EDMAS6034 Educational Leadership

Assessment Task 2: Report and Professional Development Plan

Word Limit: 4400

Purpose:

The purpose of this assessment is for you to become familiar with both State and National Policy and understand how policy impacts on teaching practice and the provision of quality children`s services. It is expected that you will critcially analyse two policies for the impact on practice and quality operations of early childhood centres. The assessment also aims for you to consider how as an Educational Leader you will plan for the professional development of staff around policy implementation.

Task Instructions:

This assessment will consist of both a report and a professional development plan.

Report:

Choose one National and one State policy that is relevant to the operation of children`s services e.g., multicultural or inclusion policies; Indigenous policies; health and safety;curricula etc. You are to analyse both policies in terms of impact on the provision of a quality service. You should consider the following:

the development of the policy - what lead to the policy?; what research supports the development of the policy?
impact of policy implementation and ease in which they may be implemented (think critically about factors such geographic location e.g., remote, rural, region, peri-urban, metropolitan; socio-economics and; culture

reflect on how the policies impact on the provision of a quality service and teaching practice.

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Once you have analysed both polices, choose one relevant Quality Area from the National Quality Standards (NQS); one Learning Outcome from the Early Years Learning Framework (EYLF) and one Practice Principle from the Victorian Early Years Learning Development Framework (VEYLDF) and highlight how your chosen policies impact on each of these. Reflect and discuss the potential gaps in knowledge and skills of teachers in order to implement the policies. Be sure to support both your analysis and discussion with research evidence and literature.

Professional Development (PD) plan:

Having identified potential knowledge and skills gaps in your report you are to develope a professional development (PD) plan to support staff with policy implementation, Your PD Plan should include:

purpose of the professional development that clearly identifies the areas of development for teachers a brief description of the content of the professional development topic
powerpoint presentation that will be used with staff during a presentation on the topic feedback/Evaluation Sheet for teachers

self Evaluation of the PD session - what questions will you pose to yourself in order to reflect on your PD session
follow-up action plan for teachers that clearly specifies the stages of what will happen and the timeframes involved

Assessment Criteria:

Your work will be assessed according to the extent you:

evaluate the role of national and state policy in the provision of quality children`s services demonstrate an understanding of the rationale for continued professional learning and implications for improved student learning
show an understanding of the impact of policy on the teaching practices and operations of early childhood settings
Create an effective professional development plan which adds to teacher knowledge and skills demonstrate current content knowledge of the chosen PD for teachers
understand the relevant and appropriate sources of professional learning for teachers

Preparation for Assessment:

To prepare for this assessment you should be familiar with various poloicies and regulatory documents such as the National Quality Standards (NQS) and the National (EYLF) and State (VEYLDF) curricula. Weekly topics on the moodle site will assist in the understanding of the role of policy in the provision of quality children`s services the role of the Educational Leader in ensuring centre-based policy reflects national and/or state policy. Time should also be spent in preparing and working online. It is anticpated that approximately 30 hours be spent in preparing for this assessment. In addition to the learning materials on moodle, it is expected that students bring together various scenarios from work or life experiences to online discussions in either virtual classrooms or online forum discussions. Using moodle readings and other library sourced literature is also recommended.

Assessors:

Your work will be assessed by your lecturer or assigned marker. A marking criteria sheet will be used to assess your work. The Marking Criteria sheet can be found in the Assessment section of the moodle site.

Submission of Assessment:

This assessment is to be submitted via the submission portal in the Assessment section of the moodle site.