentorship and provides an outstanding result as it healthy people to achieve their success personally and as a team.
The four coaching steps are followed by:
G- Goal( what do you want?): The first step is to understand and identify the goals and aspirations as there
are different levels of goals depending on how far in the future a person is looking.
R- Reality(where are you now?): Analyzing the current situations for the internal and external challenges in
achieving the goal. The mentor or a coats has a task of questioning of what team find this is strength and weakness in
order to achieve the desired goal and for what qualities and resources do they have to help them(THE GROW
MODEL, 2021).
O- Options(what could you do?)- the stage is all about depicting the possibilities and you alternatives in order
to move forward towards achieving the goals for which it is a stage to be more imaginative for the team to break
through the insight. That's it helps in analyzing the strengths and resources that appeal right for this situation.
W- Will (what will you do?): Stage with fractions and accountability given times for this specific fractions to
be performed in order to understand this successfulness and also to measure the level of commitment.

List your research source / reference:
THE GROW MODEL, 2021. [Online], Available Through:<https://www.performanceconsultants.com/grow-model>

2. Research another professional coaching style. Provide a brief outline of this
coaching stylebelow:
CLEAR coaching model is it transformational coaching process used by the mentor
or a coach by giving an idea that they have a little time to reflect on the goals and
vision. This helps in identifying where the coach is going and how to get there(The
CLEAR Coaching Model: A Simple Summary, 2021). This is five stage models that is
intent to be used in each session of mentorship program. The stages of coaching are
followed by:
C- Contract: in this session is started with the interaction between the mentor and
mentee regarding they will work together in the particular session and what the
Mentor would like to get out of the session and what minty will know during their
progress and reminder of basic rules around the mentorship.
L-Listen: listen is very important part of coaching as the coach is looking for the
clarity and details and the relationship that starts to understands between both court
and Cochin for which it is very important to be attentive in listening for the choosing
area of focus.
E-Explore: fast and feelings because more clear at this days and court starts to ask
more targeting questions to their coaching in order to explore the emotional
connection with the current situation and what they want to change in the future.
A-Actions: while the purpose of coaching is clear to achieve the transformational
change actions are needed the courts are there coaching to help in considering what
actions with feel to be take and how committed they are towards the actions(The
CLEAR Coaching Model: A Simple Summary, 2021).
R-Review: please maxim of the key points from the session in order to reflect all
these stages and plans like the progress made which is the review of decision and ask
multiple questions to the coachee in order to evaluate their progress and performance.
List your research source / reference:
The CLEAR Coaching Model: A Simple Summary, 2021. [Online], Available
Through:<https://worldofwork.io/2019/06/the-clear-coaching-model/>

3. Refer to the class text The Early Childhood Educator for Diploma, Edition 2, by
Lorraine Walker (2016) and locate the section onmentoring.
In your own words, what are some benefits of professional mentoring?
 Benefits of professional mentoring are it brings higher productivity and bring
the better time management.
 It has a power of greater success in achieving the external research rewards.
 The professional mentoring personal and professional development is gain
effectively including the increased job related well being confidence self
esteem and better work like balance.

4. List 1 difference between coaching andmentoring:
One difference between coaching and mentoring is that the coaching this is supporting and explaining process
of teaching where is mentoring is encouraging the self-development by listening and advising the other person.
Part B: Policies and procedures
1. Discuss with your workplace supervisor or manager the service policies and
procedures related to team work, professional development and performance
management.
Provide a brief description of each of these below:
a) Teamwork:
 Regarding the team work there is restrict policy and procedure within the workplace that is to
develop an enforce equality in the culture and product the rights of every team member from
potential suits.
 For educator to work in a team it is very important to developer relationship between the children
families and the community in order to access children to form deep and meaningful connections.
 As per the supervisor of the workplace policy and procedure related to team working includes most
important element that is integrated to be maintained and also decisions at the management level
must be treated fairly
b) Professionaldevelopment:
The professional development is the procedure which aims to improve and increase the capabilities
of staff through access to education and training opportunities in the workplace. The aim of
professional development is to provide opportunity to professionals to learn and apply new
knowledge and skills which can help them in their job and in career. It helps in building skill set and
knowledge base in related field.
c) Performancemanagement:
The performance management is organization management tool which is used for measuring the
performance of employees and helps managers in evaluating and monitoring the work of
employees. It creates the environment where people can perform in its best abilities and high
quality work is produced efficiently and effectively. This is an ongoing process of communication
between supervisor and employee.

