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Professional Development in a Childcare Centre with Three Year Olds

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ASSESSMENT 8 ASSESSMENT 8 17 Assessment 8 Name of the Student Name of the University Author note Reflective Journal 1 This reflective journal deals with the professional development in my area of practice as an educator in a childcare centre with three year olds in Sydney Australia. Before the start: 27th Aug, 2017- I need to develop the skills required for a concrete academic education of two to three year olds at the childcare centre which is my primary goal.

Professional Development in a Childcare Centre with Three Year Olds

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1ASSESSMENT 8Reflective Journal 1This reflective journal deals with the professional development in my area of practice asan educator in a childcare centre with three year olds in Sydney Australia. Before the start: 27th Aug, 2017- I need to develop the skills required for a concrete academiceducation of two to three year olds at the childcare centre which is my primary goal. Accordingto the Early Years Learning Framework for Australia (EYLF), Australia the educators shouldassist the toddlers with opportunities for maximizing their potential and provide strongfoundation for the successful learning1. I also need to develop my understanding of childpsychology so that I can work well with them. Therefore, for the accomplishment of my primarygoal, it is important for me to develop a basic understanding of the EYLF framework so that Ibuild my EYLF learning skills while working with the toddlers. For this accomplishment, I needto develop strategies that fulfil the EYLF goal, Australia. The strategies include: Firstly, I have to document information on the EYLF framework and learning strategies inSydney, Australia so that I understand their way of providing quality education. For this, I willsearch on internet for information on EYLF learning and experiences. I have to look for thealignment of the childcare services that take place at my centre to the EYLF outcomes andensure the way of learning takes place at the childcare centre. I need to ensure that the learningtaking place here ensures that every toddler receives proper education and care through qualityand experienced learning. I will prepare a proper documentation of my findings, share that with1 Peers, C. and Fleer, M., 2014. The theory of ‘belonging’: Defining concepts used within belonging, being andbecoming—The Australian early years learning framework.Educational Philosophy and Theory,46(8), pp.914-928
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2ASSESSMENT 8my workplace Supervisor, and ask for his feedback. This would help me to work on the areasthat require improvement and provide scope for development. Second entry: 3rd Sept 2017: I researched internet and I gathered a lot of information about theframework and skills required as an early child educator. After the analysis of EYLF frameworkand learning, I analysed that there are various area of improvement required at the childcarecentre to work in accordance to this framework. I understood the importance of verbal and non-verbal communication while interacting with the kids. Third entry: 9th Sept 2017: After the completion of two weeks, I understood a bit of the childpsychology and the ways to interact with them. However, I lacked the learning skills like verbaland noon-verbal communication to interact with the toddlers. For this, I searched for the servicesthat offer professional development in the area of childcare and how they work. They providetraining in the EYLF while working in collaboration with the kids, their parents and playlearning2. In the meanwhile, I worked closely with four two to three year old toddlers named:Taya, Khade, Andrew and Allsys. After analysing them, I made a documentation of the kids’behaviour and linked it with the EYLF learning outcomes in areas of sense of identity and well-being, connections, confidence and in becoming active learners. Then, I showed this documentedfile to my Workplace Supervisor. He advised me to prepare a five-day curriculum plan for thefour focused children based on their strengths and ability to form relationships and its evaluationafter completion. 2 Sumsion, J., 2017. Provision for ‘Under 3s’ in Australian Early Childhood Education and Care PolicyCommitments: A Metaphorical Canary in the Coal Mine?. InUnder-three Year Olds in Policy and Practice(pp.205-216). Springer Singapore.
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3ASSESSMENT 8Final entry: the five-day curriculum was prepared according to the needs and strengths of thefour focused children. Speech and play therapy for Taya as she is shy, slow-paced activities forKhade as he is aggressive and have behavioural issues, Andrew and Allsys are happy, bright andactive kids, so dance, sports, puzzles and object identification to enhance their communicationskills. They also love to talk and small group plays are designed for them in the curriculum. Reflective Journal 2This journal focuses on my role in the planning and implementation of the five-daycurriculum. Before start: Before the planning of the curriculum, it is important for me to understand thebehaviour, strengths and ability to establish relationships as outlined in EYLF learning outcomes.Taya, a three-year-old girl is shy and non-verbal and that acts as a barrier to communication.This leads to lack of sense of identity and wellbeing in her and deviated for learning. Therefore,activities like singing, play and speech therapy, singing and talking activities would help her tobecome verbal. Khade has behavioural issues (biting and hitting) and lack ineffectivecommunication because of his parents’ divorce. Activities like slow-paced and playgroupactivities would help him to get distracted from his aggressive confrontations. Similarly, Andrewloves to play soccer and a kind and happy boy, so activities like outdoor games and pairing withother children would help him to enhance his belongingness with others. Allsys loves to talk anddance, talk, and so activities like dancing sessions, puzzle solving, object identification andanimal identification would give him an opportunity to enhance his intelligence. For the set-up of these activities, it is important to look for the indoor and outdoorfacilities and services that are required for the kids to make them engaged and environment that
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