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^{Student Name}		Student Number
Unit Code/s & Name/s	Development Cluster CHCECE017 Foster the holistic development and wellbeing of the child in early childhood CHCECE018 Nurture creativity in children CHCECE023 Analyse information to inform learning
Assessment Name	Portfolio of Evidence	Assessment Task No.		AT4
Assessment Due Date		Date submitted
Assessor Name
Student Declaration: I declare that this assessment is my own work. Any ideas and comments made by other people have been acknowledged as references. I understand that if this statement is found to be false, it will be regarded as misconduct and will be subject to disciplinary action as outlined in the TAFE Queensland Student Rules. I understand that by emailing or submitting this assessment electronically, I agree to this Declaration in lieu of a written signature.
Student Signature			Date

Instructions to Student

Students are to hand in professionally presented portfolios to their teacher for assessment, alternatively if you have produced electronic portfolios they may be uploaded via Connect.

Students are to present the portfolio of evidence with the following sections:

Section 1 – Six (6) Learning Experiences based on the observations recorded in assessment task 3 (using the learning experience plan template).

Section 2 – Eight (8) Journal Entries (Self-Reflections).

	Assessment Criteria: To achieve a satisfactory result, your assessor will be looking for your ability to demonstrate the following key skills to an acceptable industry standard: Demonstrated ability to plan and implement child-focused learning experiences based on the observations gathered in Assessment Task three (3) Demonstrated ability to critically reflect on learning experiences & pedagogy Good level of literacy: correct grammar, spelling & punctuation Number of Attempts: You will receive up to two (2) attempts at this assessment task. Should your 1st attempt be unsatisfactory (U), your teacher will provide feedback and discuss the relevant sections / questions with you and will arrange a due date for the submission of your 2nd attempt. If your 2nd submission is unsatisfactory (U), or you fail to submit a 2nd attempt, you will receive an overall unsatisfactory result for this assessment task. Only one re-assessment attempt may be granted for each assessment task. For more information, refer to the Student Rules.
Submission details (if relevant)	Insert your details on page 1 and sign the Student Declaration. Include this form with your submission. Teacher to advise – whether Assessment is to be in hard copy OR if it is to be submitted via TAFE Queensland Learning Management System: Connect url: https://connect.tafeqld.edu.au/d2l/login Username; 10 digit student number For Password: Reset password go to https://passwordreset.tafeqld.edu.au/default.aspx
Instructions to Assessor	Assessment must be demonstrated in a regulated education and care service.
Note to Student	An overview of all Assessment Tasks relevant to this unit is located in the Unit Study Guide.

Section 1 – Six (6) Learning Experiences

This section of this assessment is based on the previous assessment, so students will need to refer to their documentation in Assessment 3.

The follow-up experiences identified at the end of the observations in Assessment 3 are to be used to plan and implement six (6) learning experiences while on vocational placement. Two (2) learning experience plans per focus child are expected (total of six (6) plans).

As much as possible, work holistically when planning experiences, so that each experience promotes numerous domains of development.

For this assessment, you must make sure that in the totality of the six (6) plans, the following evidence is included/provided:

One (1) opportunity must be given for the child/ren – to be creative and express themselves (their thoughts, knowledge and ideas)

One (1) opportunity must be given for the child/ren – to be imaginative and dramatic (self-expression)

One (1) opportunity must be given to promote/encourage children’s self-help/independence skills

Three (3) opportunities must be given to promote children’s social and emotional skills (self-concept, self-esteem, feelings, emotional and psychological)

It is up to the student to decide how the above can be combined within the plans. If students feel that they may need to plan and implement extra experiences (in order to cover all of the above criteria), then they may do so. These additional plans will also need to be handed in.

A learning experience plan template has been provided in this assessment

Students will be required to share their plans with the lead educator before implementing them in the room.

It is also encouraged that students display their plans in the room in which they are implementing their experiences, so that they are accessible to parents and families for feedback and suggestions.

Section 2 – Journal Entries (Self-Reflections)

Keep a reflective journal while on vocational placement. A minimum of eight (8) reflections (entries) are expected. The intention is for you to gather insights that support and enrich your decision-making about what happens and why, and to reflect on what you might need to change or improve.

For this reason, each entry is not just a description of an event/experience. It may describe what was felt by the student and why; theoretical perspectives might be referred to; pedagogical practices can be critiqued as examples.

Using core professional documents – such as the ECA Code of Ethics and EYLF (principles and practices – pages 11-18) is expected, as they not only inform your professional practice, but also help you to reflect on what you have done well on Vocational Placement and what you still need to improve on.

