unit 15 fareham
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Unit 15: Professional Practice in Early Years Settings
Starter
What different Early Years
provisions are available to children and
their families?
Aims and Objectives
• Identify Early Years provisions are available to children and their families
• Explain how the range of early years settings reflects the scope and purpose of the sector
• Identify how settings aim to maintain high standards of practice
• Explain the impact of current policies, frameworks and influences on the early year’s sector
• Identify current policies, frameworks and influences on the early years
• Describe what is meant by evidence-based practice
Early Years provisions
Match up activity, highlighting different Early Years provisions
Type of Provision Timing Age Range Venue Charge to parents/carers
Run by
Nurseries Full and Part time
Birth to school
Own premises Yes – for 3-4 year olds
Private business
Child minders Full and Part time
Birth to school
Child minders home
Yes Self employed
Preschool Part time 2½ years to school
Community facilities
Free for -3-4 year olds
Committeeand parents
Play groups Part time 2½ years to school
Community facilities
Free for -3-4 year olds
Committeeand parents
Nurseryclasses
Part time 2½ years to school
State orprivate ran
Free for -3-4 year olds
Local authorities
Reception classes
Schoolhours
4-5 years State orprivate ran
Free Local authorities
Crèches Part time Birth to school
Educational premises
Some College workplace
Parent andtoddler groups
Part time Birth – 3 years
Community facilities
Yes (minimal) Parents and voluntary's
Children’s centres
Full and Part time
Birth to school
Own premises Free Local authorities
LO1 Understand the scope andpurposes of the early years sector
1.1 explain how the range of early years settings reflects the scope and purpose of the sector
Please complete the empty table with your findings. Add a paragraph to the back of your table about the scope and purpose then 6 examples to explain range of the provision available, think about how they are accessible for all
Research
In pairs please research your given policy or framework to identify the influences it has had on the early years
• Children Act 1989
• Every Child Matters
• Early Years Foundation Stage
• National Curriculum
• United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC)
Identify how they have aims to maintain high standards of practice and to provide the best possible care for children; emphasises multi-agency working and child-centred approach to early years practice, remember to use quotes where possible
Share your research
Share your findings with the group to allow you to complete the given questions
2.1 Identify current policies, frameworks and influences on the early years
2.2 Explain the impact of current policies, frameworks and influences on the early year’s sector; use your own placement experiences
What is evidence based practice?
Practice which is
influenced by objective
evidence derived from
research
Evidence based practice
Your everyday practice in your early years setting it likely to have been influences by many factors, including:
• Your training in working with young children• Your experiences of working with different children and
their families • Your on-the-job learning from colleagues• Your reading and viewing of television programmes • Your personal experiences – as a parent or as a child • Values and beliefs
Why? Lets more around the room to think of some ideas
Question
To write up - 2.3 describe what is meant by evidence-based practice and give examples of how this has influenced work with children in their early years- fill in worksheet provided
Describe what evidenced based practice is and examples of how this influences work practice e.g. weighing children in year R and 6 etc.
Unit 15: Professional Practice in Early Years Settings
Starter
How do you ensure participation when
in placement?
Aims and Objectives
• Identify how to involve children and families participation
• Explain what is meant by: diversity, inclusion and participation
• Outline the meaning of anti-discriminatory (or anti-bias) practice
• Review reflective analysis of own practice
Participation
Participation involves allowing children and families a say in how provision is made for them.
How do we do this?
How to involve children and families participation.
Model good practice
Promote positive self image in books and posters
Modify resources to allow accessibility
Provide appropriate staff training
Communicate with parents/carers to aid planning
Be aware of wishes, preferences and beliefs
HOMEWORK
Ensure you have written up - 3.1 explain what is meant by:
A - diversity
B - inclusion
C - participation
Meanings explained
Anti-discriminatory (or anti-bias) practice: Promoting equality of opportunity by
• Being positive about differences and similarities between people
• Identifying and challenging prejudice
• Taking positive action to counter discrimination
Questions
To write up - 3.2 explain the importance of anti-discriminatory/anti bias practice, giving examples of how it is applied in practice with children and carers
Explain the importance of anti-discriminatory/bias practice and give at least 3 examples of how this is done in your setting. See if you are able to cross referenced the second part of your statements to Unit 10
Group discussion
How do children in your setting, participate in decisions affecting
their lives?
Question
To write up - 3.3 explain how the active participation of children in decisions affecting their lives promotes the achievement of positive outcomes
Paragraph about how the active participation of children in decisions affects their positive outcomes – Check to see if you can link in with Unit 7
Review of reflections
Please look through your folder and get out all reflections that have been completed. Check unit 9 resources
Time to complete additional reflections
Use this time to relook at your reflections completed and ensure you have identified
- Strengths - Areas of improvement - Good practice to take forward into employment
In turns sit with your tutor to meet criteria in Unit 9 and Unit 15 within these reflections. LO4.1 explain the importance of reviewing own practice as part of being an effective practitioner
Reflective account
4.2 undertake a reflective analysis of own practice
4.3 develop strategies to deal with areas of difficulty and challenge encountered in professional practice in early years settings
Make sure that you write up a reflection from an activity that your tutor watched you
complete during your observation – make sure you answer both questions above!