Part C: Guiding an educator
1. Meet with the educator whose professional practice you are supporting. For this part
you are taking on a supportive role as their mentor. You are assisting the educator to
reflect on and self-evaluate areas of their professional practice.
To assist you in your meeting with the educator, use the questions suggested below. These will
encourage the educator to:
 Consider an area of their professional practice that they would like to develop
 Evaluate their own performance on the chosen area
 Identify areas for improvement in their professional practice area
Complete the table on the following page using responses from the educator.
First name of educator
Elly
Date of meeting
25/03/2022
Educator role and
children’s age group
The role is of mentorship
Children’s age group – 5-10 years
Professional practice area of
focus
Team building
Link to an NQS Quality
Area
NQS Area (number and name):
QA5- Relationship with children
Educator’s self-evaluation:
areas that are working well in
professional practice focus
The educator is good at the communication skills and also has the polite and humble
behavior as an educator towards the others. Educator is also good at self-learning
practices and reflection.

Educator’s self-evaluation:
areas of challenge in
professional practice focus
The educator is facing a challenge in developing the equitable and respectful
relationships between the educators and children. Also the educator is finding a
problem in supporting a collaborative learning and self-regulation among the children.
Educator’s self-evaluation:
possible improvements in area
of professional practice focus
The educator should initiative the participative mentoring approach in which there
must be positive educator to child interaction in order to help the child to feel secure,
confident and included. This will form the effective educator and child relation.

Educator’s goal for developing
their practice
To develop collaborative skills
To develop team working abilities
To learn interpersonal skills
Based on the educator’s
self-evaluation, suggest a
strategy for how they can
improve in their professional
practice.
To improve collaborative learning and mentoring the educator should opt for the
participative mentoring approach and also there should be feedback system in order to
understand each other’s perspective through formative and summative feedbacks.
Educator to select 1
improvement focus
QA5 Relationship with children
Educator’s preferred
learning style (e.g. visual,
auditory, kinaesthetic)
The educators preferred learning style is visual
Educator’s signature

2. Based on the educator’s chosen area for improvement in the above table, you are required to
develop a learning plan. The educator will be implementing this learningplan.
Complete each area in the table below to create the learning plan:
Identify the educator’s
improvement goal (from
table above).
To develop collaborative skills
To develop team working abilities
To learn interpersonal skills
What actions/steps will
the educator need to
follow to work towards
this goal?
In order to improve collaborative skills, the educator will communicate with other with open mind
and also show interest in the children’s opinions as well.
To develop team working abilities, educator should learn different team working styles and also improvise
the agile learning for the children’s.
To improve interpersonal skills the educator should interact more and more with the others in order to
conduct roles and responsibilities in a well define and effective manner.
What resources will the
educator need to achieve
their goal?
The resources that will the educator need to accomplish their goal are inclusive of audio and video
technology, basic supplies like paper, ink etc. and other form of digital learning resources.
How will you know the
goal has been achieved?
E.g. What can be
seen/heard/read to
demonstrate that the
goal was achieved?
With the help of undertaking a plan and measuring each and every step on daily basis. In addition
to this, to know the accomplishment of goals steps like using time metrics will be undertaken.
This will be done to make sure that goals has been achieved in a well define and effective manner.
Time frame for
achieving the goal
(within 2-3 weeks).
To achieve overall goals approximate time will be needed is 8-9 days.

Outline where this
learning plan links to 2 of
the service’s requirements
e.g. philosophy, policy,
QIP, etc. Provide details.
1.The learning plan is duly linked to policy service requirements. As it has been underlined that
it helps in learning the aspects which will significantly aid in accomplishing all the services
requirements in a well define and effective manner.
2.In addition to this, it has been underlined that the learning plan links to the service
requirements of philosophy. As it has been evaluated that it will help in building knowledge in
an appropriate manner. This will help in developing learning skill.

3. Reflect on your mentoring role. How did the service policies and procedures related to team
work, professional development and performance management guideand
influence your approach?
My main role is associated to provide effective support and guidance to others. With the help of this maintaining role
I assured that each and every individual is conducting their roles and responsibilities towards an appropriate
direction. Furthermore, it has been underlined that service policies and procedure associated to teamwork
professional development and performance management guide and influence my approach in an effective manner as
these approaches allow me to guide other individuals with the help of collaboration helps me to develop my own
professional skills which benefits me in terms of high performance.