Each entry will be dated. Each entry will also need to be cross-referenced to at least one of the above mentioned documents, as evidence they can match their pedagogy (practice) with professional documents (best practice)

LEARNING EXPERIENCE PLAN – TEMPLATE
Child’s Name		Implementation Date	/ /		Time:	:
Name of Experience
Link to past observation: Date and brief description of observation on which this experience is based Age of child?
Setting: Inside/outside – where?
Materials and Resources: What will be needed? Set-up of experience: How will this experience be set up?
Safety considerations: What do you need to think about to keep children safe?
Learning intentions (Children): Why are you doing this experience? What do you want the children to learn? What domains of development do you want to promote? What EYLF outcomes are you hoping to meet?	Intentional teaching strategies (educator): How will you introduce/start the experience? What open-ended questions will you ask to extend and promote children’s thinking, exploration, knowledge and development? What is your role during this experience?			Parental and Family input: Suggestions? Feedback?

Reflection: Provide a short paragraph for each of the following questions: How did individual children use the space/materials? Provide real examples What discoveries did individual children make? Provide real examples What were individual children learning? Provide real examples (focus child?) What EYLF outcomes were met? Provide real examples How did your intentional teaching strategies go? Which ones worked/not worked? Provide real examples What would you do differently next time to improve the experience?
Planning the next step: Based on what individual children did and said, as evidenced in the above reflection, what could you do to extend learning and development?

LEARNING EXPERIENCE PLAN – TEMPLATE
Child’s Name		Implementation Date	/ /		Time:	:
Name of Experience
Link to past observation: Date and brief description of observation on which this experience is based Age of child?
Setting: Inside/outside – where?
Materials and Resources: What will be needed? Set-up of experience: How will this experience be set up?
Safety considerations: What do you need to think about to keep children safe?
Learning intentions (Children): Why are you doing this experience? What do you want the children to learn? What domains of development do you want to promote? What EYLF outcomes are you hoping to meet?	Intentional teaching strategies (educator): How will you introduce/start the experience? What open-ended questions will you ask to extend and promote children’s thinking, exploration, knowledge and development? What is your role during this experience?			Parental and Family input: Suggestions? Feedback?

Reflection: Provide a short paragraph for each of the following questions: How did individual children use the space/materials? Provide real examples What discoveries did individual children make? Provide real examples What were individual children learning? Provide real examples (focus child?) What EYLF outcomes were met? Provide real examples How did your intentional teaching strategies go? Which ones worked/not worked? Provide real examples What would you do differently next time to improve the experience?
Planning the next step: Based on what individual children did and said, as evidenced in the above reflection, what could you do to extend learning and development?

LEARNING EXPERIENCE PLAN – TEMPLATE
Child’s Name		Implementation Date	/ /		Time:	:
Name of Experience
Link to past observation: Date and brief description of observation on which this experience is based Age of child?
Setting: Inside/outside – where?
Materials and Resources: What will be needed? Set-up of experience: How will this experience be set up?
Safety considerations: What do you need to think about to keep children safe?
Learning intentions (Children): Why are you doing this experience? What do you want the children to learn? What domains of development do you want to promote? What EYLF outcomes are you hoping to meet?	Intentional teaching strategies (educator): How will you introduce/start the experience? What open-ended questions will you ask to extend and promote children’s thinking, exploration, knowledge and development? What is your role during this experience?			Parental and Family input: Suggestions? Feedback?

Reflection: Provide a short paragraph for each of the following questions: How did individual children use the space/materials? Provide real examples What discoveries did individual children make? Provide real examples What were individual children learning? Provide real examples (focus child?) What EYLF outcomes were met? Provide real examples How did your intentional teaching strategies go? Which ones worked/not worked? Provide real examples What would you do differently next time to improve the experience?
Planning the next step: Based on what individual children did and said, as evidenced in the above reflection, what could you do to extend learning and development?

LEARNING EXPERIENCE PLAN – TEMPLATE
Child’s Name		Implementation Date	/ /		Time:	:
Name of Experience
Link to past observation: Date and brief description of observation on which this experience is based Age of child?
Setting: Inside/outside – where?
Materials and Resources: What will be needed? Set-up of experience: How will this experience be set up?
Safety considerations: What do you need to think about to keep children safe?
Learning intentions (Children): Why are you doing this experience? What do you want the children to learn? What domains of development do you want to promote? What EYLF outcomes are you hoping to meet?	Intentional teaching strategies (educator): How will you introduce/start the experience? What open-ended questions will you ask to extend and promote children’s thinking, exploration, knowledge and development? What is your role during this experience?			Parental and Family input: Suggestions? Feedback?

