ACECQA Knowledge
In what year was the National Quality Framework first introduced in NSW?
2012
What is the name of Quality Area 1
Educational Program and Practice
Who in the Service is responsible for Inclusion?
Everyone
What Early Years Learning Framework Practice are you demonstrating when you are being deliberate, purposeful and thoughtful in their decisions and actions?
Intentional Teaching
True or false?
To achieve a rating of Exceeding the NQS for any standard, all three Exceeding NQS Themes need to evident for that Standard
True
What does ACECQA stand for?
Australian Children's Education and Care Quality Authority
What is the name of the Approved Framework all Services are required to use, when Planning and Programming for Children?
Early Years Learning Framework
What does SIP stand for?
Strategic Inclusion Plan
Which standard of the National Quality Standard focuses on relationships between Educators and Children?
Standard 5.1
What form of Reflective Practice is a key component of an Exceeding Service?
Critical Reflection
True or false
An Approved provider can request a review of a Center's Quality rating at any time
False
Only once in a 2 year period
What is a Curriculum?
All the interactions, experiences, activities, routines, and events planned and unplanned, that occur in the Service designed to foster children's learning and development
What is the name of the Inclusion Agency we work with?
NSW/ACT Inclusion Agency
Name a process component of quality related to Quality Area 1 - Educational Program and Practice
Curriculum decision making
Educators demonstrating a range of Intentional Teaching Techniques
True or False
For there to be meaningful engagement with families and/or the community all families and/or the community must be involved in all decisions of the Service
False
Must be informed by and tailored to the unique strengths and needs of the children, families and the community
True or False
ACECQA is responsible for notifying Services of a Assessment & Rating Visit
False
This is the Regulatory Authority
What is the name of Lev Vygotsky's Scaffolding Theory
Zone of Proximal Development
Who is our current Inclusion Professional?
Tina Smith
What is a structural component of Quality related to Area 7 - Governance and Leadership?
The Service Philosophy
Professional Development Plans for Educators
Usual everyday practice, consistently and frequently demonstrated throughout the Service, understood by all, Evident in many ways, visually and invisible across the entire Service and it's operation.
What 4 things does the National Framework include?
National Law and Regulations, National Quality Standard, Assessment and Quality Rating Process, and the Nationally Approved Learning Framework
In the Aboriginal 8 Ways of Learning what does it mean by Non-Linear?
We put different ideas together and create new knowledge.
Complementary not oppositional
What is a Strengths-based Approach?
A strengths-based approach to equity in early childhood education focuses on identifying what works for the child instead of focusing on what is “wrong” with the child and on their supposed deficits
The Education and Care Services National Regulation 168, what is required in all Children's Education and Care Services which have components of Structural Quality in place?
Policies and Procedures
Name all 3 Exceeding Themes
1. Embedded in service operations
2. Informed by critical reflection
3. Shaped by meaningful engagement with families and/or the community