BSBLED401, CHCMGT003, CHCPRP003: Improving Professional Practice

This assignment focuses on improving professional practice in an early childhood service, specifically through mentoring. The student reflects on their mentoring practice, identifying skill development as an area for improvement. The reflection includes discussing their practice with a supervisor, choosing an area for development, and relating it to the National Quality Standard. The student assesses their strengths and challenges, including building relationships with mentees and facing difficulties in decision-making and communication. Personal values, beliefs, and behaviors are examined for their influence on professional practice, emphasizing the importance of effective listening, communication, and promoting a positive organizational culture. The reflection covers aspects such as interactions with children, teamwork, service policies, and communication with families.

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
Submission 1
Datesubmitted: / /
Taskssubmitted:
Signature:
Submission 2 (if applicable)
Datesubmitted: / /
Taskssubmitted:
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Submission 3 (if applicable)
Datesubmitted: / /
Taskssubmitted:
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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
FinalClusterC Outcome
Date competency achieved
(only required if this is the final satisfactory result required for thiscluster-both and WAK tasks have been deemed
satisfactory): / /
FacilitatorName:
Facilitatorsignature:
Comments:

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.