Reflection: Provide a short paragraph for each of the following questions: How did individual children use the space/materials? Provide real examples What discoveries did individual children make? Provide real examples What were individual children learning? Provide real examples (focus child?) What EYLF outcomes were met? Provide real examples How did your intentional teaching strategies go? Which ones worked/not worked? Provide real examples What would you do differently next time to improve the experience?
Planning the next step: Based on what individual children did and said, as evidenced in the above reflection, what could you do to extend learning and development?

LEARNING EXPERIENCE PLAN – TEMPLATE
Child’s Name		Implementation Date	/ /		Time:	:
Name of Experience
Link to past observation: Date and brief description of observation on which this experience is based Age of child?
Setting: Inside/outside – where?
Materials and Resources: What will be needed? Set-up of experience: How will this experience be set up?
Safety considerations: What do you need to think about to keep children safe?
Learning intentions (Children): Why are you doing this experience? What do you want the children to learn? What domains of development do you want to promote? What EYLF outcomes are you hoping to meet?	Intentional teaching strategies (educator): How will you introduce/start the experience? What open-ended questions will you ask to extend and promote children’s thinking, exploration, knowledge and development? What is your role during this experience?			Parental and Family input: Suggestions? Feedback?

Reflection: Provide a short paragraph for each of the following questions: How did individual children use the space/materials? Provide real examples What discoveries did individual children make? Provide real examples What were individual children learning? Provide real examples (focus child?) What EYLF outcomes were met? Provide real examples How did your intentional teaching strategies go? Which ones worked/not worked? Provide real examples What would you do differently next time to improve the experience?
Planning the next step: Based on what individual children did and said, as evidenced in the above reflection, what could you do to extend learning and development?

LEARNING EXPERIENCE PLAN – TEMPLATE
Child’s Name		Implementation Date	/ /		Time:	:
Name of Experience
Link to past observation: Date and brief description of observation on which this experience is based Age of child?
Setting: Inside/outside – where?
Materials and Resources: What will be needed? Set-up of experience: How will this experience be set up?
Safety considerations: What do you need to think about to keep children safe?
Learning intentions (Children): Why are you doing this experience? What do you want the children to learn? What domains of development do you want to promote? What EYLF outcomes are you hoping to meet?	Intentional teaching strategies (educator): How will you introduce/start the experience? What open-ended questions will you ask to extend and promote children’s thinking, exploration, knowledge and development? What is your role during this experience?			Parental and Family input: Suggestions? Feedback?

Reflection: Provide a short paragraph for each of the following questions: How did individual children use the space/materials? Provide real examples What discoveries did individual children make? Provide real examples What were individual children learning? Provide real examples (focus child?) What EYLF outcomes were met? Provide real examples How did your intentional teaching strategies go? Which ones worked/not worked? Provide real examples What would you do differently next time to improve the experience?
Planning the next step: Based on what individual children did and said, as evidenced in the above reflection, what could you do to extend learning and development?

Student Name					Student Number
Unit Code/s & Name/s	Development Cluster CHCECE017 Foster the holistic development and wellbeing of the child in early childhood CHCECE018 Nurture creativity in children CHCECE023 Analyse information to inform learning
Assessment Type	Portfolio of Evidence
Assessment Name	Portfolio of Evidence				Assessment Task No.		AT4
Assessment Due Date					Date submitted
Assessor Feedback: ☐ Student provided with feedback (check box when completed)
Attempt 1		Satisfactory ☐		Unsatisfactory ☐		Date		/ /
Attempt 2		Satisfactory ☐		Unsatisfactory ☐		Date		/ /
Assessor Name			Assessor Signature
Note to assessor: Please record below any reasonable adjustment that has occurred during this assessment e.g. written assessment given orally.

Assessment criteria / benchmarks The evidence submitted demonstrates that the student satisfactorily:	Attempt 1		Attempt 2
	S	U		S	U
Section 1 – Six (6) Learning Experience plans – clearly demonstrating ability to:
Plan for individual children (appropriate to observations of each child)
Promote holistic development (covering all developmental domains)
Implement experiences and then reflect on how they went
In the totality of the 6 plans, the following evidence is included/provided:
1 opportunity must be given for the child/ren – to be creative and express themselves (their thoughts, knowledge and ideas)
1 opportunity must be given for the child/ren – to be imaginative and dramatic (self-expression)
1 opportunity must be given to promote/encourage children’s self-help/independence skills
3 opportunities must be given to promote children’s social and emotional skills (self-concept, self-esteem, feelings, emotional and psychological)
Section 2 – Eight (8) Self-Reflections – clearly demonstrating ability to:
Reflect and critically reflect on both experiences and pedagogical practices, using both the ECA Code of Ethics and EYLF.
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