 You are required to provide suitable learning methods to support the educator in developing their
skills and which suit their learning style. Discuss this with the educator and your
WorkplaceSupervisor.
There are several learning methods which helps in student learning such as supporting academic risk, teaching
active listening, developing collaborative relationships.
a) Choose 2 learning methods from the list below that will be suitable for the
educator’s learning style. Tick the 2 you have beenchosen:
 Professional development training such as a webinar or externalsession
 Mentoring from an experienced educator within theservice
 Reading research and informative articles about thetopic
 One on one coaching with the manager, educational leader or roomleader
 Internal training offered by theorganisation
b) Explain how these learning methods will meet the educator’s preferred learning style:
It has been underlined that with the help of taking learning methods like professional development training such as
webinar or external session help to the educator perfect learning style, as this provides various range of sources
through which learning can be undertaken in an effective manner. In addition to this in terms of reading research and
information articles about the topic helps in determining the viewpoint of other authors which assist in filling the gap
this is suitable for the educated learner style.
c) Explain how these learning methods will support the educator to achieve their specific
goal for improving professionalpractice:
It has been underlined that the selected learning methods will effectively support to achieve educator specific goals in
order to improve professional practice. Both of these selected method of a wide range of sources through which
educator can develop professional practice in an effective manner.

d) Outline any equipment and resources that are needed to implement these
learning methods, or for the educator to access and participate inthem:
Equipment and resources which is needed to implement these learning methods or digital tools such as video and
audio tool to access and participate in them. Along with this computer and laptop are the resources which is needed to
implement these learning methods.
4. You are required to find one article, information or reading for the educator that will
support their learning in relation to their chosen area for improving practice.
Provide the article/information to the educator. Outline the
details of your article/information below:
Title: Developing your dream team: 7 game-changing tactics
Author: Madeline Miles
Date ofpublication: January 21, 2022
Weblink/source: https://www.betterup.com/blog/developing-teams
5. Confirm with the educator and your Workplace Supervisor for the educator tonow
implement their learning plan.
Datecommenced:
Datecompleted:

Part D: Reflect and evaluate
1. After the learning plan has been implemented, meet with the educator. Together reflect on
the learning plan to determine any changes to the plan and ways to support future learning.
a) Complete the table below with the educator’sresponses:
Area of focus for educator’s
professional practice
I want to improve my time management skills.
What improved skills or
knowledge does the educator
feel they have gained
through the implementation
of their learning plan?
Identity 2 key points.
Educator’s feedback:
team working skill
2.leadership skill
Does the educator feel that
the learning methods were
successful?
Explain why or why not.
Educator’s feedback:
yes, as it adopted several methods which helps in improving the efficiency of
working and builds confidence.
Engage in a reflective
discussion with educator
about improvements to their
learning plan.
Decide together on 2
changes to the plan as listed
in the next column.
1. A modification to the learning methods:
to improve the learning plan, I will take guide from mentors
2. I will study books, taking classes to improve the learning.

2. A strategy for timely improvements to their professional practice:
What is 1 other improvement
that could be made to the
learning plan?
Making lesson plans and engaging with them.
As the mentor, offer
professional feedback to the
educator about their
performance and the
improvements you have
observed in their area of
professional practice.
1. Performance: the learner can be explained to focus on helping them in
understanding the assessment of learning and encouraging learners to ask
question regarding feedback that can helps in improving performance.
2. Improvements observed: The educator must evaluate the improvements
done by me as mentor as in what way I am guiding and motivating others to
perform the task in effective way.
Educators’ signature:

b) Reflect on the educator’s comments above. Consider your mentoring role and
complete the tablebelow:
Based on the implemented
learning, did the educator
achieve their goal?
Explain why or why not.
Yes , the learning goals were achieved as it helped to provide effective
mentoring and by having proper guidance. The made effective plans to study and
created consistent daily routine.
What additional support did the
educator require during the
implementation of their
learning plan? If none was
provided, suggest an
appropriate support that could
have assisted them.
maintain and encourage a positive outlook; focus on the good.
Give assignments/tasks in small
How effective was the plan in
supporting improvement to
the educator’s professional
practice area?
Use the scale to rate the
effectiveness of the
learning plan and explain
your rating decision.
Select your rating below and place a tick under your selection:
Explain your rating:
The planning of learning was extremely effective which helped the educator
in improving the professional practice area. As proper guidance was offered
to the students and motivating them to have effective learning in order to
develop their career path.
Based on the rating, suggest 2
improvements that could
support the educator’s
learning based on their
learning style.
1. There can be implementation of curricular by faculty members
to address a targeted student learning outcome based on
assessment findings.
2. Solicit information from students about their backgrounds and
academic interests. Encourage students to prepare for lessons or
tests together.

Refer back to NQS Quality
Area identified in Task C, Part
2, question 1.
Evaluate the educator’s
improved practice against 2
Elements in this Quality Area.
(Refer to NQF resource to
guide you).
E.g. what practice is
observable, how does the
Educator demonstrate these
Elements in their practice,
etc.
Quality Area (number and name):
Element (number and name):
Element (number and name):

To be completed by facilitator:
Learnername:
Unit/s of competency:
BSBLED401 Develop teams andindividuals
CHCMGT003 Lead the workteam
CHCPRP003 Reflect on and improve own professionalpractice
Task Not Yet Satisfactory date
(if applicable)
Initial Satisfactory date Initial
Task- Leadership
approaches
Final task outcome (circle): Satisfactory / Not YetSatisfactory
Final taskoutcomedate: / /
FacilitatorName:
Facilitatorsignature:
Comments:

Task 3: Leadership approaches
Part A: Reflecting on leadership
This part requires you to reflect on your leadership style and skills and consider areas for further
development.
1. List 3 examples of when you have demonstrated leadership skills. Provide the context
and your actions. The context may be in a range of circumstances, e.g. Managinga
meeting, previous employment, sports activities, etc.
i) During my sports activities I was the team leader of my volleyball team and they’re on the ground during
the matches and training I demonstrated my leadership skills.
ii) During my internship program in the summers at the multinational organization I was given a task to lead
and manage a small team of 5 people and guide them with the policies and procedures of working in the
company. During that period with my leadership skills I performed the task effectively and also appreciated for
my work.
iii) During my team project at the university related to the present on business management. I was assigned as
the team leader for the presentation project. There with my leadership skills I allocated the task into different
members, I organised team meeting, evaluated the performance, resolved problem and much more all of which
demonstrated my leadership skills.

2. Provide an example of when you have used leadership skills to effectively manage a
difficult situation. Outline the situation and your actions. Ensure you
maintainconfidentiality.
There was the situation during my mentorship practice regarding the conflicts of team.
During that period with my effective leadership skills I firstly analyzed the whole situation by
listening the issue from the team regarding the conflict occurred. Then with my critical thinking
and problem solving abilities I realized the issue of lack of collaboration among team members
for which I organised a team development meeting where I lassize faire leadership style is
applied to provide independence to the team members to interact and develop bond for better
decision making.
3.
a) Provide an example of a circumstance that you found difficult to lead. Ensure you
maintainconfidentiality.
During the mentorship there was situation related to decision making on the project
between the team. There was the lack of communication due to diverse culture, different
language, culture, beliefs etc. in this situation I faced huge difficulty to lead the whole
team.
b) What leadership skills or knowledge could you improve to lead more effectively in this
circumstance?
In such Circumstances using my knowledge and skill of leadership this is regarding the strategic
thinking I could implement the effective communication between the team members and also
pursue and influence them to build collaborative skills in order to communicate effectively
with each other. Strategic thinking and planning I could manage to allocate the task between
the team members that are more suitable and feasible to interact with each other there by
implementing the people management’s technique with the help of my effective leadership
skills.

4. Research relevant professional development and training opportunities that you can
access to update your leadership skills and knowledge.
Outline 2 different professional development/training options below, e.g. specific courses,
webinars, etc.
i) Topic: learning of leadership styles democratic style
Weblinks:https://blog.hubspot.com/marketing/leadership-styles
Trainingorganization/presenter:
Date/s of training (ifapplicable): 26/03/2022
Cost: $20000
ii) Topic: leadership and development skills in workplace Tesco
Weblinks:https://www.imd.org/imd-reflections/reflection-page/leadership-skills/
Trainingorganisation/presenter:
Date/s of training (ifapplicable):
Cost: $30000
5. Access the ECA Code of Ethics. Refer to points under the commitment ‘in
relation to colleagues Iwill…”
a) Provide an example of where your leadership skills/approach strongly reinforces any of these
points:
The democratic leadership style is effective in strongly in reinforcing this as I give the freedom to team members to
share their views and opinions and involving their participation in decision making. In the organization I encourage the
employees to perform participative role in making important decisions through extensive discussion and
brainstorming.

b) Select one point and explain how you could continue to develop more effective
leadership to demonstrate this point in yourpractice:
The skill of leadership can be developed by delegating the work to employees and making them feel empowered. The
effective ay to develop this skill by becoming better communicator, setting the clear goals and working towards the objectives. I
can take se of better decision-making skill to lead others and motivating them. To continue develop my skill I will practice on
leading other team members, taking management and leadership courses, working on hard skills.
Part B: Roles and responsibilities
For each of the scenarios below, identify the professional leadership approach that you
would follow. You should consider the ECA Code of Ethics and other relevant professional
and service documents.
1.
a) As Kelly’s leader, describe the steps you would follow in this situation to
ensure professional practices are upheld and your personal connection does not
influence your leadership responsibilities?
Being a Kelly leader I will follow several steps in the situation to ensure professional
practice such as collaboration, displaying empathy, being accountable, being resilient and
planning for tomorrow. The lead, engage, affirm and develop is model that I will use for
developing leadership success.

b) What is your duty of care to both families in this situation?
To lead with care is to cultivate relationships and assist employees in cultivating relationships.
Encouragement of trust, collaboration, clarity, and relatedness is a leadership responsibility. One of
the most important roles of leadership is to fuel and unleash employee passion and creativity!
Results are driven by passion and purpose
2.
Scenario: There is some conflict between Kelly and another staff member about the staffroster. Kelly
has told the other staff member that as she is a personal friend of yours, shecan make her own
changes to the roster. The other staff member feels this is unfair and tellsyou the situation in an
individual meeting.
a) As the leader, what are the staff rights you will need to consider? Provide
2 responses considering bothstaff:
i) Safety- Managers must place a high focus on worker safety. Employers must offer a safe workplace,
including any necessary compliance training for managers and employees, under the Occupational
Health and Safety Act.
ii) Compensation and overtime- Managers may ask staff to work longer hours on occasion, especially
if a deadline or time-sensitive project is approaching. Managers must frequently keep track of how
many hours their employees work and ensure that they are allowed to take any required breaks under
state and federal legislation.

b) For this scenario, what are staff responsibilities you will need to consider? Provide
2responses:
i)Taking reasonable care of their own health and safety.
ii) Cooperating with employer and following instructions.
3.
Scenario: Kelly is now undergoing a performance management process.
What are 2 rights of the employer in relation to employees’ work practice and
performance?
i) Providing necessary health and safety instruction, supervision & training
ii) Consulting with staff regarding decisions that impact workplace safety

4.
Scenario: Kelly is a member of a union and contacts them for support. They ring
Kelly’semployer to arrange a meeting with Kelly and the employer.
What are 2 responsibilities of the employer in this situation?
i) Break Time- every employee has the right to get a break time of at least one hour in the day. Such breaks help the
effortlessly working employees to regain their power.
ii) Fixed Working Hours- every employee who works longer than the predetermined hours is regarded to be working
overtime. In this instance, the employee may be entitled to additional compensation for the additional hours he has worked
for the company.
5.
a) List 3 job opportunities for an educator with a Certificate III qualification:
i) Play Group Supervisor
ii) Disability Support Worker
iii) Personal trainer

b) List 3 common limitations or work boundaries of the Certificate IIIrole:
b.i) Not discussing a client's private health information with others;
;
b.ii)Not performing additional favors for clients, outside of the scope of your role.
b.iii)Keeping work contact numbers separate to your personal contact numbers
6.
a) List 3 job opportunities for an educator with a Diploma qualification:
i) To get placement in multinational company
ii) To become training and development manager
iii) To be in sales managers
b) List 3 common responsibilities of the Diploma qualified role:
i) Supporting and leading children's learning and development.
ii) Designing, planning, implementing and evaluating educational programs and practices, including
following and implementing an approved learning framework.
iii) Maintain a Safe and Comfortable Environment.